542 POLYANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. SymploCOS. 



the base of each germ, like a calycle. Calyx superior, five- 

 parted, the five oblong segments being only slightly united 

 at the base into one ring with the insertion of the filaments. 

 Filaments about forty, twice the length of thecorol. An- 

 thers t\\o-\ohed. Germ inferior, three- celled, with three or 

 four ovula in each, attached to the axis. Style the length 

 of the filaments. Stigma large and perforated. Drupes 

 the size of a pea, short, urceolate, torose, about twelve- 

 ribbed, olive-coloured. Nut conform to the whole drupe, 

 thick and hard, one-celled, cell annular, &c. conformable 

 to the cell in the nut. Integument single. Perisperm 

 conform to the seed, oily. Embryo shorter than the pe- 

 risperm, arched. Cotyledons semi-columnar. Radicle 

 cylindric, much longer than the cotyledons. 



3. S.ferruginea. Roxb. 



Leaves lanceolar, serrulate, acuminate, parallel- veined, 

 downy underneath. Spikes axillary, solitary, compound, 

 downy. 



Foolinazur is the vernacular name in the Garo coun- 

 try, where it is indigenous ; it grows to the size of a small 

 tree, with much soft, ferruginous pubes. Flowering time 

 the latter part of the rains. 



Leaves alternate, short, villous, petioled, lanceolar, ser- 

 rulate, acuminate, texture hard; smooth above, downy un- 

 derneath ; from four to seven inches long, and from one to 

 two broad. Stipules none. Spikes axillary, solitary, com- 

 pound, not half the length of the leaves, very downy. 

 Flowers sessile, crowded, middle sized, yellow. Bractes 

 three to each flower, like a calycle, broad ovate, downy. 

 Corol rotate. Tube very short ; segments of the border five, 

 oblong. Filaments numerous, inserted on the sharp tube of 

 thecorol. Anther stv^o-lohed. Germ semi-inferior, downy, 

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

 attached to the upper end of the axis. Style the length 

 of the stamina. Stigma three-lobed. 



