Gyrocarpns. tetrandria monogynia. 445 



fo ur-cl eft ; divisions ovate, expanding-, coloured. Corol no 

 other than the above, except the nectary be such. Nectary 

 four-leaved, obcordate, notched, inserted into the mouth of 

 the calyx. Filaments four, short, hairy, inserted iuto the calyx, 

 alternate with the leaflets of the nectary. Germ globular. 

 Style length of the tube. Stiyma four-lobed. Berry globu- 

 lar, size of a large pea, smooth, juicy, black, when ripe one- 

 seeded. 



Obs. Birds greedily eat the berries, by which means it is 

 propagated extensively. I do not know that the wood of this 

 small tree is ever used as a perfume. 



GYROCARPUS. Jacq. Gcert. 

 Calyx superior, four-leaved, unequal. Corol none. Nec- 

 tary of four clavate glands, alternate with the stamina. Berry 

 dry, one-seeded, end-ing in two long wings. Embryo erect, 

 spirally rolled up ; no perisperm. 



1. G. Jacqnini. Roxb. Corom. pi. i. JV. 1. 



Polygamous. Panicles dichotomous. 



Gyrocarpus asiaticus. Linn, sp.pl. ed. Willd. W. p. 982. 



Teling. Tanukoo. 



Grows to be a very large tree, is chiefly a native of the 

 mountainous parts of the coast of Coromandel. Leaves deci- 

 duous about the end of the wet season. Flowers durino- the 

 cold season when the trees are naked ; the leaves come out 

 soon after. 



Trunk generally erect. Bark smooth, greenish, ash-co- 

 loured. Branches thin, irregularly spreading in every di- 

 rection. Leaves approximated, about the extremities of the 

 branchlets petioled, broad-cordate, three-nerved, often slight- 

 ly lobed, above smooth, below downy, with two pits on the 

 upper side of the base ; length and breadth various, but in 

 general about five or six inches each way. Petioles round, 



