532 FOLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. DiospyrUS. 



bifid. Berry round, of the size of a small apple, yellow, 

 pulpy. Seeds as many as eight, immersed in the pulp, 

 kidney-shaped, sharp on the inner straight edge. 



The black part of the wood of this tree is too well 

 known to require any description in this place. It is 

 only the centre of large trees that is black and valua- 

 ble ; which part is more or less in quantity, according 

 to the age of the tree. The outside wood is white and 

 soft, which time and insects soon destroy, leaving the 

 black untouched. The ripe fruit is eaten by the natives ; 

 it has an astringent taste, and is not very palatable. The 

 bark is also astringent. Powdered and mixed with pep- 

 per, it is given for the dysentery by the native doctors. 



4. D. tomentosa. Roxb. 



Dicecous, all the tender parts very downy. Leaves 

 opposite, and alternate, oval, entire. Male Peduncles 

 three-flowered. Calyx and corol gibbous, four- toothed. 

 Stamens twelve, on a receptacle. Female solitary, vAih 

 the calyx and corol five-parted; berry as far as five seeded. 



Kakindoo, the Sanscrit name. 



Beng. Kyou. 



A native of the northern parts of Bengal, where it 

 grows to be a tree of great size ; the wood is black, hard, 

 and heavy ; in short the Eljony of that country. In a 

 garden at Allipore, formerly belonging to Mr. Hastings, 

 are some of the oldest trees about Calcutta. They may 

 be about thirty years old. The trunk and whole tree 

 very erect, tall and slender, not unlike the form of the 

 common Cypress. The leaves are completely deciduous 

 during the cold season, and appear again with the 

 flowers in April. 



Trunk of the trees just mentioned, erect, though not 

 perfectly straight, with deeply cracked, spongy bark. 

 Leaves sub-opposite and alternate, petioled, oval, en- 

 tire, very downy while young, particularly underneath; 



