(J28 FENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. EuOmjmUS. 



panding ; margins revolute, while, and smooth. Nectary a 

 deep green, four-lobed, fleshy body surrounding the base of 

 the germ. Filaments four, rather longer than the pistillum, 

 inserted on the four lobes of the nectary. Anthers two-lob- 

 ed, dark brown. Germ superior, four-lobed, four-celled, 

 with two ovula in each, attached to the middle of the axis. 

 Style four-sided. Stigma obtuse. 



2. E. glabra. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves opposite, oblong, smooth, with the 

 anterior margin serrate. Peduncles axillary and lateral, 

 two or three times dichotomous, with a single flower in each 

 fork ; jlowers pentandrous. 



A small tree, a native of Chittagong, where it flowers in 

 May. 



3. E. garcinifolia. R. 



Sub-arboreous. Leaves opposite, lanceolar, entire, smooth. 

 Peduncles between the leaves, three -flowered. Capsule two- 

 valved, one-seeded. 



Mor? the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is indige- 

 nous ; growing to the size of a small upright tree; flowers and 

 ripe seed were found on the same trees in the month of Janu- 

 ary 1812, but whether it is in constant flower and fruit the 

 whole year round, I cannot say. 



Branchlets opposite, round, and covered with smooth 

 brown bark. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, lanceolar, en- 

 tire, smooth on both sides; from three to four inches long, 

 by about one broad. Peduncles between the pairs of leaves, 

 sometimes opposite, sometimes solitary, short, and three- 

 flowered. Flowers short-pedicelled, small, pale-yellow. 

 Bractes subulate, caducous. Calyx five-leaved ; leaflets 

 roundish, smooth and imbricated. Petals five, oblong, mar- 

 gins incurved, many times longer than the calyx ; down the 

 middle on the inside runs an elevated sharp rib. Filaments 

 five, shorter than the germ, alternate with the petals. An- 



