674 MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. Phyllatlt/tUS. 



nectary as in the male. Stamens generally wanting, though 

 there are sometimes one or two, seldom more, and unlike those 

 of the male. Germ superior, ovate. Style scarcely any. 

 Stigmas from three to four, spreading, two-cleft. Drupe 

 fleshy, from three to four-lobed, generally four, from six to 

 eio ht-grooved, of the size of a gooseberry, which they are not 

 unlike. Nut from three to four-parted, each part one-celled, 

 and one-seeded. 



This has much affinity with the Phyllanthi, particularly 

 Emblica; the Telingas, though no great Botanists, are sensi- 

 ble of it, and call many of them, with this, by the same fami- 

 ly name, Userekee. 



The fruit of this species is more esteemed then that of Em- 

 blica. The natives therefore call it Russa Userekee. They 

 are universally used as an article of food, either raw or dressed 

 in various fashions, also pickled or made into preserves. 



24. P. tetrandrus. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves pinnate; ?e«/Ze?s numerous, lanceolar. 

 Flowers leaflet-axillary, crowded, filiform pedicelled ; male 

 calyx four-leaved, and tetrandrous ; /*ema/e five. 



Angrua,the vernacular name in Silhet where it is found, a 

 small ramous shrub, common in the forests of that country ; 

 it blossoms in April and May, and the seed ripens in Sep- 

 tember. 



Young shoots clothed with a small portion of ferruginous 

 pubescence. Leaves alternate, and alternately pinnate ;lengdi- 

 enino- lo two feet by the time they are full grown. Leaflets 

 numerous, alternate, expanding in succession, short- petioled, 

 broad-lanceolar, entire, smooth, from two to four inches long. 

 Petioles round, villous. Stipules triangular, two to each 

 petiole and petiolet. Flowers leaflet-axillary, much crowd- 

 ed, filiform, pedicelled, minute, purple, generally male in the 

 lower axills, and female in the superior, though sometimes 

 reverse or mixed. Bractes numerous at the base of the fila- 

 ments, collecting them into bundles. Male calyx four-leav- 



