Cluytia. MONOECIA GYNANDRIA, 729 
A large tree of quick growth; a native of various parts of 
India. Flowering time the close of the winter, the seed ri- 
pens in May and June. 
Trunk erect; bark smooth, of a dark olive colour. 
Branches numerous, forming an extensive, close, shady, ovate 
head, Branchlets frequently drooping much. Leaves alter- 
nate, petioled, ternate. Leaflets petioletted, oblong, with long, 
sharp, taper points, serrate, smooth on both sides, from four to 
six inches long, Petioles round. Petiolets channelled. Sti- 
pules of the petioles membranaceous, caducous ; those of the 
petiolets' minute, filiform, caducous, leaving a black gland- 
like speck behind, Panieles axillary, or a little above, about 
as long as the leaves, those of the male drooping, those of the. 
female when dioecous, sub-erect. MALE FLOWERS sometimes 
ona separate tree, sometimes on the same, numerous, small, 
before expansion vertically compressed and five-lobed, of a 
pale greenish yellow colour. Calyx five-leaved ; leaflets near- 
ly round, concave, expanding. Corol none. Nectary none. 
Filaments five, opposite, shorter than the leaflets of the 
calyx, inserted into the abortive style a little below its ten- 
rayed peltate crown. Anthers two, Germ none. Style 
short, thick, ‘Stigma peltate, ten-rayed. FEMALE FLOWERS 
whether on the same, or on a different tree, solitary, short-pe- — 
dicelled, with a lanceolate bracte beneath each, Calyx five- 
leaved. Corol none. Nectary or nectarial glands five, 
roundish, sub-sessile, within the leaflets of the calyx, much, 
like fertile anthers. Germ superior, round, three-celled, with 
two ovula in each, attached to the upper end of the axis. 
Styles three, recurved, undivided, Stigma simple. Cap- 
sule more like a berry on the outside, of the size of a small 
cherry, round, smooth, three-celled, with one or two seeds ia 
each, Embryo curved, inverse, amply furnished with a pe- 
CLUYTIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1526. 
Male. calyx five-leaved. Corol five-petalled. Stamina 
VOL, Ul. 4N 
w 
