Harpullia. pentandria monogynia. C45 



remote from the stamina. Style subulate, length of the fila- 

 ment, incurved, after fecundation recurved. Stigma simple, 

 acute. Drupe orate, obliquely acuminate, smooth, when 

 ripe yellow, like the common mango and nearly as large, one- 

 celled. Nut oblong, less fibrous than in the common sorts, 

 and also less firm, with an even surface. Seeds solitary, con- 

 form to the nut. Integument single. Perisperm none. Em- 

 bryo between erect and transverse. Cotyledons equal, con- 

 form to the seed. Radicle lodged between the cotyledons on 

 one side of their base, pointing out, and rather upward. 



HARPULLIA. R. 

 Calyx five-leaved. Corol five-petalled, alternate with 

 the stamina. Germ two-celled ; cells one seeded ; attach- 

 ment of the ovula sub-superior. Capsules two-celled. Seed 

 solitary, arilled. Embryo with incumbent cotyledons, and 

 lateral radicle without a perisperm. 



1 . H. cupanioides. R. 



Harpulli the vernacular name at Chittagong. 



A small tree ; a native of the hilly parts near Chittagong, 

 it flowers in April; and the fruit ripens in July. 



Trunk straight. Branches few, and tending to be erect 

 also ; bark ash-coloured ; young shoots smooth. Leaves al- 

 ternate, abruptly pinnate, from twelve to eighteen inches 

 long. Leaflets from four to six pair, short-petiolate, from al- 

 ternate to opposite, from ovate below to lanceolar above ; all 

 are entire, and smooth on both sides ; apex considerably point- 

 ed; from three to six inches long, by one or two broad. Pe- 

 tioles round and smooth. Panicles axillary, solitary, erect, 

 thin of branches, and shorter than the leaves. Flowers small, 

 pale yellow. Bractes subulate. Calyx inferior, five-leaved, 

 permanent; leaflets oval. Petals five, lanceolate, obtuse, 

 spreading, becoming recurved. Filaments five, alternate 

 with the petals, and much shorter. Anthers oblong. Germ 



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