Bxnnva.. TILIACEJZE. 81 
Vahl in Herb. Banks, and Herb. Smith. We possess this from the Mauritius : 
it is Sieber's Flora mixta, n. 113. 
$2. Inflorescence panicled, terminal, or in the axils of the upper leaves : petals 
with a nectariferous cavity : ovarium of 3 united carpels. Microcos, Linn. 
298. (17) G. Mierocos (Linn.!:) shrubby : leaves ovate- or obovate-lanceo- 
late, acuminated, slightly cordate at the base, serrulated, reticulately veined 
or wrinkled, adult ones glabrous or nearly so ; under side of young ones co- 
vered with a starry pubescence : panicle terminal, pubescent: flowers 2 or 3 
together within an involucrum : petals broad-oblong, 3 times shorter than the 
calyx, emarginate at the apex ; the nectariferous cavity with a pubescent 
margin, containing a small close-pressed gland at the base: drupe with a 
single, hairy, 3-celled nut.—DC. prod. 1. p. 510; Spr. syst. 2. p. 579; Wall.! 
L. n. 1098 ; Wight ! cat. n. 264.—G. ulmifolia, Roxb.! hort. Bengh. p. 42 £g. 
Ind.2. p. 591; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1983.—G. affinis, Lindl. ! in Hort. Soc. 
Trans. 6. p. 265.—Microcos paniculata, Linn./—M. mala, Ham.! in Linn. 
Soc. Trans. 13. p. 549.—M. Stauntoniana, G. Don in Mill. dict. 1. p. 551.— 
Arsis rugosa, Lour. Al. Cochin. p. 409.—Burm. fl. Zeyl. t. 74; Pluk. t. 262. 
£3; Rheed. Mal. 1. t. 56. ; 
IV. BERRYA. Roxb. 
Sepals 5, united in æstivation, bursting irregularly into 3, 4, or 5 seg- 
ments, somewhat persistent. Petals 5, oblong. Stamens numerous ; filaments 
slightly united at the very base. Ovarium solitary, 3-lobed, 3-celled : ovules 
6-8 in each cell, in a double series. Style simple. Stigma 3-lobed. Capsule 
roundish, 6-winged, 3-celled, 3-valved, loculicidal: each valve furnished 
with two large, oblong, membranaceous, reticulated, horizontal, villous 
Wings. Seeds 1-4 in each cell, densely covered with short rigid hairs : albu- 
men fleshy : radicle superior.—A tree. Leaves alternate, petioled, with ensi- 
form deciduous stipules, cordate-ovate, acuminated, glabrous, 5-7-nerved at : 
the base. Panicles terminal and axillary, large. | Flowers numerous, white. 
* 294. (1) B. Ammonilla (Roxb.)—Rorb. hort. Bengh. p. 42 ; fl. Ind. 2. 
p. 639; Cor. 3. t. 264; DC. prod. 1. p. 517 ; Spr. syst. 2. p. 582 ; Wall. ! L. n. 
3068; Wight ! cat. n. 252.—Cultivated in the governor's garden at Madras, 
rom Ceylon, but probably a native also of the southern provinces of the 
eninsula, 
€ wood is annually exported in large quantities from Trincomalee, and 
ence called Trincomalee wood. The Singalese name is said by Roxburgh 
to be Ammonilla, but we do not find it in Moon’s catalogue of Ceylon plants. 
ORDER XXVI.—ELJEOCARPEJE. Juss. 
Sepals 4-5, without an involucrum: estivation valvate. Petals 4—5, 
hypogynous, very rarely perigynous or none: sestivation imbricated. 
Torus large, discoid, usually with glands, generally free, rarely lining 
the bottom of the calyx. Stamens hypogynous or rarely perigynous, 
Some multiple of the sepals (8-80): filaments short, free : anthers long, 
bilocular, opening at the apex by a double fissure. Ovary with two or 
More cells: style 1 and simple or rarely trifid, very rarely 4: stigmas 
equal to the number of carpels, frequently united. Fruit various, inde- 
hiscent, dry, drupaceous, or valvular and loculicide, sometimes by abor- 
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