CrOtOn. MONOECIA MONADELPllIA. 685 



on Ihe outside ; the inner one a fhin, wliite meinbrnne. Pe- 

 risperm conform to the nut, pale yellow. Embryo inverse. 

 Cotyledons nearly as long- as the perisperm, three-nerved in 

 the fruit of the large variety ; oblong-conic in the small va- 

 riety, sub-rotund. Radicle oblong, superior. 



10. C. ohlonyifolhim. Roxb. 



Arboreous. Leaves oblong, serrate, two glandcd at the 

 base, smooth. Racemes terminal. Petals woolly. Stamens 

 twelve. Capsules round. 



Beng. Baraga ch. 



A small tree, common in forests about Calcutta. Flower- 

 ing time the beginning of the hot season. 



Trunk straight ; hark ash-coloured, and pretty smooth. 

 Leaves petioled, alternate, and thickly set about the ends of 

 the branchlets, spreading or drooping, oblong, serrate, ob- 

 tuse-pointed, very smooth on both sides, from six to twelve 

 inches long. Petioles round and smooth, with a lateral gland 

 on each side of their apices. Stipules small, caducous. Ra- 

 cemes terminal, generally solitary, erect, shorter than the 

 leaves. Flowers solitary, a few female ones mixed with 

 many male ones, small, of a pale yellowish green. Bractes 

 three-fold, one-flowered. Glands, on the inside of each of 

 the small, lateral bractes is a round permanent one, as in ^e- 

 samum Indicum. Male calyx deeply five-cleft. Petals 

 six, smaller than the calyx, very woolly. Filaments twelve, 

 distinct, nine in the circumference and three in the centre ; 

 woolly toward the base. Female calyx and corol as in the 

 male. Stamens none. Germ globular. Styles three, each 

 divided into two very long, variously bent segments. Cap- 

 sules globular, fleshy, six-furrowed, tricoccous. 



11. CJovJra. 



Arboreous, tender parts scaly. Leaves broad-ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, serrate. Racemes sub-terminal, and lateral or axil- 

 lary, much longer than the leaves. Male flowers above, and 



