222 ocTANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Xanthophyllum. 



low and pink, generally solitary, pretty long-pedicelled. 

 Bractes tern, at the base of each solitary pedicel, small, 

 ensiform, viilous, caducous. Ca/i/x five-leaved, rather un- 

 equal, the lower two, and the superior one being smaller. 

 Petals five, the superior and lateral four nearly equal, 

 sub-spa tulate, falcate ; the upper two from what may 

 be called the vexillum; the fifth or lower, {carina,) boat- 

 shaped, unsuiculate, and pink- coloured. Filaments 

 eight, incurved, nearly equal, shorter than the corol, and 

 hairy ; lour of them inserted on the claws of the upper 

 four petals, two on the claw of the lower, viz. the cari- 

 na, and the remaining two into the receptacle, be- 

 tween the two petals which form the vexillum and 

 the two wings. Anthers oval. Germ superior, short- 

 pedicelled, the insertion of which is embraced by a 

 seven-anjiled, nectarial cup, round, ribbed, a little hairy, 

 one-celled, containing four ovula, attached two and 

 two to two opposite sub-parietal receptacles, near the 

 base of the cell. Style the length of the stamina, toward 

 the apex incurved. Stigma slightly two-lobed. Berry 

 globular, short-pedicelled, of a firm fleshy texture, when 

 ripe, olive-coloured, and about the size of a pigeon's egg, 

 one-celled. Seed solitary, nearly round ; attachment 

 lateral. Integument single, rather thick and brownish. 

 Perisperm none. Embryo transverse, green. Cotyle- 

 dons two, confirm to the seed, equal. Radicle lateral, 

 truncate, lodged immediately within the umbilicus of 

 the seed, and pointing to it. 



2. "X.. fliivescens. R. 



Panicles axillary and terminal. Germs from eight to 

 ten-seeded. Two glands on the back of the leaves near 

 the base. 



Beng. Ajensak. 



A large tree, a native of the hilly parts of the province 

 £)f Chittagong, where it blossoms in May, and is so ve- 



