832 DiOECiA POLYANDRIA. Flacoiirtia. 



3. G./asciculatiim. R. 



Leaves oblong, near the apex serrate. Flowers fascicled. 

 Capsules tricoccous. Stamina numerous. 



Hind. Bun naringa. 



Teling. Soora gada. 



This is rather a small tree, a native of the Circar mountains 

 and Bengal. It flowers in March and April. The buds are 

 covered with a transparent, soft, resinous exudation. 



Leaves alternate, very short-petioled, oblong", entire, or 

 serrate toward the apex, smooth, shining, firm, from four to 

 six inches long, and about two broad. Stipules within the 

 leaves, spathiform, as in the Gardenice. When they drop 

 they leave a permanent circular mark. Umbellets leaf-op- 

 posed, few-flowered. Flowers yellow, very fragrant. Brae- 

 tes small, caducous. Male. Calyx five-leaved; leaflets 

 spreading, orbicular, concave. Corol none. Filaments nu- 

 merous, as long as the calyx, inserted into a yellow, glandu- 

 lar receptacle. Female. Calyx six-leaved ; leaflets obovate. 

 Corol none. JVectary, a yellow, glandular, angular ring, 

 surrounding the base of the germ. Germ superior, ovate, 

 three-celled, with one ovulum in each, attached to the top of 

 the axis. Capsule nearly round, fleshy, yellow, smooth, three- 

 celled, three-valved. Seeds solitary, attached by the inside 

 of the apex of their soft fleshy aril, to the top of the axis, 

 or receptacle. Perisperm white, and fleshy. Embryo in- 

 verse. Cotyledons round-cordate. Radicle superior. 



DIOECIA POLYANDRIA. 



FLACOURTIA. Schreh. gen. N. 1546, 



Male. Calyx five- parted. Female. Calyx as in the 

 male. Corol none. Crerwi superior, five-celled. Ce//s two- 

 seeded ; attachment interior. Berry few-seeded. Embryo 

 furnished with a perisperm, and centripetal radicle. 



