S78 KJCUMERATiOJ? OF PLANTS 



hairy, more coloured than in the male, the laciniic 



of the border, small, ovate, thin, withering. Corol 



none, unless the coloured perianth is so called. 



Nectaries, six pair of glands resembling those of 



the male flower, affixed in the same manner, to six 



short, hairy filaments, with the addition of a linear 



hairy scale, or filament at the back of each, butdis-^ 



tinct, all inserted into the base of the calyx. Pistil, 



germ above, roundish, ovate. Style cylindrical, 



obscurely furrowed down the middle; stigma two-^ 



parted, spreading. Pericarp, a berry, at present 



about the size of an orange seed, ovate, ohe-celled, 



one-seeded. 



N. B. Sometimes the glands in the male flowers are 



one less, the same number of filaments, however, 



remain (13). The partial involucre is sometimes 



found with five florets only in its base, the num- 



of its divisions in that case was oiie less, viz. 



four. The flowers of the male plant are larger 



and more numerous. The natives distinguished 



the male and female trees by different names, 



the former they cnWecl Kutmorcea, and the latter 



Pup-reea. It is found also in the forests near 



Coadwara^ below the ghat. 



POLYGAMIA MONOECIA. 



T'trmmalia Alata-gldhra. — Grows to a very lofty tree 

 in the vallies of these mountains. Stem straight, 

 and clear from branches to a great height. The 

 characters given to the genus Cliuncoa, in Gmelin's 

 edition of the Si^stoiia Naturce, agree well ^^^ith this 

 plant. 



^Ibnom Catechu 1. In great abundance in the 



forests of these mountains, and islands of the 

 Ganges near Hurdxcav, now destitute of foliage, a 

 shabby thorny tree, the dry legumes hanging in 

 great abundance; flowers during the rainy season. 



Mimosa ^1.- — A large tree bearing great resemblance 

 to Mimosa lebbeck, now in flower in the forest 

 near (doadu'ura. Leaves twice pinnated, abiuptly, 



fron\ 



