700 MONOECiA MONADELPHiA. Bradleitt, 



or most sliort; apex perforated, with the margins of the per- 

 foratioii from five to six-cleft. Capsules sub-«rlobular, small, 

 apex a little compressed, from five to six-celled, from ten to 

 twelve-striated, and from ten to twelve-valved. Seeds two in 

 each cell. 



7. B. Shiica. Willd. iv. 591. 



Shrubby, erect, tender parts hairy. Leaves bifarious, ob- 

 long, acute, entire, hairy underneath. Flowers axillary, 

 fascicled. Style rather long; st'igma trifid with the lobes 

 bidentate. Capsule six-celled. 



Arbuscula Sinica, &c. Pink. Alma. p. 35. pL 7. t. 368. 



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Found by Mr. Koxbourgh, in the forests of Pulo Pinang 



under the shade of large trees ; in flower and with ripe seed 

 in July. 



8. B. pinnata. Roxb. 



Arboreous. Leaves scattered, pinnate ; leaflets alternate, 

 numerous, oblong. Capsule from eight to twelve-celled; 

 cells one-seeded. 



Reared in the Botanic garden at Calcutta, from seed sent 

 from Pulo Pinang by Mr. C. Smith. In twelve years it has 

 grown to be a tree of considerable magnitude, and is in blos- 

 som most part of the year. 



Trunk straight. Bark smooth, ash-coloured. Branches 

 numerous in every direction, forming a large, dense, round- 

 ish head ; height of the tree forty feet. Leaves scattered 

 round the ends of the branches, pinnate, lengthening, as in 

 many of the Phyllanthi, to two or more feet. Leaflets very 

 numerous, alternate, petiolate, obliquely oblong, entire, some- 

 what villous underneath ; from one to two inches long, and 

 less than ojie broad. Petioles and petiolets round and 

 downy. Stipules of the leaflets small, cordate, pointed. 

 Flowers axillary, drooping, generally several male and one 

 female together, the former small and yellow, upon longer 



