84 oiDYNAMiA ANGiospERMiA. Gmelina, 



late. Perisperm none. Embryo erect. Cotyledons conform 

 to tbe seed. Radicle small, inferior. 



2. G. arhorea. Roxh. Coroin. pi. 



Arboreous, iinarnieil. Leaves opposite, cordate, entirei, 

 hoary underneath. Panicles terminal. 



Cumbulu. Rheed. Mai. i. ^ 41. 



Gumbharee, the Sanscrit name of the tree. 



Beng. Gumar, Goombar. 



Hind. Joogani-chook«r. 



Teling. Tagoomooda. 



Tam. Goomadee. 



A large timber tree, a native of the mountainous parts of 

 India. Fiowerino- time the beginninsf of the hot season. 



Trunk straight. Bark ash-coloured, in young trees, 

 smooth. Branches numerous, spreading in every direction, so 

 as to form a large shady head. Leaves opposite, pefioled, cor- 

 date, pointed, entire, with the upper surface smooth, and the 

 under one hoary, from four to ten inches long, and from two 

 to six or seven broad; at the base M^here it joins the petiole, 

 there are two, three, or four very conspicuous glands. Petioles 

 round, villous, two or three inches long. Panicles terminal, 

 ovate, composed of expanding decussated, downy racemes. 

 Bractes lanceolate, downy, deciduous at an early period. 

 Flowers Opposite, drooping, large, yellow, tinged with 

 brown. Calyx small, obscurely five-toothed, villous on the 

 outside. Corol campanulate. Border four-parted, the upper 

 three segments shorter ; the lower or middle one bifid. Fi- 

 laments two pairs; the longest considerably incurved. An- 

 thers bifid. Germ round, four-celled, with one ovulum 

 in each, attached to the top of the axis. Style as long as the 

 stamen. Stigma bifid, one of the lobes much longer and 

 recurved. Drupe oval, smooth, when ripe yellow, of the size 

 of a damson. Nnt four-celled, though it rarely happens that 

 the four are fertile. 



The wood of this tree is used for a variety of economical 



