Stilago. dioecia triandria. 759 



together, siib-cylindric. Flowers numerous, sessile, or in part 

 immersed in the substance of the spikes, small, of a greenish 

 yellow. Male. Pro/?er per»«w/A urceolate, with the mouth 

 obscurely three-lobed. Corol none. Filaments iUree, much 

 longer than the calyx. Anthers two-lobed, bearing the pol- 

 len in pits on their apices. Pistil, no germ, but an inserted, 

 truncated, pyramidical body occupies its place; in its base the 

 filaments are inserted alternate with as many small glands. 

 Female flowers on a distinct tree. Calyx as in the male 

 but smaller. ^S^amews none. Sii(/mas three. Drupe of the aize 

 and shape of a large Berberry, smooth, succulent, sub-acid, 

 when ripe of a deep red inclining to black. Nut compress- 

 ed, rugose, one-seeded. 



The tree is of a quick growth, very handsome and particu- 

 larly beautiful when loaded with the numerous bunches of 

 ripe, shining, deep red fruit, which are sub-acid, and pala- 

 table. 



3. S. diandra. Willd. iv. 714. R. Coram, pi. ii, N. 166. 



Leaves oblong, smooth. Stipules ensiform. Spikes axil- 

 lary, and terminal. Male flowers diandrous. 



Teliuff. Pella-gomoodoo. 



A tree, a native of the mountainous parts of the Circars. 



Flowers in June, bearing male flowers on one tree, and fe- 

 male ones on another. 



Leaves alternate, short-petioled, nearly bifarious, oval or 

 oblong, entire, smooth ; from two to four inches long, and from 

 one to two broad. Stipules narrow, lanceolate. Spikes fili- 

 form, terminal, many-flowered. Bractes minute, one-flower- 

 ed. F/oit'ers very small, approximate. Male. Ca6/a- cup- 

 formed, obtusely four-toothed. Corol none. Filaments two, 

 four times longer than the calyx. Anthers twin ; singly oval. 

 Female. Calyx inferior, closely embracing three-fourths of 

 the germ, from four to five-toothed. Coro/ none. JVectary, 

 a yellow fleshy ring surrounding the base of the germ. Germ 

 superior, obliquely ovate. Styles two, spreading, one of them 



