Slilago, dioecia triandria. 757 



of three, cordate, pointed leaflets. Stamens none. Germ su- 

 perior, tliree-Iobed. Styles three, recurved. Stigmas simple. 

 Capsule tricoccous. 



The wood-cutters of the Sunderbunds, who are the peo- 

 ple best acquainted with the nature of this tree, report the 

 pale, white, milky juice thereof to be highly acrid and very 

 dangerous, producing- inflammation and ulceration. The oidy 

 use made of the tree, so far as 1 can learn, is for charcoal and 

 firewood. Agallochum of any sort is, 1 believe, never found 

 in this tree. 



2. E. integrifolia. R. 



Leaves alternate, petioled, oblong, entire, polished. Male 

 aments axillary, with many-flowered scales. 

 A native of the Moluccas. 



ST I L AGO. Schreb. gen. N. 1381. 

 Male. Calyx three-lobed. Corol none. Anthers twin. 

 Female. Ca/i/x as in the male. Corol none. Germ supe- 

 rior, one-celled, two-seeded ; attachment superior. Drupe 

 one-seeded. Embryo inverse and furnished with a perisperm. 



J , S. tomentosa. R. 



Shrubby, tomentose. Leaves acuminate. Stipules subu- 

 late. Spikes cylindric, amentaceous ; male Jlowers triandrous. 



Tenguree the vernacular name in Silhet, where this shrub 

 is found indigenous, flowering in May and June, and ripen, 

 ing its fruit in September. 



Trunk scarcely any, but many sub-erect branches, dividing 

 into numerous, very tomentose, erect twigs ; whole height 

 three or four feet. Leaves alternate, sub-sessile, oblong, en- 

 tire, very finely acuminate, hairy on both sides, from four to 

 twelve inches long, by from two to five broad. Stipules su- 

 bulate, hairy, about an inch long. Male spikes terminal, 

 filiform, erect, generally paired, amentaceous, half the length 



