770 DioEciA PENTANDRiA. Anliilesma. 



Female. Ca/ya; as in the male. Corol wowe. Stujmas ho\n 

 Uiree to five. Drupe one-seeded. Embryo inverse, and rur- 

 nisbed with a perisperm. 



1. A. puhescens. Willd. iv. 7C3. Roxb. Corom. pi, ii. JVo, 

 167. 



Leaves oblong, entire, downy. Stipules subulate. Spikes 

 terminal, panicled. 



Tsjeriam-cottam. Rheed. Mai, v. t. II. 



Teling. Polaree. 



A small tree, a native of the Circar mountains. Flower- 

 ing- time the beginning of the rainy season. 



Leaves alternate, short- petioled, bifarious, oval, entire, 

 downy, from two to four inches long, and from two to three 

 broad. Stipules subulate, downy. Spikes numerous, termi- 

 nal, and from the exterior ax ills, downy ; those of the male 

 tree much longer and more slender. Bractes lanceolate, one- 

 flowered. Flowers very small, of a greenish yellow. Mali:. 

 Calyx five-leaved, leaflets ovate, hairy. Coro/ none. Fila- 

 ments five, spreading, longer than the calyx. Anthers dou- 

 ble, singly globular. Pistil no other rudiments of one, 

 than a tuft of wool. Female. Ca/j/x as in the male. Corol 

 none. JVectary a yellow fleshy ring surrounding the base 

 of the germ. Germ superior, obliquely oblong-, hairy. Styles 

 two, short, two-cleft, spreading. Stigmas simple. Drupe 

 minute. Nut one-seeded. 



The berries are eaten by the natives. 



2. A. paniculata. Willd. iv. 7C4. 



Spikes panicled. Leaves round, oval, villous. Stigma 

 stellate. Drupe round. 



Beng. Khoodi Jamb. 



A small ramous tree, with light ash-coloured bark, com- 

 mon in the forests of Bengal. Flowering time the month of 

 April, the seed ripens in July. 



Leaves alternate, sub-bifarious, short-petioled, round-oval, 

 often emarginate, entire, villous, particularly underneath; 



