150 MONADELPHIA DODECANDRIA. SterCfl/ia, 



ed, lined on the inside with a firm, smooth, fibrous, pink-co- 

 loured parchment like mendirane; the margins of the opening-, 

 and pedicels of the seed very hairy. Seeds few, oblong-, of the 

 size of a field bean. Inlegnments three ; the exterior one thin, 

 black and brittle ; the second thin, light brown and tough ; be- 

 tween these two is a soft, white, sebaceous substance; the in- 

 ner integument is membranaceous. Perisperm on each side of 

 the embryo amygdaline. jfi?m6r//o straight. Coti/fedoiiseWyp- 

 tic, extending- completely through the perisperm. Radicle 

 small, lodged in the apex of the seed opposite to the umbilicus. 



8. S. lancexpfolia. R. 



Leaves lanceolate, entire, smooth. Racemes axillary, sim- 

 ple, much shorter than the leaves ; flowers red, long-pcdi- 

 celU'd. Capsules oblong, villous, from four to eight-seeded. 



Uvhlea the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is indi- 

 jiouous, orowino- to be a middlino- sized tree. Flowering- in 

 March and April, and the seed ripening- in May and June. 



Bark of the trunk and larger branches ash coloured ; 

 yoiinij shoots slightly villous, I may say smooth, as the little 

 pubescence they have, m hen very tender, soon rubs ofl"; thus 

 it is also with the leaves. Leaves alternate, petioled, lanceolate, 

 rather obtusely acuminate, entire, smooth, from four to eight 

 inches long, by from one to three broad. Petioles about an 

 inch long, thick at both ends. Stipules thick, subulate, a 

 little hairy, caducous. Racemes axillary, or under the leaves, 

 and much shorter than them, simple, erect. Flowers few, 

 small, red, long-pedicelled, by far the greater part are male. 

 Calyx, stamina and pistillum as in the genus. Capsules 

 follicular; from one to five come to maturity, they are ob- 

 long, rather obtuse ; the surface rather harsh Avith very minute, 

 short hairs; length about three inches. Seeds from four to 

 eight, oval. Integuments thvee ; the exterior one thin, brittle, 

 polished, black; the second thin, brown ; between it and the 

 exterior one a firm, dull-coloured, soft, sebaceous lamina; the 

 interior integument membranaceous, light brown. Perisperm 



