Trewia. dioecia polyandria. 837 



villous bodies. Germ superior, round, slightly five-lobed, 

 one-celled, containing numerous ovula attached to five 

 parietal receptacles, as in Jiissieu's Capparides, to which this 

 will no doubt belong. Styles five, shorter ; stigmas large, sa- 

 gittate-cordate. Berry globular, of the size of a shaddock, 

 one-celled. Cortex thick, rough, ash-coloured on the surface, 

 internally brown, and composed of rays pointing to the cen- 

 tre of the berry. Receptacle in the ripe state uncertain. 

 Seeds numerous, of the size of large filberts, immersed in pulp, 

 various in shape, but in general nearly oval, smooth, light 

 gray. Integmneyits two ; the interior one membranaceous. 

 Perisperm conform to the seed, fleshy, of a whitish gray. Em- 

 bryo white. Cotyledons sub-reniform. Radicle oval, direc- 

 tion various. 



The seeds of this tree, called Chaulmoogree, or Petar- 

 k?<ra by the natives, are employed by them in the cure of 

 cutaneous disorders. When freed from the integuments, 

 they arc beat up with clarified butter, into a soft mass, and 

 in this state applied thrice a day to the parts affected. 



TREWIA. Linn. 



Male. Calyx from three to four-leaved. Carol none. 

 Stamina numerous. Female. Ca/?/a; beneath, from three to 

 four-toothed. Corol none. Style four-cleft. Drupe four- 

 celled, with a single, one-seeded nut in each. Embryo in- 

 verse, and amply furnished with a perisperrij. 



T. nudijlora. Willd. iv. 834. 



Leaves opposite, cordate. Flowers axillary; the male 

 ones on a pendulous raceme, thejhnale ones solitary. 

 Tetragastris ossea. Gcsrt. Fruct. ii. 130. t. 109. y*. 5. 

 Canschi. Rlieed. Mai. i. f. 42. 



Rottlera indica. Willd. Goett. Diar, Hist. Mat. i.p. 8. /. 3. 

 Beny. PJtah". 

 A native of various partsof India ; in Bengal it is common 



