848 DiOECiA MONADELPHiA. Adelia. 



A pretty large, tall, straight tree, a native of Cliittagong, 

 where it blossoms in January. The female tree not seen. 



ADELIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1558. 

 Male. Calyx from three to four-parted, or from three to 

 four-leaved. Corol none. Filament ramous, branching out 

 into many simple, or compound ramifications. Female. 

 Calyx five-parted. Corol none. Germ superior, three-cell- 

 ed ; cells one-seeded ; attachment superior. Sti/les three. 

 Capsule tricoccous. Embryo inverse, with a scanty peri- 

 sperm. 



1. A. castanicarpa. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves oblong, entire. Stipules falcate. 

 Flowers axillary, crowded. Calyx four-leaved. 



Beng. Boolkokra. 



A large timber tree, a native of Silhet and Chittagong. 

 The wood is said to be very hard. Flowering time November 

 and December, and again in May and June. The seed ri- 

 pens in May, and a second crop in the cool season. 



Young shoots a little hairy, but the hairs soon disappear, 

 leaving them smooth. Leaves alternate, bifarious, approxi- 

 mate, short-petioled, from ovate-oblong to broad-lanceolate, 

 rather acuminate, entire, of a firm and smooth texture, from 

 four to five inches long, by from one to three broad. Stipules 

 falcate, pretty large. Male flowers axillary, crowded, 

 sessile. Calyx four-leaved ; leaflets in two opposite pairs, 

 ovate, ciliate. Corol none. Nectary, a crenulate cup, round 

 the base of the column from the middle downwards; all are 

 smooth. Anthers oblong, incumbent. Female flowers 

 axillary, several together, some sub-sessile, some short-pe- 

 duncled, small, of a dull grayish yellow colour. Bractes, 

 some roundish, hairy scales round the base of the peduncles. 

 Calyx of two opposite pairs of oval leaflets. Corol none. 

 JVectary saucer-shaped, embracing the base of the germ 



