212 HEXANDRIA TRiGYNiA. Andersoiiia. 



ed ; leaflets wedge-shaped, expanding. Stamens uniform- 

 ly six. Germs three. Capsules with one, or two round 

 seeds in each. 



ANDERSONIA. R. 



Calyx three-five-parted. Corol petalled. Nectary 

 globular, with the sessile anthers affixed to its inside. 

 Germ superior, three-celled ; cells two-seeded; attachment 

 interior. Capsules three-celled, three- valved. Seeds so- 

 litary, arilled. Embryo inverse, without perisperm. 



It was named in memory of the late Dr. James Ander- 

 son, Physician at Madras. It differs from Cupania in 

 having a three-petalled corol, and globular antheriferous 

 nectary ; and from Gnarea and Persoonia in the calyx 

 and pericarpium. 



1. A. cucuUata. R. 



Polygamous. Leaves unequally pinnate; leaflets op- 

 posite, from two to four pair, obtuse. Hermaphrodite 

 peduncles axillary, few flowered, male panicled. 



Beng. f/inwr. 



A tree of considerable, size, but of very slow growth, a 

 native of the Delta of the Ganges. Flowering time, the 

 latter part of the rainy season, and the beginning of the 

 cold season. 



Trunk in young trees straight, with few branches ; the 

 bark ash-coloured, and smooth ; young shoots also smooth. 

 Leaves alternate, unequally pinnate, from six to eighteen 

 inches long. Leaflets opposite, two, three, or four pair, 

 short-petiolated, obliquely ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, un- 

 equally divided by the nerve, polished on both sides, 

 and of a firm texture ; margins entire, from three to six 

 inches long. The terminal leaflet is often cowled at the 

 base, hence the specific name. Petioles nearly round, 

 and pretty smooth. Stipules none. 



Male. tree. Panicles axillary, solitary, drooping, about 



