Symplocos. polyandria monogynia. 539 



14. D. stricta. R. 



Trunk straight to the top of the tree. Leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate. Male peduncles from three to six-flowered ; 

 stamina sixteen on a convex receptacle. 



A tall slender conical tree with a trunk perfectly straight, 

 as in the Firs:, to the very top ; a native of Tipperah ; it 

 flowers in March. 



The female tree unknown. 



15. D. hracteata. R. 



Leaves oblong-, acute. Fertile flowers solitary and 

 bracted: styles four. Berry with as many as eight seeds. 



A native of the Dooab ; the male tree has not been 

 found. 



SYMPLOCOS. Schreh. gen. n. 1223. 

 Gen. Char, Calyx superior, five-parted. Corol 

 one-petalled, rotate, with the stamina inserted on its base. 

 Germ semi-infera, three-celled; cells few-seeded; attach- 

 ment to the upper end of the axis. Drupe inferior, thir- 

 teen-cellcd. Seeds one or two. Embryo inverse, and fur- 

 nished with a perisperm. 



1. S. racemosa. Roxb. 



Racemes axillary. Leaves oblong, smooth, serrulate. 



Sans. Sa.\uva, Lodhra. 



Beng. Lodh. 



A small tree of from twelve to twenty feet high, a 

 native of Burdwan and Midnapore in Bengal. Flower- 

 ing time the month of December ; the seed ripens in May. 



Compare this plant with Myrtus Retz. obs. 4. p. 26. 



Trunk about twenty inches in circumference. Bark 

 somewhat rough, with a spongy, friable, exterior grey 

 coat, inwardly of a firm, fleshy texture; when fresh, of 

 a very pale yellowish colour and the taste mildly as- 



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