508 ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ludia. 



ers about the size and appearance of those of the com- 

 mon myrtle, many seem abortive, though all are herma- 

 phrodite, and in those the filaments are longer and the 

 anthers liL'hter-coloured. Calyx saucer-shaped; border 

 t\\elve-paited ; six of which form an inner series, and 

 are narrower, the whole permanent. Corol none. Filo' 

 ments numerous, inserted on the disk or undiv'ided part 

 of the calyx. Anthers ovate oblong. Germ superior, 

 ovate, one celled ; ovula many, attached to three equidis- 

 tant parietal receptacles. Style about as long as the 

 stamina. Stigma three-lobed. Berry oblong, the size of 

 an olive. Pulp of a soft fleshy consistence ; the taste of 

 which IS somethiiig like a bad, sweet pear, though some- 

 what better. 6'eec/s few, roundish-oval, umbilicus point- 

 ed, attached as in the germ, and nestling in soft yellow 

 pulp Integuments two, both membranaceous. Perisperni 

 conform to the seed, amygdaline. Embryo as extended as 

 the perisperm. Cotyledons round-cordate, three-nerved. 

 Radicle oval, ceutriiugal. 



2. L.fcelida. R. 



Arboreous, unarmed. Leaves oblong-serrate, smooth. 

 Racemes axillary, longer than the leaves, compound. 

 Stigma four clelt. 



Somer-mera, the Malay name under which it was re- 

 ceived from Amboyna into the Botanic garden at Cal- 

 cutta, where it has bv^en for fourteen years, and for some 

 jears past blossoms freely during the rains, but has not 

 yet produced a single full-formed seed-vessel in Bengal. 

 The trees are now about thirty feet high, with a perfectly 

 straight trunk of a proportionate thickness, covered with 

 smooth, olive-coloured bark. ^rancAes numerous, spread- 

 ing: and dividing much, the whole forming a large, ovate, 

 very dense crown. The scent of the tree when near it, is 

 particularly fetid. 



