274 ocTANDRiA MONOGYNIA. Scytalia. 



and entire ; about six inches long and about two broad. 

 Stipules none. Panicles terminal, many crowded to- 

 gether; also single from the exterior ax ills, erect, with 

 numerous diverging ramifications. Bractes minute, ca- 

 ducous. Flowers short-pedicelled, small, pale yellow, 

 with atinge of red. Calyx of five, unequal, roundish con- 

 cave leaflets. Petals five, oblong, expanding, each with 

 one villous, nectarial scale on the inside near the base. 

 Filaments, about seven, short, erect, inserted on a short 

 fleshy receptacle, which also elevates the pistil. Anthers 

 erect. Germ superior, on a short fleshy receptacle, two- 

 rarely three-lobed ; lohes one-seeded, attached to the bot- 

 tom of the cell, &c. Style very short. Stigma two point- 

 ed. Berries generally twin, oval, the size of a small cof- 

 fee bean, pulpy, when ripe, orange-coloured, supported 

 on a short common receptacle. Embryo erect, without 

 perisperm. 



9. S. Danura. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves simple, broad-lanceolate, with a cor- 

 date base. Panicles terminal, petals five, with two wool- 

 ly scales at their base. Germ two-lobed. Style scarcely 

 any. 



Beng. Danoora. 



This tree is a native cf the Delta of the Ganges and of 

 the parts to the east of it. Flowering time the beginning 

 of the hot season. 



Leaves about the extremities of the branchlets, sim- 

 ple, subsessile, broad-lanceolate, smooth, entire, about a 

 foot long. Panicles terminal, composed of rather remote, 

 diverging, compound, ramifications. F/oi^ers numerous, 

 solitary, pedicelled, of a pale pink colour. Bractes mi- 

 nute, one-flowered. Calyx of five, unequal, roundish, 

 concave leaflets. Coral of five equal, equally disposed, 

 oval, emarginate, short, clavate petals. Nectary, a double 

 woolly scale at the base of each petal on the inside, also 



