142 MONADELPHiA DODECANDRiA. Heritiera. 



yellow. Cotyledons chrysoloide, contorted, triplicate. Radi- 

 cle inferior, curved, with its apex immediately to the umbili- 

 cus. In fact it is a JIalvacece, but with a real perisperm. 



HERITIERA. Hort. Kew. iii. 546. 

 Hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same individual. 

 Hermaphrodite. Calyx campanulate, five-toothed. Carol 

 none. Stamens five pairs. Germs five, one celled, one-seed- 

 ed ; attachment interior. Drupes from one to five, keel-wing- 

 ed, one seeded. Embryo centripetal, no perisperm. 



1 . H. minor. R. 



Leaves broad-lanceolate, cinereous underneath. Drupes 

 obovate, flattened, inside furrowed, outside keeJ-winged. 



Balanopteris minor. Ga^rt. Sem. ii. t. OS. J'. 2. 



Heritiera femes. Buch. in Symes' Ava. Willd. v. 372. 



Atunus littoria. Rumph. Amh. iii. t. 63. 



Hind, and Bemj. Shoondree, or Sundra. 



Samandara. Linn, Flor. Zeyl. 433. 



A native of the lower parts of the Delta of the Ganoes, 

 where it grows to be a large tree. Flowering time the hot 

 season. 



Trunk straight, often deeply sulcated. Bark slightly 

 cracked. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, oblong-lanceolar, 

 entire, smooth, of a deep green above, cinereous underneath, 

 from four to six inches long. Panicles axillary, shorter 

 than the leaves, crowded, rust-coloured. Flowers numer- 

 ous, small, of a dull orange colour. 



2. H. littoralis. Willd. vi. 972. 



Leaves oblong. Drupes oval, inside keeled, outside 

 winged. 



Balanopteris Tothila. G(Brt. Sem. ii. t. 99. 

 Nagam. Rheed. Mai. vi. ^ 21. - 

 A native of JMalabar, Mauritius, &.c. 



