Bosea. pentandria digynia. 87 



to the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, where the tree grows 

 slowly ; the heat of Bengal being, I presume, too great lor 

 this species. 



OPILIA. R. 



Calyx five-toothed. Corol five-pet ailed. Nectarial 

 scales alternate with the ^fomenfs. Style none. Berry 

 superior, one-seeded. 



0. amentacea. Corom. pi. 2. N. 158. 

 Teling. Balee-koma. 



A. small tree, a native of the mountainous parts of the 

 Circars- 



Leaves alternate, biforious, short-petioled, ovate, or 

 oblong, entire, smooth, shining, sometimes very slightly 

 serrulate, about three inches long, and one and a half 

 broad. Stipules none. Aments axillary, small, erect, 

 before the flowers open, every where closely imbricated 

 with small, peltate, kidney-shaped, pointed, ciliate, cadu- 

 cous three-flowered scales. Flowers small, greenish- 

 white, tern. Calyx, perianth proper, very small, five- 

 toothed. Petals five, spreading, oblong. Nectary, five 

 short, thick, fleshy, clubbed bodies alternate with the 

 stamens. Filaments five, spreading, shorter than the petals. 

 Anthers oxdiie. Germ superior, oblong. Style none. Stigma 

 single. Berry size of a cherry, globular, juicy, one-seeded. 



BOSEA. 

 Calyx five-leaved. C'oro^none. Berry superior, one- 

 seeded. 



1. B. frinervia K. 



Arboreous. Leaves oval, pointed, entire, three-nerved. 

 Male flowers under the hermaphrodite ones. 



A large tree ; a native of the Circar mountains. Bark 

 pretty smooth, and brown. Leaves alternate, bifarious, 



