32fi NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



finally patent. Stamens 5, altei'nipetalous, exterior to annnlar disk ; 

 anthers iutrorse, 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, 

 appendant 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 exalbumiuous embryo thick plano-convex ; radicle 

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

 ceous; petiole articulate above middle, there furnished with 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 

 Holigarna) ; receptacle concave eupuliform. 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 

 o-lobed at apex. Drupe transverse ellipsoid or oval ; ^ putamen 

 coriaceous ; seed conformed exalbumiuous ; cotyledons of thick em- 

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

 and other characters of Holigarna. {East. India.^) 



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

 ceptacle high eupuliform. 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. Gynseceum free, in- 

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

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

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

 suspended from summit of ftinicle, usually short, and inserted 

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

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

 branous ; radicle of exalbumiuous embryo superior ; coty- 

 ledons thin. — Trees ; leaves alternate imparipinnate ; folioles 



> " Aci'ida." ' " Acrida." 



2 Small. ^ Spec. 2, 3. Roxii. Fl. hid. i. 82 {IIoKijarna). 



' Spec. 2, 3, Wight et Akn. Prodr. i. 96. — ' In Hook. Kew. Journ. iv. 17. — March, in 



March, loe. cit. 173. Adnnsonin, vii. 301 ; Anacard. 32, 161. — Qarn(/a 



* Gen. 424, n. 27.— Makch. ^H(rc«cc?. 72, 173. (part.) B. H. Gen. 323. 



