Phillyrea, diandria monogynia. lOi 



ofth€coioi, and about as long as the segments of its border. Anthers 

 incumbent. — Germ above, but lodged deep in the bottom oi the calyx, 

 two-celled, with two ovula in each. Style short. Stigma elavate, 

 entire. — Drupe size of a small French bean, obliquely obovate, 

 smooth, generally one-celled. — Nut solitary, with the rudi.;:ent of a 

 second, but J never saw more than one come to maturity ; pointed at 

 the base, furrowed on the outside, covered, with a thick, somewhat 

 indurated envelope, though scarcely hard enough to be called a nut. 

 Embri/o niverse, lodged in a pearl-coloured amygdaline perisj.*inn. 

 C(,s. Ligustrum Japonicum. Thunb. Flor. Japan. P. 17. F. 1. is a 

 tolerably good representation of this tree ; but the one-seeded nut, 

 short style, and elavate stigma of my plant, will not allow me to 

 ihmk they can be the same. 



2. P. robusta. R. 



Leaves ovate-oblong, entire, acuminate. Panicles terminal, large 

 and spreading. Berries sub-cylindric, one-seeded. 



Bhooe^mooia, the vernacular name in Silhet, where it grows to 

 be a very large tree, and furnishes the natives, &c. with very hard 

 durable wood. Flowering time June and July j the seed ripen in 

 January and February. 



Young shoots void of pubescence, but dotted with small whitish 

 specks. — Leaves opposite, short-petioled, ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, entire, smooth; three or four inches long, and one or one and a 

 half broad. — Panicles terminal, large, very ramous; ramifications 

 four, round, and villous. — Flowers oblong, acute, villous. — Calyx 

 bowl-shaped, four-toothed. — Coral campanulate. Tube very short; 



border four-parted Filaments short, inserted on the little tube of the 



corol opposite to each other. Anthers oblong.— Germ superior, de- 

 pressed, two-celled, with two ovula in each, attached to the top of 



the partition Style and stigma elavate, apex flat and emarginate.— 



Berries (for they can scarce be called drupes) sub-cylindnc, smooth, 

 succulent, dark olive-purple, size of a large berberry, rarely more 

 than one-celled,— 6Vec/ solitary, conform to the berry. Integuments 



