Sterciilia. monadelphia dodecanduia. 145 



perfect, surrounding- the base of the oerm. Germs five, very 

 hairy, elevnte<l on a receptacle, suvroundinp, a column, wliicli 

 ends in a style, so much recurved as to bring- llie five lobed 

 stigma in contact with the stamens that surround the base of 

 the germ. Cdpaules, from one to five come to maturity, oval, 

 one-celled, one-valved, opening longitudin.dly on the inside. 

 Seeds fen-, aHixed to the gaping sutures. Jntetpimenls two. 

 The exterior one of a dark-chesnut colour, and clammy on the 

 outside, on the inside buff-colour. The interior one coriace- 

 ous, dull black on the outside, and lined Avith a light brown 

 tunic within. Perispenn none, except a fleshy darker colour- 

 ed exterior coat of 1 he cotyledons can be so called. Einhrrjo 

 the size and shape of (he seed. Cotyledons thick, of different 

 sizes and shapes. Radicle opposite <o the umbilicus. 



Note, The seeds are deemed wholesome, and nearly as pa- 

 latable as chesnuts when roasted. 



2. S. mens. Willd. ii. S73. Roxh. Corom. pi. N. 24. 



Leaves round-cordate, five-lobed ; lobes entire, long, fine- 

 pointed. Panicles erect ; calyx campanulate. Capsules 

 armed wilh shurp bristles. 



Hind. Bulee. 



Teling. Kavalee. 



A larofe tree, a native of the mounlainous countries on the 

 coast of Coromandcl, ilindoostan, &c. 



Leaves deci<lu(»iis jtbouttheend of llic wet season. It (low- 

 ers during- the cold, and tlif leaves appear with the fruit al)out 

 the beginning- ot the hot season. Trunk erect, very straight, 

 lop large and sha«ly. Bark light ash-coloured, very smooth ; 

 its outer coat is thin, transparent, covered with a farinace- 

 ous substance, and peels off like the exterior pellicle of the 

 birch bark; inwardly it is fibrous, and netted. Leaves 

 about the extremities of the branches, alternate, petioled, 

 five-lobed, five-nerved; lobes acute, very downy, from nine 

 to twelve inches each way. Petioles nearly as long as the 

 leaves, round, downy. Panicles terminal, pretty large, 



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