434 TETRANDUIA MONOGYNJA. CdmuS. 



S. C. capitata, Wall. 



Arborescent. J eaves lanceolate, acuminate, sliort-petloled, sca- 

 brous with adpresstd hair. J^/ore?grs sessile, densely a>;greoate, form- 

 ing a round head supported by a very large, four-leaved, scabrous 

 involucre. 



SpeciuK'iis communicated by the Hon. E. Gardner from Gossain- 

 Than in Nepalo, where the tree is called Chnngztn ; by Sir Robert 

 Coiquhoun from Sirinagur, where it is called B/iumowra ; nnd by 

 Dr. G. Go an who gaiheied them between the Sutlej and Jumna. 



It grow s to be a small tree, which according to Sir R- Colquhoun's 

 observation has much of the habit of the Custard-apple.— /jVaz/cAgs 

 Avoodv, spieading, opposite, like all the other parts covered with 

 short stifi" adpressed hairs ; the younger ones slightly compressed — 

 I eaves opposite, coriaceous, tapering at both ends, entire, about two 

 inches long, scabrous, covered on both sides with reflexed hairs, 

 vhich on being rubbed off leave an imj>iession on the surface ; glau- 

 cous, very pale beneath with elevated, sometimes pink-coloured, sub- 

 lonoitudiual arched nerves, having each a minute gland in their axils. 

 — Fetioles very short, furrowed. Head terminal, solitary, round, 

 as large as a modeiate-sized cherry, thickly covered with flouers, 

 supported by a sulcated; club-shaped peduncle, which w idens at the 

 upper end into a convex ligneous receptacle for the insertion of ihe 

 flowers. — Involucre consisting of four spreading, somewhat unequal, 

 cariaceous, yellow, obovate-cuneate, som? times broad-ovate, veined, 

 scabrous leaves, an inch long, rounded at their ends, with a short 

 slightly grooved point. — Calijx cylindric, pubescent, with four oblong, 

 erect, obtuse segments — Caro/ twice as long as the cal)x, consisting 

 of four sprtaduig cuneate leaHels ; their upper surface slightly keel- 

 ed. — Sla/tiens equalling the petals, suLu'ate, recurved. Anthers 

 ovate. Ovarium immersed in the receptacle, oblong, two-celled, 

 with a pendulous ovulum in each cell. Style thick, clavate, striated, 

 shorter than the stamens, surrounded at its base by a short, cylindric 

 fleshv, crenulate nectary. Stigma truncate. 



Obs. This beautiful tree is very distinct from all the other spe- 



