240 ocTANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Guavea. 



X. granatum. Willd. 2. 328. 



Leaflets opposite, from two to three pair, oblong, 

 smooth. 



Granatum litoreum. RunipJi. Amb. vol. 3. t. 61. 



Tarn. Kandaianga. 



Cing. Kadul-gaha. 



Beng. Pwssoor. 



This tree is a native of the Soonderbuns, (the lower 

 Delta of the Ganges.) Fruit ripens in June and July. 



Leaves alternate about the extremities of the branch- 

 lets, pinnate ; from six to twelve inches long. Leaflets 

 two pair, opposite, sessile, oblong, entire, obtuse, smoath, 

 deep on both sides ; about four inches long. Petioles round, 

 smooth, dark brown. Stipules none. 



GUAREA. Schrcb. gen. n. 649. 

 Calyx four- toothed. Petals four. Nectary cylindric, 

 bearing the anthers in its mouth- Germ superior, four- 

 celled, cells two-seeded ; attachment superior. Capsule 

 four-celled, four-valved. Seed solitary. Embryo inverse ; 

 no perisperm. 



1. G. binertarifera. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves pinnate; leaflets (torn four to six. 

 pair, alternate. Panicles rigid, axillary, composed of 

 dichotomous ramifications. Nectary double. 



A native of the eastern parts ol Bengal, where it grows 

 to be a tree of considerable size. Flowering time the be- 

 ginning of the rains, in June. Seed ripens in February. 



Trunk straight. Bark smooth, between ash colour, 

 and olive. Branches patent ; young shoots round, and 

 pretty smooth. Leaves alternate, pinnate, from one to se- 

 ven on each side, drooping, ovate-oblong, petioied, from 

 one to two feet long ; leaflets alternate, petioletted, taper- 

 pointed, entire, smooth on both sides, about six inches 



