Dalrymplea. pentandria monogynia. G33 



from six to twelve inches long. Petioles from one to two 

 inches long. Stipules one. Panicles axillary, terminal, and 

 scattered .amongst the leaves, composed of long-pedicelled 

 umbellets, which are sometimes proliferous. Floivers numer- 

 ous, pretty large. Bractes minute, villous. Calyx cup-shap- 

 ed, five-toothed. Petals five, lanceolate, obtuse, inserted, 

 with the stamina roundthebaseof the germ. Filaments short- 

 er than the corol, flat. Anthers sagittate. Germ oblong, pe- 

 dicel led, containing many ovula, attached to two opposite, 

 parietal receptacles. Style short and thick. Stigma slight- 

 ly two lobed. Capsule oblong, one-celled, two-valved. Seeds 

 several, affixed to the two parietal receptacles. 



DALRYMPLEA. Roxb. 



Calyx five-leaved. Petals five, alternate with the stamina. 

 Germ superior, three-celled ; cells many-seeded ; attachment 

 of the ovula inferior. Berry three-celled. Seeds few, nuci- 

 form. Embryo sub-inferior, and furnished with a perisperm. 



In memory of the late Alexander Dalrymple, Esq. author 

 of the Oriental Repertory, &c. 



1. D. pomifera. R. 



Jt/nki jam the vernacular name in Silhet where it is a na- 

 tive, and grows to be a large tree. Flowering in March, and 

 the seed ripening in September and October. 



Young shoots rather succulent, round, and perfectly 

 smooth. Leaves opposite, unequally pinnate, some of them 

 ternate ; from ten to twenty inches long. Leajlets three or 

 four pair, and a terminal one, the pairs opposite, all more or 

 less petiolate, oblong, obtusely serrate, acuminate, smooth, 

 from five to six inches long, by two or three broad. Peti- 

 oles and petiolets round and smooth. Panicles terminal, 

 spreading much) more broad than long, primary branches de- 

 cussate ; partial ones alternate with the small yellowish white 

 flowers, which are crowded round their extremities ; every 



