822 DiOECiA ENNEANDRiA. Tetmntkera. 



iierally nine, longer than the petals, villous, arranged ex- 

 actly as in the Latiri^ viz. a vertical pair under the three 

 larger exterior segments of the calyx, with two large sub-pe- 

 dicelled glands on the base of the lower three, and a single 

 unappendaged one between the three hairs, on the base of 

 the three smaller and inner segments of the calyx. An- 

 tliers four-celled. Germ an abortive column, with a larger 

 three-lobed apex. Female. Uinbellets, involucre, and calyx 

 as in the male. Berries of the size and shape of a very small 

 olive, and much like those of the cinnamon, resting on the 

 permanent base of the calyx, one-celled. Seed solitary, of 

 the shape of the berry. Perisperm none. Embryo inverse, 

 as in the other Lauri. 



5. T. macrophylla. R, 



Arboreous. Leaves oval, villous underneath. Uinbellets 

 in lateral and axillary fascicles ; involucres from four to 

 six-flowered ; corollets decandrous ; calyx six-parted. Ber- 

 ries oblong. 



Sooria, the vernacular name in the Silhet district, where 

 it grows to be a middling sized, very ramous, ever-green 

 tree ; on its leaves the Mugadootee silk-worm feeds. Flow- 

 ering time the hot season, chiefly April ; the seed ripens in 

 A ugust. 



6. T. lancecefolia. Roxb. 



Shrubby. Leaves lanceolar, entire, glossy, glaucous un- 

 derneath. Umbellets axillary, and lateral, crowded, sub-ses- 

 sile. Involucre four-leaved, from four to five-flowered. Co- 

 rollets enneandrous. Calyx six-parted. Berries oblong. 



Bun-mool, the vernacular name in Silhet, where the shrub 

 is indigenous in the forests. Flowerino- time March and 

 April ; and the seed ripens in June. 



Young shoots smooth. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, 

 lanceolar, entire, one-nerved, glossy above, glaucous under- 

 neath ; from three to four inches long, by one bro^d, Sti- 



