540 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. SymploCOS. 



tringent. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, from ovate- 

 oblong to broad-lanceolar; margins serrulate, both sides 

 smooth, of a thick firm texture, from two to six inches 

 long, and from one to one and a half broad. Stipules 

 none. Racemes axillary and terminal, single and gener- 

 ally simple, shorter than the leaves, many-flowered. 

 Flowers solitary, approximate, small, short-peduncled ; 

 colour a lively yellow. Bractes three to each flower, 

 ovate, villous, one, viz. the largest under the pedicel, and 

 two placed opposite at the base of the germ. Calyx 

 superior, five-parted, permanent; segments broad-ovate 

 or nearly round-obtuse. Carol one-petalled, rotate. 

 Border five-parted ; segments oval, deeply divided, con- 

 cave, smooth, thrice the length of the calyx or more. 

 Filaments numerous, as long as the corol, and inserted into 

 its base. Anthers small, two-lobed. Germ inferior, tur- 

 binate, three-celled, with from two to four ovula in each, 

 attached to the inner and upper angle of the cells (up- 

 per end of the axis.) Style shorter than the stamina. 

 Stigma three lobed. Drupe oblong, smooth, with a 

 beautiful purple pulp in small quantity, when ripe purple, 

 crowned with the permanent calyx. Nut conform to the 

 drupe, three-celled. Seed generally solitary, (with the 

 abortive integuments of the other one or three close by 

 its apex) linear^ablong, attached to the inside of the top 

 of the cell. Integument seems single, tough, and thick, 

 colour on the outside light brown. Perisperm conform 

 to the seed, rather soft. Embryo cylindric, inverse. 

 Cotyledons small, o\ long ; radicle three or four times 

 longer than the cotyledons, cylindric, superior. 



The bark of this small tree is in request amongst the 

 dyers of red in Calcutta, and is met with in the markets in 

 that city for a trifling price. 



It seems to be used as a mordant only. To dye with 

 Munjeet (East India madder,) in which the bark called 

 Lodh is an ingredient. For three yards of cloth take 



