214 HEXANDRIA TRiGYNiA. Andersotita. 



These synonyms refer chiefly to the female hermaphro- 

 dite, or fertile tree. 



A small tree, a native of Bengal. Flowering time the 

 rainy season. 



Trunk pretty straight, covered with smooth, ash-co- 

 loured bark. Branches not very numerous, but spreading 

 and drooping much, and so densely decorated with 

 leaves, as to yield the most complete shade. Leaves al- 

 ternate, unequally pinnate, from one, to two feet long. 

 Leaflets from four, to eight pair, opposite, short-petioled, 

 oblong, and linear-oblong, somewhat falcate, entire, ob- 

 tusely cuspidate, smooth on both sides ; the most exte- 

 rior are about six inches long, while the lower pair is 

 scarcely half the length. Petioles nearly round, and very 

 slightly villous. Stipules none. 



Male tree. Panicles axillary, or rather a little above, 

 shorter than the leaves, composed of numerous, simple, 

 diverging, somewhat drooping ramifications. Flowers nu- 

 merous, subsessile, small, white, inodorous. Bractes mi- 

 nute, scales under the divisions of the panicle, and ca- 

 lyx. Calyx one-leaved, thick, firm and fleshy. Border di- 

 vided into five nearly equal, imbricate, reniform segments. 

 Petals three, oval, concave. Nectary globular, pure 

 white, fleshy, smooth, with a roundish triangular open- 

 ing on the apex. Filaments none. Anthers six, their 

 back attached to the inside of the nectary. Germ abor- 

 tive. 



Hermaphrodite tree. Spikes axillary,solitary, pedun- 

 cled, erect, generally simple, rather more than half the 

 length of the leaves. Flowers sessile, numerous, small, 

 cream-coloured. Bractes, a. very minute one below each 

 flower. Calyx five-leaved. Leaflets orbicular, unequal, 

 leathery, concave, smooth on both sides. Petals three, 

 roundish, concave, much longer than the calyx. Nec- 

 tary globular, fleshy, perforated at the apex, occupying 



