li62 MONADELPHIA DODECANDRTA. Pterospermum. 



mnla minute, conical. Radicle cylindiic, inferior, its point 

 immediately opposite to the umbilicus of the seed. 



I am not at present possessed of any information respect- 

 ing the uses the natives make of any part of this tree, nor of 

 the quality of its timber. It grows fast to be of considerable 

 magnitude, and is at all times ornamental, being clothed to 

 the ground with numerous branches, abounding in beautiful 

 foliage. 



4. P. canescens. R. 



Leaves cuneate-obovate, anterior margin often slightly 

 lobed, hoary underneath. Cells of the capsule with as far as 

 four seeds each. 



A native of Ceylon, from thence introduced by General 

 Hay Macdowall, into the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where 

 it flowers in May, and the seeds do not ripen till the April 

 following. 



Trunk of trees eight years old, straight, and about as 

 thick as a man's thigh. Bark smooth, ash-coloured. Branches 

 nearly erect, forming a tall, slender head ; young shoots 

 round, and hairy ; general height of our young trees about 

 twenty-five feet. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, cuneate- 

 obovate, with an obtuse point, and often tending* tobelobate 

 towards the apex ; smooth, lucid green above; hoary under- 

 neath ; about two inches long. Stipules linear, generally 

 entire, caducous. Peduncles axillary, generally in pairs, 

 one-flowered, round, hoary. Bractes few, small, conical. 

 Floioers smaller than in any of the other three species de- 

 scribed by me, m hite. Calyx divided to the base into five, 

 linear, revolute segments, which are ferruginously hoary on 

 the outside, and hairy within. Petals falcate, obtuse, long- 

 er than the calyx. Filaments fifteen, with anthers ; and five 

 larger, abortive, all united near the base, and inserted on the 

 elevated receptacle, round the base of the germ. Germ 

 ovate, hairy, five-seeded, five-celled, with four seeds in each, 

 attached to the axis. Style longer than the stamina. Stig- 



