Liriodendron. polyandria polvoynfa. f).>3 



serratures l)ecome more remote scallop-dentate, they are 

 finely pointed and hairy on both surfaces, as well as 

 round the margin. 



6. D. scabrella. R. 



Leaves petioled, cuneate, lanceolar, acutely serrate, 

 ribbed, both sides harsh with short hairs. 



A stately timber tree, a native of the mountains on the 

 eastern frontier of Bensal. 



LIRIODENDRON. Shreb. gen. n. 942. 

 Gen. Char. Ca/j/.r three-leaved. Petalsmnc. Gcniis 

 numerous, one-celled, two-seeded ; attachment interior, 

 many imbricated so as to form a strobile, winged, one- 

 celled, from one to two-seeded. Embryo centripetal, with 

 ample perisperni. 



1. L. grandiflora. R. 



Leaves oblong, with a tapering base, entire. Flowers 

 terminal, solitary; calyx of several deciduous spathes. 

 Coral nine-petalled, the exterior ones green on the outside. 



Doolee champa, the vernacular name in Silhct. 



A middling sized, very ramous tree, a native of the 

 hilly countries in the vicinity of Silhet and Cliittagong, 

 where it blossoms in April and May, and perfumes the 

 air to a considerable distance with the fragrance of its 

 fine large flowers; the seed ripens in October and Novem- 

 ber. Young shoots strongly marked with the annular 

 marks left by the stipules, otherwise smooth. Leaves al- 

 ternate, oblong, tapering most to the base, entire, hard, 

 and void of pubescence, but glaucous, particularly un- 

 derneath, obtuse, ribbed with large, simple, expanding 

 veins, between which the small ones are beautifully reti- 

 culated, from six to eight inches long, and from three to 

 nine broad. Stipules solitary, sheathing attached to one 



