on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part IF. 193 



ScHiNus Saheria. 



Ben Kalesjam. Hort. Malah. iv. 71. t. 34.? 



Saheri Hindice. 

 Habitat in Magadhae sylvis. 



Arhor magna, ramulis crassis tomentosis. Folia alterna, cum impari pinnata. 

 Foliola 5 — 7-juga, opposita.. petiolata, oblonga, acuminata, integerrima, 

 supra nisi ad nervos nuda, subtus pilosa, costata, venis minute reticulata; 

 lateralia costis posterioribus abbreviatis subsemiovata ; terminale basi 

 acutum. Petlolus communis basi incrassatus, subangulatus, pubescens, 

 mediocris, non stipulaceus. Rackis ad foliola nodosus, angulatus, pubes- 

 cens. Petioli partiales, utrinque incrassati, canaliculati, pubescentes, 

 brevissimi, terminali caeteris duplo longiore. 



Panicuke in ramulo novo infrafoliaceae, vel ex axillis foliorum inferiorum, folio 

 breviores, angulatse, pubescentes. Ramuli alterni, breves, subquinquefidi, 

 id est bis bifidi, bifurcatione primaria florifera. Bractece vix ullee. Flwes 

 parvi, herbacei. 



Calyx minimus, quinquefidus, concavus, disco decemcrenato tectus ; crenis 

 alternis latioribus, dorso emarginatis. Petala quinque ovata, pubescentia, 

 patula, ungue lato perigyna, calyce alterna, crenis disci latioribus opposita. 

 Filamenta decern disci margini inserta, basi lato subulata, petalis breviora, 

 quinque petalis opposita caeteris paulo longiora. Antherce cordatae. Ger- 

 men ovatum disco immersum. Stylus nuUus. Stigma obtusum, pilosum. 



The tree above described was probably a male ; nor did I either see female 

 flowers or fruit ; but the latter is said to be an esculent berry. It flowei-s in 

 spring; but the Saheri, which I saw in November, had "foliola serraturis 

 magnis remotis incisa." I do not think, however, that on this account we can 

 venture to consider it as a distinct species ; and the circumstance connects it 

 more fully with the Ben Kalesjam, and the plants described under the name 

 of Gariiga. It must be observed, that in the figure of Rheede none of the 

 leaves are represented with a terminal leaflet ; but the three lower leaves are 

 evidently broken off to allow room for the painter, and the uppermost even is, 

 I suspect, imperfect. It is this circumstance, however, which has made me 

 quote the figure with doubt. 



