Stercn/ia. MONADFi.rniA dodf.candria. 15! 



in rallicr small quantity. Embryo straight, of a pale yellow. 

 Cotifledotis oval, nearly the size of the perispcrm, thick and 

 fle!^hy. Radicle ovale, pointing- to the apex of the seed, di- 

 rectly opposite to the umbilicus. 



J). S. coccinca, R. 



Leaves lanceolar, entire, smooth. Pflrn?c/e.< axillary, droop- 

 ing ; ser/ments of the calyx expanded, filiform and woolly. 

 Capsit/es oblong, beaked, from four to eight-seeded. 



A small tree, a native of Silhet where it blossoms during 

 the hot season, and the seed ripens in May and June. It is 

 conspicuous on account of the spreading, slender, woolly seg- 

 ments of the border of the calyx, and the crimson capsules. 



Yoinuj shoots a little hairy. Leaves alternate, petioled, lan- 

 ceolar, with a rather abrupt base, entire, obtusely acuminate, 

 with a few depressed, stellate, harsh hairs underneath, from 

 four to eioht inches lono, nnd from one to three broad. Pe- 

 tioles about an inch lon<i-, and hairy. Stijniles subulate, hai- 

 ry. Panicles axillary, and under the leaves, solitary, the 

 length of the leaves, but pendulous ; while scarcely expanded, 

 a little hairy. Flowers rather long-|iedicelled, pretty larg"e, 

 by far the greatest part male, of a greenish yellow colour, 

 tinged with pink. Bractes subulate. Calyx rather flat; seg- 

 ments of the border five, long, slender, and woolly, spreading 

 out in various directions, not converging, with their lips 

 united, as in Balany/tas parvijlora, and anyiistijolia, which 

 also have long- slender segments. Stamina and pistillum as 

 in the other species already de-cribed. Capsules follicular, 

 from one to five come to maturity, linear oblong, ending- in a 

 sub-cylindric, obtuse, curved beak, villous, Ijoth the inner and 

 exterior surfaces of a brio ht crimson : o eiieral lena th from 

 three to four inches. Seeds from four to eight, oval, smooth, 

 of a bright cliesiuU colour. Perisperm in small quantily,and 

 quite divided by the cotyledons. Embryo straight. Radicle 

 in the apex of the seed directly opposite to the umbilicus. 



