on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part IF". 211 



distinct species of Celtis, which may be the same that I sent to Dr. Roxburgh 

 from Nepal in 1802, and that he called C. tetrandra {Hort. Beng. 21.) ; but of 

 this I am not certain, because I have preserved no account of the plant 

 which I sent. On this account, in the catalogue of specimens presented to 

 the library at the India House, I have called this species Celtis Acuta ; for 

 in the Hindwi dialect the tree is called Akata or Kataya, and in the Ben- 

 galese, Siihafi. On account of there being only one female flower in the axil 

 of each leaf, this may be the " Salvifolia arbor orientuUs foliis tenuissime cre- 

 natis" of Plukenet {Aim. 329.; Phyt. t. 221. f. 4.), which may represent the 

 Akata after the male flowers have fallen, and before the gerrnen has greatly 

 enlarged. As this plant has been confounded with the Mallam Toddali, I shall 

 here describe it. 



Arbor mediocris ligno, ut perhibent, duro. Ramiill bifarii, teretes, pubescentes. 

 Folia alterna, acuminata, venosa, supra glabra, subtus nuda, nunc semi- 

 ovata trinervia, tunc subcordata trinervata, laterum altero ad basin multo 

 angustiore obliqua, lateris angustioris margine integerrimo, latioris piloso 

 serrato. Petiolus brevissimus, canaliculatus, pubescens. Stipulce geminse, 

 laterales, lineares, caducissimse. 



Peduncull uniflori, setacei, fasciculati, fasciculis in ramidi parte inferiore denu- 

 datis omnino masculinis ; in superiore axillaribus, androgjTiis, flora unico 

 hermaphrodito, pluribus masculinis. Flores parvi, virides. 



Herm. Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis concavis obtusis. Filamenta quatuor, ma- 

 turitate elastice desilientia. Antherce utrinque emarginatse. Germen su- 

 perum, oblongum. Stigmata duo pilosa, sessilia. 



Masc. Calyx et stamina ut in hermaphrodito. Pistillum nullum. 



Pedunculus fructiferiis axillaris, solitarius, rigidus, subulatus, pubescens, petiolo 

 duplo longior, ebracteatus. 



Drupa pisiformis, succulenta, flava. Testa crassa, dura, forma drupae. Semen 

 unicum sulco hinc exaratum. Albumen nullum. Cotyledones foliaceae, 

 incurvse, radiculam crassam teretem convolventes. 



Perin sen Perim Toddali, p. 85. tab. 41. 

 This plant, although classed by both the vulgar and the learned of Malabar 

 in the same genus with the preceding, in the eyes of systematic botanists, as 



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