Milnea. pentandria monogynia. 637 



oblong, but tapering most toward the base, smooth, deep 

 green, entire, obtuse ; from an inch and a half to four inches 

 long, and from half an inch to two inches broad. Petioles 

 somewhat winged, and channelled. Panicles, sometimes only 

 racemes, axillary, solitary, shorter than the leaves. Flowers 

 minute, yellow, faintly fragrant. Bracies ovate, one embrac- 

 ing the insertion of each pedicel. Calyx flat, five-toothed ; 

 teeth semi-lunar. Petals five, oval, concave, at all times 

 pressing on the nectary, smooth, much longer than the calyx. 

 Nectary sub-globular, mouth contracted, and slightly five- 

 toothed. Filaments scarcely any. Anthers five, cordate, 

 attached to the nectary near its base on the inside. Germ 

 superior, oblong, hairy, one-celled, with one or two seeds, 

 which are attached to the top of the cell. Style none. Stig- 

 ma large, conical. 



MILNEA. Roxb. 



Calyx five-parted. Petals five. Nectary urceolate, with 

 the five anthers round its inside. Germ three-celled ; cells 

 from one to two-seeded ; attachment centripetal, no peris- 

 perm. 



In honour of Colin Milne, LL. D. author of a Botanical 

 Dictionary, Institutes of Botany, and other works. 



J. M. edidis. /?. 



A tree of middling size, a native of the Garrow hills and of 

 the Silhet district, where it is called Gumi by the natives, 

 who eat the large succulent aril which surrounds the seed un- 

 der the cortex of the berry. Flowering time June and July. 

 The fruit ripens two or three months afterwards. 



Young shoots densely clothed with dark brown down, 

 when more advanced smooth. Leaves alternate, unequally 

 pinnate, from six to twelve inches long. Leaflets from three 

 to six pair, sub-opposite, petiolate, lanceolate, entire, smooth 

 but not lucid, obtusely acuminate, from three to six inches 



