372 DECANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Petaloma, 



nearly erect. Braites minute, one-flowered, caducous. 

 Flowers numerous, small, yellow, single, approximate. 

 Calyx below, iive-toothed. Filaments united at the base. 

 Anthers incumbent and white, with a gland on the apex of 

 each which falls off soon after the llower expands. Style 

 crooked. Stigma simple. Legume \on^, pendulous, not in- 

 flated. Seeds m-diny , lodged in a brown mealy substance. 



The pod of this tree is the only part used; it is about 

 an inch in circumference, and from six to twelve long ; 

 when ripe, brown and smooth, containing besides the seeds 

 a large quantity of a brown mealy substance which the 

 natives eat. Its taste is sweetish and agreeable ; it may 

 therefore be compared to the Spanish Algaroba, or Lo- 

 cuU tree ( Ceratonia siliqua.) 



CYNOMETRA. Linn. 

 Calyx four-leaved. Curol five-petalled. Legume fleshy, 

 lunate, one-seeded. Embryo centripetal, no perisperm. 



C. polyaiidra. R. 



Leaves phmate. Branchlets floriferous. Floivers po- 

 lyandrous. 



Peng is the vernacular name in Silhet, where it grows 

 to be a very large and useful timber tree. Flowering time 

 March and April. The seeds ripen in July and August. 



PETALOMA. Schreh. gen. n. 1750. 

 Calyx iive-toothed. Petals five, the stamina inserted 

 on the calyx. Berry inferior, one-celled. Seeds from one 

 to four. 



P. alternifoUa. R. 



*Xeaves alternate, obovate-cuneate, emarginate. Spikes 

 axillary. 



