Elaeocarpus. polyandria monogynia. 597 



Racemes below the leaves, single. Stamina thirty, ter- 

 minated by a single thread. Drupe oval ; 7iut rugose, 

 thin-edged, from one to two-celled. 



Bun J«lpai, the vernacular name in Chittagong, where 

 it is indigenous, and grows to a great size, with a scanty 

 crown. Flowering time March ; the seed ripens in June 

 and July. 



Leaves about the ends oi' the branches, alternate, subses- 

 sile, obovate-oblong, serrate, of a firm texture, smooth on 

 both sides, except when very young, thin, and clothed 

 with a little ferruginous down ; from six to twelve inches 

 long, and from four to six broad. Racemes numerous, 

 under the leaves, and shorter than them, spreading nearly 

 horizontally. Flower's large, long-pedicelled, drooping. 

 Peduncles and pedicels clothed with dark ferruginous 

 down, i^racto small, caducous. Calyx fixe-\esi\ed; leaflets 

 lanceolate, on the outside downy. Petals five, subcunei- 

 form, villous, with th.e apex irregular, and deeply cut into 

 numerous filiform segments. Filaments thirty, short, in- 

 serted round the base of the germ, into a villous receptacle. 

 Anthers linear, crowned with a single thread. Germ su- 

 perior, villous, grooved, two-celled, with about eight ovu 

 la in each, attached in an imbricated order, in two ver- 

 tical rows from their apices to the middle of the partitions. 

 Style longer than the stamina. Stigma simple. Drupe 

 obovate, of the size of a small pullet's eg^, smooth, of an 

 olive yellow. Nut oblong, a little pointed, rugose, having 

 the edges sharp, thick, hard, and tough, one, rarely two- 

 celled. jS'eed solitary, oblong. Integument single, thick and 

 brown. Perisperm conform to the seed, horny. Embryo 

 inverse. Cotyledons very thin, oblong, three-nerved, nearly 

 as broad and long as the perisperm. Plumula two-lobed. 

 Radicle ovate, superior. 



5. £. ruhustus. R. 



Leaves ovate-oblong, serrate, acuminate, smooth. Sta-- 



