106 ERYTHROXYLEA, SETHIA, 
367. (5) S. oblonga (Wall.:) glabrous: branches terete: leaves elliptic- 
oblong, obtuse or with a very short blunt point, slightly serrated, thin-coria- 
ceous : inflorescence about half as long as the petiole; peduncle axillary, short, 
about 3-flowered : pedicels about equal to the peduncle: calyx-lobes round- 
ed: petals broadly elliptical, obtuse, sessile, very slightly ragged or toothed 
on the margin: torus discoid, slightly elevated in the middle round the base 
of the ovary: stamens longish, from the summit of the torus ; filaments much 
dilated at the base: ovules 4, superposed, in each cell of the ovary.—Wall. 
L. n. 4226 ; Wight! cat. n. 351.—8. oppositifolia, Rottl. (from Trincomalee), 
As Dr Wallich does not quote the name under which Dr Wight sent him 
this species, we do not feel quite certain that this is the plant intended. We 
- have not seen the fruit. The petals seem to be erect, not patent as in most 
of the species: the stamens are as in Hippocratea, but the anthers are those 
of Salacia. The leaves have a yellowish tinge as in Symplocos. 
t 368. (6) S. fruticosa (Heyne.)—Woall. L. n. 4223. 
ORDER XXXIV.—ERYTHROXYLEJE. Kunth. 
Sepals 5, combined at the base, persistent: æstivation imbricated. 
Petals 5, hypogynous, broad, and with a small scale at the base: æsti- 
vation slightly twisted. Stamens 10, hypogynous: filaments united at 
the base into a cup: anthers erect, bilocular, longitudinally and laterally 
dehiscing.: Ovarium with 3 cells, of which 2 are sometimes rudimen- 
tary: ovule solitary in each perfect cell, pendulous: styles 3, distinct 
or united: stigmas 3. Drupe l-seeded. Seed angular, pendulous. Em- 
bryo linear, straight, in the axis of a corneous albumen: radicle elon- 
gated, next the hilum: cotyledons linear, flat, foliaceous.— Trees or 
shrubs. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite. - 
We omit S ris ue sideroryloides, Lam., which is stated in Roxburgh’s Flora 
Indica (2. p. 449), to be a “native of Coromandel, Ceylon, &c." as by. comperit " 
partage with the Hortus Benghalensis, and Wern. Soc. Trans. 6. p. 288, we believe 
that the whole was intended by Roxburgh to belong to his E. monogynum, and was 
vr s he i Sr ie of vo rena dy n over also E. longifolium, Lam. ; 
s ! cat. n. . mauritianum. DE. d imens are 
marked “ from the Isle of France." ” i creme deri 
I. SETHIA. Kunth. 
Calyx 5-lobed, or 5-parted. Styles 3, combined into 1: stigmas 3, distinct. 
369. (1) S. Indica (DC.:) leaves alternate, obovate or oblong, obtuse, cu- 
neate at the base, feather-nerved, reticulated with veins, under side pale: 
pedicels axillary, 1-3, about twice as long as the petiole, 1-flowered : calyx 
5-lobed : styles combined nearly to the apex, longer than the stamens ; stigmas 
clavate: drupes oblong, triangular, 3-celled; 2 of the cells small, abortive; 
and without seeds.—DC. prod. 1. p. 576; Wall.! L. n. 6848; Wight! cat. n. 
- 357.—Erythroxylon monogynum, Rozb. Cor. 1. t. 88 ; fl. Ind. 2. p. A49; Spr. 
syst. 2. p. 391.—Pluk. Amalth. p. 87. t. 442. f. 3 (not f. 1-2); Mant. p. 26 
and 167.——Circars, Mysore, Courtallum, and throughout the Carnatic. 
ORDER XXXV.—MALPIGHIACEJE. Juss. 
Sepals 5, slightly combined, persistent: æstivation imbricated. Pe- 
tals 5, hypogynous, unguieulate, occasionally wanting. Stamens 10 
(rarely fewer), hypogynous : filaments distinct, or slightly monadel- 
phous: anthers roundish. Torus usually discoid. Ovarium 1, ust 
