Elaeocarpus. poi,yandria monogynia. 599 



broad-lanceolar, serrate, rather obtuse, pointed, smooth 

 on both sides, from four to six inches long, and scarcely 

 two broad. Stipules none. Racemes axillary, and from 

 those of the last year, solitarj^, diverging with a curve, 

 rather shorter than the leaves. Flowers alternate, pretty 

 long-pedicelled, recurvate, small, white. Cahjx five-leav- 

 ed; leaflets lanceolate. Petals five, cuneiform; exterior 

 margin deeply laciniate. Nectarial glands five, large, 

 embracing the lower part of the germ. Filaments fifteen, 

 short, two between the nectarial glands and one from 

 the inside of the apex of each of them. Anthers linear, 

 gaping at top, and there somewhat bearded. Gertn ovate, 

 three- celled, with two ovula in each, attached to the axis. 

 Style the length of the corol. Stigma small, three-toothed. 

 Drupe long, turbinate, of the size and appearance of a 

 large olive, smooth, when ripe of a greenish yellow, 

 one-celled. Nut sub-clavate, turbinate, tapering most to- 

 wards the base, and having there a superficial perfora- 

 tion, one-celled, three-valved. Perisperm conform to the 

 seed. Emhryo inverse. Cotyledons cordate-lanceolate. 

 Radicle superior. 



7. E. aristatus. R. 



Leaves petioled, obovate-cuneate, obtuse, and obtuse- 

 ly serrulate. Racemes axillary. Stamina from forty- five 

 to fifty, awned. Drupe oval ; nut generally one-celled. 



Ran d?dm is the vernacular name in Silhet, where it 

 is indigenous, and grows to be a tree of very considerable 

 magnitude. Flowering time in April, and the fruit ripens 

 in August. 



Young shoots thick, and rather rough, with a few hairs, 

 which soon disappear by the wind, friction, &c. Leaves 

 alternately crowded about the ends of the branchlets, 

 petioled, cuneate-obovate, obtuse, and obtusely serrulate, 

 smooth on both sides, and firm in texture ; from four to 

 six inches long and from two to three broad. Petioles 



