642 POLYANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Huniea. 



between them and the germ, opposite to its five grooves. 

 Filaments numerous, slender, shorter than the petals, very 

 slightly, or rather, scarcely united at the base, and insert- 

 ed round the apex of a short turbinate receptacle. Germ 

 superior, and elevated on the turbinate receptacle consi- 

 derably above the insertion of the cali/x and corol, and 

 very hairy, conspicuously and deeply five-lobed, five-cell- 

 ed, each containing two ovula attached from their middle 

 to the inner angle of the cell. Style single, five-furrowed, 

 thelengthof the filaments. Stigma simple. Capsules irom 

 one to five, two or three most frequent, round-oval, about 

 an inch and a half in diameter, and one inch thick, of a firm, 

 fibrous, woody texture, surface grey or ash-coloured, and 

 somewhat downy, one-celled, two-valved. Seed one, rarely 

 two ; conform to the capsule. Integuments two, the e:i- 

 terior one light-brown and friable ; the interior one mem- 

 branaceous. Perispcrm none. Embryo conform to the 

 seed, erect. Cotyledons two, nearly equal, amygdaline. 

 Plumula small, villous, tvvo-lobed. Radicle oblong, in- 

 ferior. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



An incomplete drawing and description of this very 

 stately tree, were sent to England (with my other draw- 

 ings,) in 1804, numbered 3482, under the name Pteros- 

 permum paniculatum ; they were taken from excellent spe- 

 cimens in flower received from Chittagong, but unfor- 

 tunately, the seed vessel of a Pterospermum, was no doubt 

 brought, tied to the specimens for that oi Maus-jot, and 

 as such given in the above-mentioned drawing and de- 

 scription. This error has only been discovered during 

 the last year (1810), by procuring not only plants for the 

 Botanic garden but abundance of specimens with flowers 

 and seed vessels in all stages, from Chittagong and 

 Silhet. 



