734 MONOECIA GYNANDRIA, Briedelia. 
the calyx, Siamina five, inserted on the abortive style. Ie- 
male calyx and corol as in the male. Germ superior, two- 
‘celled ; cells two-seeded ; attachment superior. Styles two, 
bifid. Berry, or drupe two-seeded. Embryo inverse and fur- 
nished with a perisperm. 
1. B. erenulata, Roxb. 
Leaves linear, oblong, scarcely crenulate, tomentose un- 
derneath. Flowers axillary, crowded, sessile. 
A large timber tree, a native of the mountainous countries 
near the mouth of the river Megna, from thence sent by Ste- 
phen Harris, Esq. to the Botanic garden, where after twelve 
years, it blossomed in May and the seed ripened in October. 
This will belong to that division of my Cluytias, which Will- 
denow, in his edition of the Species Plantarum of Linneus. 
vol.iv. p. 978, has very properly made a distinct genus, un- 
_derthe name Briedelia. I donot, however, remember to have 
found any of the flowers hermaphrodite, in any of the species. 
Trunk tolerably straight, in trees twelve or thirteen years 
old, four feet above the earth, from two to three feet in cir- 
cumference, covered with deeply cracked, ash-coloured bark. 
Branches expanding ; young shoots round and villous, while 
the trees are young a few long sharp spines are found thinly 
scattered over the trunk and large branches, Leaves alter- 
nate, bifarious, short-petioled, linear-oblong, or elliptic, ob- 
_ fuse, slightly crenulate, of a firm texture, smooth above, 
_ downy underneath, with numerous, simple and parallel veins, 
from two to four inches long,and about half that in breadth. 
Stipules ensiform, caducous, Thorns, on our young trees, 
a few long straight, simple ones are found on the trunk and 
large branches, Flowers axillary, sessile, crowded, small, 
pale yellow, the male ones on one tree, and the female ones 
onanother. Male calyx five-leaved, or to the base five-cleft ; 
leaflets ovate, acute. Petals oval, notched, long-clawed. 
Nectary acetabuliform, Filaments inserted on the column, 
below its bidentate apex. Female calyx and exterior nec- 
