102 ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 
he first from his not knowing any thing of the genus, the last owing to his oie ecaetic a 
= ag tal rhich is not the case, Gomphandra is not in hig ist, I subjoin generic charae- 
“a of “0; ilic hans teskens: Gomphandra, and Balanites, whit nave not yet been introduced 
4 he pride, though T now possess peninsular specimens of ms except Sfemonurus, and 
of that I think I have Peninsular specimens, but do not feel quite certain. 
— 'gh,—( Grontea Flor. Senegam.) Calyx very short, truncated, concreted with — 
the Reeser green’ enlarging. Petals 5 inserted into the margin of the Be re 
linear, at first slightly cohering at the hase by their margins, afterwards distinct 7 revo 7 : 
Stamens 5, opposite the petals, inserted with, but distinct from them. Glands 5, alternate with 
the stamens. thick and fleshy, truncated,.about as long as the ovary. 
low, l-celled in its upper part. Ovule solitary, pendulous from the ape 
that rises from the bottom of the cell, Style none 
(at first fleshy afterwards coriaceous, becoming when dry 
A. Prod. page 89. Found in hilly tracts of country. Rox- 
y received profusion of specimens from the 
hills in the neighbourhood of Madras. I also have it from the Pulneys, but how much further 
south it extends [ am unable to say. With the aid of these recent acquisitions which are both 
i i our Ximenia olacioides is this plant, on which ac- 
count I have extracted from that work the ch 
acter. It seems probable, judging from Roxburgh’s fig 
but I refrain from characterizing them until I have 
Stemonvurvs, —Blume—Flowers bisexual or occasional] 
short, entire, or obsoletely toothed. ° Petals 4-5 or rarely 
&ynous, equalling the nnmber of petals and alternate wit 
apex and back of the anthers furnished wi 
h them; filaments compressed, the 
Ovary, oblong, l-celled, with x pe 
d ilicate. N d 
Anthers 2-celled introrse. 
| » and small flowers in axillary spikes or 
This character which is copied from Blume’s Flora of J 
duce, under the conviction that Species of the genus exist in t 
possess Specim: 
nearly allied to G | a 
ate an hen hud information feel myself justified in uniting them. The follow- : 
‘his Natural Sorcomphandra is taken partly from the mee ee given by Dr. Lindley in 
- sith tural System of Botany, page 439, b the examination of my own specl- . 
abortion unisexual, Calyx 4-5 toothed. Corolla 4-5 
th | Apex, glabrous, or clothed with clavate hairs. Stamens 
ORI Presse Tee, or slightly united, forming a tube round the 
“celled, cells contignons parallel 5 
cells crested with matted ‘or 
8s as in the 
b ; De ae 
he ovary, Fruit, a di 
pl. » alternate leaves, axillary, 
