664 POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Uvai'ia. 



die. Calyx inferior, about eight or ten-leaved ; leaflets 

 unequal, roundish, concave, imbricated, smooth, cadu- 

 cous. Carol none. Staminanone. Germs numerous, in an 

 imbricated, globular head, single, conical, containing two 

 ovula that are attached to the inner side of the cell. Style 

 scarcely any. Stigma short, small, and, bifid, situated 

 where the keel ends in the upper edge of the twin apex 

 of the germ. Berries numerous, sessile, on a globular, 

 peduncled receptacle, distinct, turbinate, of the size of a 

 red currant, and of nearly the same colour, succulent, one- 

 celled. Seeds two, round, reniform, curvate, one end some- 

 what lunger than the other. Integuments single, thick, and 

 firm, of a brownish ash-colour. Perisperm conform to the 

 seed, smelling spicy when cut. Embryo small, lodged 

 in the small end oi the perisperm. Cotyledons two small 

 projections only. Radicle oval pointed, pointing to the 

 end of the seed where it is lodged. Male flowers axillary, 

 &c. as in the female ; sometimes on a different tree. Calyx 

 as in the female. Coral none. Stamina a small globular 

 fleshy body in the centre formed by many imbricated, 

 fleshy, sessile filaments, or bases for as many gaping, two- 

 valved, one-celled anthers. 



10. U. longifolia. Willd. 2. 1263. 



Leaves narrow-lanceolate, waved, smooth, shining. 

 Flowers fascicled, long-pedicelled ; petals equal, narrow, 

 lanceolate, vNaved. Berries oval, one-seeded. 



Devadari. Asiat. Res. 4. p. 288. 



Hind, and Beng. Devadaree, or Debdaree. 



Its native place uncertain. In Bengal it blossoms in 

 February and the seed ripens during the rains; the tree 

 is large and ele«;ant, but of slow growth, yet the wood 

 is soft and white, and deemed of little use. 



11. U. vitlosa. R. 



Leaves oval, entire, villous. Peduncles few-flowered. 



