SSQ TETEANDRIA MONOGYNIA. B.hopal(t, 



Jarge, bUiut serrature on each side, texture firm and polished; 

 length from four to six inches, by two or three broad. — Racemes 

 axillary, and terminal, but chiefly the former, one, two, or three 

 together, nearly as long as the leaves, straight and simple, densely 

 cloathed with ferruginous down. Pedicels short, Iwo-ilowered. — 

 UracteSf a small oval one at ihe base of each common peduncle and 

 one about the middle of each pedicel. — Fhzcers nuaierous, crowded, 

 small, yellowish green.— Ca/yr none. Petals four, linearly spatu- 

 Jate, revolute. Nectarial scales four, rounded, smooth and distinct. 

 ^Filament short, inserted on the petals. Anthers linear.— Gem 

 oblong, very completely covered with long, reddish brown bans, 

 one-celled and containing two ovula attached a little to one side ot 

 the bottom of the cell. Stt/le filiform. Stigma clavate, entire. 



4. R. robusf.a. R. 



Leaves alternate, sessile, cuneate-oblong, smooth, remotely ser- 

 rulate. Racemes axillary, and below the leaves, smooth. Nectary a 

 smooth four-toothed cup. 



Joweea, the vernacular name in Silhet where it is indigenous, and 

 grows to be a large, stout timber tree. Flowering in June. 



Youn^ shoots smooth. — Leaves alternate, sub-sessile, cuneate-ob- 

 lono-, obtuse-pointed, remotely and acutely serrulate, smooth on 

 both sides, about twelve inches long, by five or six broad. — Racemes 

 axillarc, and below the leaves, one, two, or three together, about 

 half the length of the leaves, smooth. Pedicels short, two-flowered, 



Bractes smooth, one at the base of each common pedicel, and 



one aboutlhe middle of each of the proper ones.— f'/oJiJers numerous, 

 pale, greenish yellow, and fragrant.— C^/j/r none. Petals four, Imear- 

 ly spatulate, smooth, revolute.— iV>^«/;y one-leaved, cup-shaped, 

 obtusely four-toothed, with the margins somewhat ciliate.—GtTWJ 

 superior, oblong, smooth, one-celled ; ovula two, attached to one 

 side of the cell. S?j//e'filiform. S//o/na clavate, entire.* 



» Eoth this and the preceding sj.ccie* are distinct fro>n R. cochinchinensls, 

 Bvown, Linn. Trans, x. p. 192.-N. W. 



