Roydsia. polyandria monogynia. 643 



OCHNA. Sckreb. gen. n. 891. 



Gen. Char. Calyx inferior, live-leaved. Carol from 

 five to tvvelve-petalled. Genn from five to t\telve-celled, 

 one-seeded ; attachment inferior. Seeds several, affixed 

 to a large roundish receptacle. Embryo erect without 

 perisperm. 



O. squarrosa. Willd. 2. 1158. Coram, pi. 1. p. 62. 

 ^89. 



Panicles lateral. Leaves oblong, finely serrate. 



KMUMk-champa the Sanskrit name. 



Teling. Yerra-juvee. 



Japotapita cinnamomifolia . Burm. Zeyl. 123. t. 56. 



A smalltree, a native of the mountainous parts of In- 

 dia. Leaves deciduous in the cool season, and appearing 

 with the sweetly fragrant flowers in February and March. 

 The seed ripens in May and June. 



ROYDSIA. R. 



Gen. Char. Calyx inferior, six-parted. Carol none. 

 Stamina on a column or receptacle. Germ pedicelled, 

 above the insertion of the filaments, three-celled ; cells 

 many-seeded ; attachment interior. Drupe pedicelled, 

 one-seeded. Embryo erect, without perisperm. 



This elegant, strongly marked genus is named in 

 honour of Sir John Royds, one of the puisne Judges 

 of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Bengal, an emi- 

 nent benefactor to the science. 



R. suaveolens. R. 



Madhifvee-JMta, the vernacular namein Silhet, where the 

 plant is indigenous. Flowering time the month of March, 

 when its numerous blossoms ditfuse a strong, but plea- 



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