59(5 pentandria monogynia. Ehretla. 



petiolecl, lanceolate, generally entire, obtuse, scabrous, parti- 

 cularly when dry ; about four inches long-, by one broad. Pe- 

 tioles short, channelled. Stipules none, Panicles terminal, 

 corybiform. Flowers numerous, small, white. Calyx cylin- 

 dric ; mouth obscurely four-toothed. Corol ; lube longer than 

 the calyx. Border of four linear, revolute divisions. Fila- 

 ments four, inserted just below the divisions of the border. 

 Style two-cleft, with two-cleft divisions. Drupe the size of a 

 large pea, round, smooth, yellow, when ripe the pulp is yel- 

 low, gelatinous, and pellucid. Nut four-celled, though sel- 

 dom more than one seed comes to maturity. 



EHRETIA. Sckreb. gen. N. 352. 

 Calyx five-parted. Corol one-petalled, five-parted. Stig- 

 ma two-cleft. Drupe superior, with a four-partible nut,Oi.' 

 with one or two from two to six-celled nuts. 



1. E. serrata. R. 



Leaves broad-lanceolate, serrate, five-pointed, smooth. 

 Flowers panicled. Style half two-cleft. Drupes with two 

 two-celled nuts. 



This tree has been introduced from Bhotan, and is now 

 growing and bearing fruit in Dr. Glass's garden at Bhagwl- 

 poora. It is also a native of the eastern part of Bengal. 

 Flowering time the beginning of the hot season. 



Leaves alternate, petioled, oblong, and broad-lanceolate, 

 acutely serrate, smooth on both sides ; from two to five inches 

 lornr, and from one to two and a half broad. Petioles short, slen- 

 der, and smooth. Stipules none. Panicles terminal, and from 

 the exterior axills, ovate-oblong, with numerous, short, spread- 

 ing, compound, and simple ramifications. Flowers small, 

 numerous, collected into small, somewhat remote, sub-sessile 

 fascicles ; some of them hexandrous. Bractes ovate, small, 

 pressing on the calyx. Calyx five-cleft. Corol; tube as long- 

 as the calyx ; divisions of the border oblong and spreading. 



