198 Dr. Francis Hamilton's Commentary 



quatuor subsequales ; quinta major, coloratior, concava, crenata, ad basin 

 barbata. 

 Drupa turbinata, compressa, ad basin calyce pentagono tecta. Nux oblonga, 

 abortu forte bilocularis. Semina solitaria, hinc convexa inde plana. 



The other plant, so nearly allied to the Kuril, I found first in the north-west 

 parts of Mysore, where it is called Pounsi ; and afterwards in the north-east 

 parts of Bengal. Specimens from the former I gave to Sir J. E. Smith, and 

 from the latter to the library at the India House. Both sets of specimens I 

 have marked f^itex leucoxylon, altliough there is the same objection to this 

 being called by that name that I have mentioned when describing the former 

 plant. I shall add a description of the Pounsi in flower, taken in Mysore, and 

 of the fruit taken in Bengal. 



Arbor mediocris ramulis coinpressiusculis, junioribus pubescentibus. Folia 

 opposita, ternata vel qninata. Foliola petiolata, oblonga, apice nunc acuta, 

 tunc obtusa, basi semper cuneata, integerrima, glabra, costata, venosa ; 

 exterius utrinque basi inferiore productiore obliquum. Petiolus communis 

 semiteres, canaliculatus, pubescens, mediocris, non stipulaceus : partiales 

 brevissimi, canaliculati. 



Pedunculus axillaris, erectus, solitarius, teres, petiolo brevior, pubescens, di- 

 chotomus bifurcationibus floriferis. Bractece ad paniculae divisiones mi- 

 nutse, oppositse. Flores subsessiles, albi. 



Calyx erectus, quinquedentatus. Corollce tubus incrassatus, calyce duplo lon- 

 gior ore compresso, obliquo : limbus planus, profunde quinquefidus : la- 

 cinice quatuor superiores oblongae, obtusse, lateralibus paulo longioribus ; 

 ima maxima, medio barbata, rugosa, subunguiculata, reniformis, subcre- 

 nata. Stamina didynama, pilosa, parallelo-approximata, erecta. Antherce 

 parvae, exsertse. Germen superum. Stylus subulatiis, situ et longitudine 

 filamentorum majorum. Stigmata duo, acuta, aequalia. 



Driipa olivseformis, calyce parvo integro piano suffulta, succulenta. Nux 

 solitaria, oblonga, unilocularis, monosperma, sed hinc insculpta cavitate 

 magna, substantia suberosa oppleta. 



It is very probable that in the plant of Ava there may be a similar structure 



