516 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Naildea. 



10. N. rotundlfolia. R. 



Leaves petioled, round-oval, obtuse. Stipules oblong-, ob- 

 tuse-nerved. Flowers terminal, sub-panieled. Capsules dis- 

 tinct. 



A middling- .sized tree, a native of Chittagong-, where it 

 blossoms in October, and the seeds ripen in March. 



1 1 . N. ovalifolia. R. 



Leaves sessile, oval and elliptic. Flowers terminal, soli- 

 tary. 



A tree, a native of the forests of Sillier, where it is called 

 S/ial by the natives. 



12. N. tetrandra, R. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, villous. Flowers ter- 

 minal ; corolleis tetrandrous, a black gland between the four 

 segments of the calyx and corolleis. 



Beny. Shwet K?/dmn (white kitdum.) 



An elegant small tree, a native of Silhet. Here it grows 

 to the height of from ten to twenty feet, with a distinct, erect 

 trunk. Flowering- time the hot season. 



Branchlets straight, round, very downy. Leaves from 

 opposite to quatern, short-petiolcd, ovate-lanceolate, entire, 

 acuminate, downy underneath, from three to five inches long, 

 and rarely so much as two broad. Stipules within the leaves, 

 acuminate. Inflorescence terminal. Flowers peduncled, 

 from three to a verticelled panicle. Perianth proper four- 

 toothed, with a little black gland between. Corollets fun- 

 nel-shaped, yellow, intermixed with filiform, clavate scales; 

 border four-parted, with a little black gland between, as in 

 the calyx. Filaments scarcely any. Anthers four, erect, 

 attached to the mouth of the tube of the corollets. Germ in- 

 ferior, very minute, but clearly two-celled ; only one ovnlnm 

 in each could be observed. Style long-er than the corollets. 

 Stigma headed. 



