Ehretia. pentandria monogynia. 597 



Filaments in the mouth of the tube of the corol, and rather 

 shorter than the border. Anthers ovate. Germ roundish. 

 Style as long- as the stamens, half two-cleft. Stigma obtuse. 

 Drupes round, pulpy, when ripe red, and about the size of 

 a pea. Nuts two-celled, they are flat on one side, and con- 

 vex on the other. The above description is taken from trees 

 sent to the Botanic garden by Dr. Glass, who says the fruit 

 is delicious. Plants of the same have also been received 

 from Dr. Buchanan, but with him, about Lukshmeepoora 

 where the tree is indigenous the fruit is not esteemed, indeed 

 they have little or no pulp on them. The others have but 

 little, what they have is, however, palatable. Both now have 

 been twelve years in the Botanic garden. The trees are about 

 thirty feet high, ramous, and stout in proportion. 



2. E. laevis. Willd. i. 1077. Roxb, Corom. 1. 56. 



Arboreous. Leaves ovate, smooth. Corymbs lateral, 

 composed of dichotomous, recurved, secund spikes. Drupes 

 with a four-partible nut. 

 Teling. Seregada. 



The species grows to be a pretty large tree. It is a native 

 of the Circar mountains. 



Trunk erect. Bark ash coloured. Branches numerous, 

 nearly erect. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, oval, some- 

 times scolloped, pretty smooth, from three to four inches 

 long, and two or three broad. Corymbs lateral or axillary, 

 two-forked, composed of thin, recurved, one-ranked spikes. 

 Flowers white, small. 



The parts of fructification as in the last, except that here 

 the seeds or nuts are wrinkled on the outside. The chief spe- 

 cific difference is in the corymbs, there they are terminal, here 

 lateral or axillary. 



The wood of this tree is used by the hill people for many 

 purposes. 



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