EAST INDIA BUTTER TREE.. £f<J 



Fuizcak, phufaarahy or phulxara, of the in&abitants of Synonimes. 

 the Almorah hills, where the tree is indigenous. Flower- 

 ing time, in its native soil, the month of January ; seed* 

 ripe in August. 



Trunk of the larger trees, straight, and about fire or Trunk... r _ 

 six feet in circumference. Bark of the young branches 

 smooth, brown, and marked with small ash-coloured 

 specks. 



Leaves alternate, about the ends of the branchlefs, pe- Leave*, 

 tioled, obovate-cuneate, obtuse-pointed, entire; smooth 

 above, villous underneath; veins simple, and parallel; 

 length, six to twelve inches ; breadth, three to six. 



Petioles, from one to two inches long. Petioles. 



. Stipules, if any, minute, and caducous. Stipule* 



Flowers numerous, round the base of the young shoots, Flowers. 

 aud from the axils of the lower leaves, peduncled, large, 

 pale-yellow, drooping. 



Calyx, four, five, or six leaved (five is by far the most Calyx, 

 common number) ; ovate, obtuse, covered externally with 

 ferruginous pubescence, permanent. 



Corol; tube subcylindric, length of the calyx; border Corolla, 

 of eight, spreading, oblong, obtuse divisions, longer than 

 the tube. 

 ' Stamens ; filaments from thirty to forty, about as long Stamens. 

 as the tube of the corol, and inserted on its mouth. An- 

 thers linear-oblong. 



Pistil, germe conical, (ten or twelve celled, one seeded,) Pistil. 1 

 tlowny, surrounded with a downy nectarial ring. Style 

 longer than the stamens ; stigma acute. 



Berry oblong, generally pointed by a remaining portion Berry, 

 of the style; smooth, fleshy, containing one, two, or three, 

 rarely more, large seeds ; the rest not ripened. 



Seeds oblong, rather round than flat, but differing in Seeds, 

 shape according to the number contained in each fruit; 

 smooth, shining, light brown, with a long, lanceolate, 

 lighter coloured, less smooth, umbilical mark on the in- 

 side. 



This tree, which is rendered interesting on account of its 

 seeds, yielding a firm butyraceous substance, resembles ^ s . e "J , . es bai " 

 4 bassidt 



