294 OCTANDRIA TBTRAGYNIA. Oditta. 



tive bejiuty of the tree, and renders the shade when in 

 foliage mnch less extensive, than in its natural state. 

 Liaves alternate, about the ends of the branchlets. piu- 

 nate with an odd one, from twelve to eighteen inches 

 long. Leaflets generally three or four pair, opposite, ses- 

 sile, oblong, ovate, pointed, smooth, entire ; about live in- 

 ches long, and two bioad, the exterior ones largest. Ra- 

 cemes terminal, tiliform. pendulous if long, which they ge- 

 nerally are, if short spreading. Bractes minute, falling. 

 Flowers small, purple, inodorous. 



In general the Hermaphrodite and Male (lowers (there 

 are no other sort that ever I saw.) are on the same tree, 

 and even mixed on the same racemes ; the male are by far 

 the most numerous ; sometimes but rarely they are on a 

 separate tree. 



Hermaphrodite. Calyx four-toothed, small, perma- 

 nent. Petals four, oblong, concave, spreading. Filaments 

 eight, spreading, rather shorter than the petals. Anthers 

 ovate. Germ superior, oblong, one-celled, containing 

 one ovula, attached to the top of the coll. Styles four, 

 short, erect. Stigmas simple. Drupe kidney-form, smooth, 

 the size of a large trench bean, when ripe red, one-celled. 

 Nut the shape of the berry, one-celled. Seed conform to 

 the nut ; no perisperm. Embryo inverse, curved. 



Male. Calyx, Corol. and Stamens as in the hermaphro- 

 dite. Pistil the rudiments of a germ, with a short, four- 

 toothed style. 



The wood of old trees is close grained, of a deep red- 

 dish mahogany colour towards the centre. This colour- 

 ed part is serviceable for many uses, and looks well. The 

 w hite w ood is fit for no use that I know of. 



From wounds in the bark there issues a gum, whicb, 

 when dry, is much like pieces of dry glue ;but I know of 

 no use it is put to. 



This is the tree Dr. Anderson calls Wodur in his niis- 

 cellauies. 



