326 NATUBAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



finally patent. Stamens 5, alternipetalous, exterior to annular disk ; 

 anthers introrse, 2-rimose. Germen (effete in male flower) in- 

 ferior, adnate to interior of concave receptacle, 1-locular; branches 

 of terminal style 3, capitate stigmatiferous at apex ; ovule 1, 

 ap2)endcnt to wall of cell slightly below apex ; micropyle introrse 

 superior. Drupe ^ inferior subcompressed ; mesocarp scanty (resin- 

 ous) ; putamen coriaceous ; testa of descendent seed membranous ; 

 cotyledons of exalbuminous embryo thick plano-convex ; radicle 

 short superior. — Tall trees; leaves alternate petiolate entire coria- 

 ceous ; petiole articulate above middle, there furnished Avith two 

 deciduous hairs or glands ; flowers ^ in axillary and terminal more 

 or less compound glomeruliferous racemes. {East. Ind?) 



38. Drimycarpus Hook, jun.* — Flowers polygamous (nearly of 

 Hol'Kjarna) ; receptacle concave cupulilbrm. Calyx and 5 petals im- 

 bricated, inserted on margin of receptacle. Stamens same in 

 number, perigynous with perianth at base of disk. Germen inferior 

 1-locular; style simple rather thick capitate subentire or obtusely 

 3-lobed at apex. Drupe transverse ellipsoid or oval ; ® putamen 

 coriaceous ; seed conformed exalbuminous ; cotyledons of thick em- 

 bryo plano-convex. — Trees ; leaves alternate entire, inflorescence 

 and other characters of Holigarna. {East. IndiaS') 



39 ? Thyrsodium Benth.' — Flowers polygamous dioecious ; re- 

 ceptacle high cupuliform. Sepals 5, valvate, and petals same in 

 number alternate thick slightly imbricated, all perigynously inserted 

 with stamens at margin of receptacle. Stamens 5, alternipetalous ; 

 filaments free ; anthers introrse 2-rimose. Gynteceum free, in- 

 serted in receptacle, in male flower sterile slender ; in female 

 1-loeular; apex alternate in erect simple style; summit of 

 style stigmatiferous unequally capitate, shortly 2-3-lobed. Ovule 

 suspended from sinnmit of funicle, usually short, and inserted 

 in wall of cell ; micropyle superior obturated with dilated sum- 

 mit of funicle. Drupe 1 -locular ; testa of pendidous seed mem- 

 branous ; radicle of exalbumiuoiis embryo superior ; cotj'- 

 ledons thin. — Trees ; leaves alternate imparipinnate ; foliolcs 



> "Acrida." * "Acrida." 



= Small. ^ Spec. 2, 3. Roxe. Fl. Ind. i. 82 [SoHijanin). 



3 Spec. 2, 3, Wight ct Akn. Prodi: i. 96. — ■ ' In Hook: Kac. Joiirn. iv. 17. — Maroi. in 



Mabch. loc. cit. 173. Admisoiiin, vii. 301 ; Anacard. 32, 161. — Ganti/a 



■> Ofii. 424, n. 27.— Mauch. ^;(ff(!fl)d. 72, 173. (part.) B. H. Gen. 323. 



