546 MONOFXIA MONANDRrA. FicHS. 



and polished ; from four to seven inches long, and from two 

 to six broad. Petioles from one to two inches long-, flatten- 

 ed, smooth. Stipules interfoliaceous, smooth, fine-pointed. 

 Fruit axillary, sessile, oval, smooth, the size of a gooseberry. 

 Involucre, or ca/j/x* of the fruit three-lobed. Female corol- 

 lets only found. Calyx of four oblong leaflets scarcely longer 

 than the germs. Style subulate. Stigma acute. 



27. F. sclerophylla. R. 



Leaves short-petioled, linear-oblong, hard and glossy, as 

 are all the tender parts of the tree. Fruit in axillary pairs, 

 short-peduncled, round, the size of a gooseberry, and yellow. 



A large tree, a native of the forests of Chittagong. 



28. F. ohtusifolia. /?. 



Arboreous. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, from cunei- 

 form, to linear-oblong, thick, hard and glossy. Fruit axil- 

 ,lary, paired, or single, sessile, round, smooth, the size of a 

 small gooseberry, and yellow. 



A large elegant tree ; a native of the forests of Chittagong, 

 where it produces fruit during the hot and rainy seasons. 



Young shoots polished, and marked with annular scars of 

 the smooth, caducous, ash-coloured stipules. Leaves alter- 

 nate, short-petioled, from linear-oblong to cuneiform, entire, 

 obtuse, highly polished, and of a hard texture, about six 

 inches long, and from two to two and a half broad. Fruit in 

 axillary pairs, though one often fails, sessile round, smooth, the 

 size of a small gooseberry, when ripe yellow; umbilicus ra- 

 ther sunk, and shut with a few smooth, large scales. Calyx 

 of the fruit of three reniform glossy leaflets. Male corollets 

 numerous, monandrous, and mixed amongst the sessileye- 

 male ones through the whole of the inside of the receptacle; 

 the perianth in both is three-leaved, the style in this species 

 is remarkably long with a tapering, acute stigma. "^^ 



29. F. ramentacea. R. 



Arboreous, branches dropping roots. Leaves long ovate- 



