Canarium. monadelphia hexandiua. 137 



obovale-oblong, smooth, while in the bud imbricated. JSTecia- 

 ry, a three lobcd, liairy cuj) round the lower part ol" the germ, 

 and within the (ube, formed by the fihunents. Filaments 

 six, united into a tube for half their length. Anthers oblong, 

 erect. Germ superior, ovate, small, three-celled, with two 

 ovulain each attached to the top of the axis. Style short. Stig- 

 ma three-cktt. Dnipe oblong, size of a large olive, smooth, 

 one-celled. Pulp in ccmsiderable quantity, firm and yellow- 

 ish ; surface dark purple, covered with bloom like the com- 

 mon plum. Mut conform to the drupe, pointed, obscurely 

 three-cornered, with an aril from the apex to the base, runs 

 down each of the three sides or faces, thick and very hard, 

 three-celled, &c. almost exactly as in Gcertner's Canarinm 

 sylvestre, ii. p. 08. t. 102. except in the ribs on the three sides, 

 not repesented in his figure. Seed one, rarely t« o, in each 

 cell, oblong. Integument ^single, rather spongy and brown. 

 Perisperni none. JEmbryo invetse. Cotyledons mtiicaiely 

 folded up as represented by Gtertner. Radicle superior, 

 oblong-. 



2. C. comvinne. Willd. iv. 759. Annals oj' Botany, i. 360. 

 t. 7./. 2. 



Leaflets from seven to nine, long-petioled, ovate-oblong, 

 smooth, entire. Stipules oval, permanent. Panicles termi- 

 nal. 



Canarium vulgare. Rvmpk. Amh. ii. t. 47. 



A native of the Moluccas, from fiience brought to the Bo- 

 tanic garden at Calcutta, but does not thrive, the winters be- 

 ing too cold for it, for in fourteen years the plants are not 

 more than ten feet high, with but five branches, and have not 

 yet blossomed. 



3. C. sylvestre. Willd. iv. 760. 



Leaflets from seven to nine, short-petioled, from ovate-oib- 

 long to ovate-lanceolate, smooth, entire, acuminate. Stipules 



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