438 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Petitaptera. 



sessile glands at the base, on the margins of the short pe- 

 tiole where it joins the leaf and which are equally con- 

 spicuous viewed on either surface. Spikes terminal, sub- 

 panicled. 



A stout timber tree, a native of the Balla-ghaut moun- 

 tains. Flowering time in the Botanic garden at Calcut- 

 ta in April and May ; the seed ripens about the close of 

 the year. 



2. P. Arjuna. R. 



Bark smooth. Branches horizontal. Leaves sub-op- 

 posite, linear-oblong, with over unequally cordate base, 

 smooth, having two sessile glands underneath the base, 

 and not visible when looking at the upper surface of the 

 leaf. 



Sang. Urjoona, also Kukooubha. 



Hind. Cahua. 



Beng. Urjoon. 



A stout quick growing timber tree, a native of various 

 parts of India. It flowers in April and May, and the 

 seed ripens about the close of the year. The margins of 

 the leaves are often slightly crenulate, and the two 

 glands underneath the base are only conspicuous on the 

 under side, whereas in P. angustifolia, which this resem- 

 bles most, they are equally conspicuous in viewing either 

 surface. 



3. P. crenulafa. R. 



Bark remote. Leaves sub-opposite, oblong, acute, cre- 

 nulate, smooth, one or two cyathiforra glands on the rib, 

 far above the base. 



A large timber tree, a native of Coromandel. It flowers 

 in April and May. 



4. P. coriacea. Roxb. 



Leaves sub-opposite, short-petioled, oval, with a cor- 



