758 DioECiA TRiANDRiA. Slilag(f, 



of the leaves, very downy. Calyx foiir-lobed , one of the lobes 

 smaller ; all downy and ciliate. Corol none. Jfectary of 

 three circular, concave, smooth lobes, into which the three 

 filaments are inserted. Filaments three, much longer than 

 the calyx. Anthers of two, large, distinct lobes, each with 

 a poUiniferous pit in the apex. Female spikes axillary, and 

 terminal, one, two, or three together, long, slender. Floioers 

 numerous, minute, sessile. Bractes minute, one under each 

 flower. Calyx, from three to four-lobed, downy. Corol 

 none. JSTectary saucer-shaped, entire, embracing the base of 

 the germ. Cerw ovate, hairy above the nectary, one-celled, 

 two ovula in each, attached to the top of the cell. Style 

 scarcely any. Stigma of about three emarginate divisions. 

 Drupes obliquely oblong, succulent, of the size of a pea, one- 

 celled. JVm# conform to the drupe, hard, variously sulcated 

 both within and without, one-celled, two-valved. Seed soli- 

 tary, oval. Perisperm conform to the seed. Embryo inverse ; 

 described and figured by Gcertner. vol. \. p. 188. t. 39. 



2. S. Bunius. Willd, iv. 714. 



Arboreous. Leaves alternate, entire, lanceolate-oblong^, 

 polished. Spikes axillary and terminal ; male floioers trian- 

 drous, with an abortive column in the centre. 



Bunius sativus. Rumph. Amb, iii. 1. 131, the large branch. 



Noeli-tali. Rheed. JMal. iv. t. 56. which I have already 

 quoted for Antidesma alexiteria ; they are the same. 



The seeds were received from Nepal about seven years 

 ago ; now, 1809, the trees raised from them, are from twenty 

 to thirty feet high, very ramous, with a smooth barked, stout 

 trunk. Flowering time the month of March ; the fruit ripens 

 in September. 



Leaves alternate, short-petioled, oblong, and lanceolate-ob- 

 long, but rather narrower towards the base, entire, smooth, 

 of a shining green on both sides. Stipules ovate-cordate, acu- 

 minate, caducous. Spikes in the female solitary, and termi- 

 nal ; in the male axillary, and from one to three or even more 



