282 



hairs divaricated, and often stellated. Stipules linear, generally 

 bifid. Panicles terminal. Flowers for the most part in 

 threes, involucred with deciduous, 3-fid, and linear bracteas. 

 Calyx 5-leaved, spreading, leaflets oblong, concave. Corolla 

 yellow, less than the calyx; petals ovate, unguiculate, and 

 without nectaries. Stamens numerous, inserted below the 

 germen. Germen stipitate. Drupe containing a nut, marked 

 externally with 5 lines, 3-celled, 3-seeded. 



This agrees perfectly with the excellent description given 

 by Sir J. E. Smith, in Rees' Cyclopaedia, from a specimen 

 preserved in the herbarium of the younger Linnaeus, un- 

 accompanied with any notice concerning its native country, 

 and also deficient in fruit. Its affinity to the original species 

 of Microcos is fully proved, on actual examination of the 

 fruit, and this exact coincidence affords a farther confirma- 

 tion of the propriety of separating Microcos from Grewia. 

 The terminal inflorescence and involucral bracteas form 

 a peculiar and distinctive character: in this species, the 

 flowers are generally 3 together, and are surrounded by 

 3 trifid bracteas, within which are found 3 other smaller and 

 linear ones. 



MICROCOS GLABRA. W.J. 

 M. glabra ; foliis trinerviis serratis glabris. 



Found on the Island of Carnicobar. It nearly resembles 

 M. tomentosa, differing chiefly in its smooth foliage : the in- 

 florescence and fruit are entirely similar. Young branches 

 tomentose: there are frequently flowers in the uppermost 

 axils. 



MIMOSA JIRINGA. 



M.jiringa; arbor inermis, foliis conjugato-pinnatis, foliolis 

 3-jugis glaberrimis, paniculis fasciculatis axillaribus, capi- 

 tulis paucifloris, leguminibus maximis articulato-contortis 

 nigris. 



M. Djiringa. Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 93. Bua Jiring. Malay. 



Pulo Penang, Malacca, &c. — A lofty tree, unarmed, with 

 grey bark and round smooth branches. Leaves alternate, 



