504 PENTANDR1A MONOCYM A. SolaUUlU. 



SECT. I. Unarmed. 



1. S. pubescent. W'Utd. spec. i. 1026. 

 Sub-arboreous, unarmed. Leaves alternate, oblong, point- 

 ed, entire, downy. ( 'yttes dichotomous, 



Gandira* the Sanacrit name, see jJsiat. Res. iv. 258. 



Seng, ( rwsa, 



Teling, Ruaa ghedt maun. 



Amongst the mountains in the Telinira country this rows 

 to be a small or middle-sized tree, with a rery thick shady 

 head. Flowers during the hot season. 



Leaves alternate, short petioled, oblong-, entire, downy, 

 from six to ten inches long. Cymes terminal or leaf-oppos- 

 ed, two-cleft; ramifications recurved. JFlowers small, white, 

 very numerous. Berry the size of a cherry. 



2. S. auriculatum. Willd. spec. i. 1025. 



Sub-arboreous, every part dot* ay. Leaves broad-lanceo- 

 late, entire. Stipules axillary, obliquely ovate-cordate. 

 Cymes in the forks of the branchlets, dichotomous. 



A native of Mauritius, and introduced by Captain Tennant, 

 into the Botanic garden at Calcutta; where it blossoms dur- 

 ing the rainy and cold seasons, and continues to ripen its fruit 

 from December till May. 



Stem nearly erect, in six years as thick as a man's leg", and 

 about eight feel high. Bark smooth, ash-coloured. Branches 

 dichotomous, spreading much. Branchtets and all the ten- 

 der parts most completely clothed «itli sessite and pedicell- 

 ed, hoary, stellate pubescence. Leaves alternate, petioled, 

 broad-lanceolar, tapering- t<> a rather obtuse point, entire : 

 clothed underneath like the branchleta ; upper surface a little 

 Dairy ; from four to eight inches l<»i»ii-, and two «>r three broad* 

 Petioles channelled, downy like the branchlets. Stipules in 

 -< -vi| r , axillary pairs, obliquely « > \ ;ii « cordate, large, and re- 

 currate round the brant blets, looking more like small com- 



* Thii namfl probably h^wp to some other species, i W. C. 



