Erythroxylon. decandria triuynia. 449 



underneath. Pa?2Jc/es axillary, thin, villous. Samara or- 

 bicular with a small wing on the back. 



An extensive perennial, woody rambler, a native of 

 Chittagong. It flowers in March and April. 



ERYTHROXYLON. Schreb. gen. n. 783. 



Calyx five-tool hed. Carol five-petalled with emariji- 

 nate scales over the base on the inside. Nectary canipa- 

 nulate divided into ten antheriferoiis filciments. Gjnn 

 superior, three-celled ; attachment superior. Drupe one- 

 seeded. Embryo inverse, furnished with a perisperm. 



1. E. monogyum. R. Corom. pi. 1. p. 61. t. 88. 



Leaves subsessile, cuneate, entire. Stipules conic acute. 

 Flowers axillary, one or two.' Style single. Stigmas three. 

 Drupe oblong. 



Teling Adivi gerenta. 



2. E. sideroxyloides. Lamark Encycl. 2. f. 390. Willd. 

 2./. 748. 



A native of Coromandel, Ceylon, &c. It flowers dur- 

 ing the greater part of the year. 



From Ceylon General Macdowall sent it to the Bota- 

 nic garden at Calcutta, under the name of the Fen tree. 



3. E. laurifolium. Willd. 2. 749. 



Arboreous. Leaves short-petioled, oblong, obtuse, lu- 

 cid. Peduncles axillary, crowded, longer than the flow- 

 ers. Nectanal scales with truncate, porous apices. Sta- 

 mina monodephous. 



Found by Colonel Hardwicke indigenous on the Mau- 

 ritius in flower in August. 



