2 
§ DELIMA, vc. Polyandria Monogynia, 
Delimo—to file, the leaves are used for polishing wood.Lam ¢. 47u.Gaert. t.106. 
6. D. Penipu, pe. syst. 1. p. 408, Peripu, Rheed. Mal. 7. t. 54. 
A Shrub; flowers small white; in terminal panicles. 
The South Coucan, N. Wiildenow refers his 7’ tracera Sarmentosa, a Ceylon 
plant (Bot. Mag. ¢. 358) to Rheede’s Fig: but Decandolle says, they are quite 
distinct, and that it is doubtful whether the Peripu belongs to the genus or 
even to the order. 
Sub-Tribe 2. Dilleniae, pe. prod. 1. p.70. 
47. DILLENIA.L- Polyandria Polyginia. 
Dillenius; Professor of Botany at Oxford; author of the Hortus Eltha- 
meusis, Lam ¢. 492. 
q. D. Penracyna.w & 4. 16. Rox. Cor. 1. ¢. 20, Rox. Flora 2, p. 652. 
Kurmul. <A stately forest tree; common along the west face of the Ghauts, 
aud in the vales formed by the rivers running from them. Bauks of the Gut- 
purba, Southern Marbatta Country. (Mr. Law.) 
Flowers March, aud April; yellow; showy; in clusters on the branches. The 
fruitis the size of asmall Gooseberry. 
The leavesare much used at Poona, as a substratum for ehuppered roofs; 
they are soldin the Bazar. (Dr. Gibson.) 
8. D.Specioss. Ww & 4.17. De.syst. 1. p. 436. and 437. D. elliptica, 
Songium. Ramph, Amb. 2. ¢.45,. Syalita. Rheed Mal, 3.4.33 & 39. Wight’s 
{cones No. 17. ‘ 
’ Moota Kurmul. A large and beautiful tree; flowers 6 or 9 inches in dia- 
meter; petals white, anthers yellow. Fruit size of a Coco-nut.—The Southern 
Concan, N.- 
The thick fleshy leafets of the calyx have an agreeable acid flavour, and 
are eaten by the Natives. ~ 
There is a tree in Kennery forests, Salsette, belonging to this genus, with 
leaves 4 or 5 feetlong: it may be Roxburgh’s D. Augusta, or whatis more pro- 
babable a young plant of D. pentagyna, the leaves of which decrease in size 
as the tree advances in age. 
ORDER 3. MAGNOLIACEZ. pe. Prod. 1. p. 77. 
THe MaGno.ia TRIBE. LIND. nat, syst. p.24, 
8. MICHELIA. L. Polyandria Polyginia. 
Micheli—A Florentine Botanist. Gaert. ¢. 137. Lam. ¢. 493. 
9. M.ReeEepiI. Wight’s illust. part Ll. p.13. 
_ Asiat. Res. 4.p 287. Rheed. Mal. 1. ¢.19. AE 
<= /20" Phe Peela or golden flowered Chuwpa. A highly ornamecialand sacred tree; 
fiowers in the rains. 
In Gardens, Bombay, Belgaum $e. This is different from the true M. 
Chamwpaca, (Rumph Amb. 2, ¢.671) which is coufined to the Eastern Islands, 
(Mr. Law.) 
ORDER 4. ANONACE. pc. prod 1. p. 83. 
The Custarp Apple TRIBE, Lind. nat. syst. p. 22. 
9. ANONA.L. Polyandria Polyginia. 3 
Latin for corn. (Tacit. Annals B. 6. C. 13)—name probably given on 
account of the nourishing qualities of the fruit. Lam. ¢. 494, Gaert. t, 138, 
