984 BENGAL PLANTS. [Engelhardtia. 
or fewer-flowered spikes; bracts distinct. ¢ Perianth 0 or 
—6 scales on the margins of the bract. Stamens 2 or more on 
the ase anther-cells — filaments short. Pistillode 
usually ? Perianth adnate to ovary, shortly free above, 
4- aca or shortly 4-lobed, mesic on the rachis in the axil of 
a bract, often 2-bracteolate. Ovary inferior, 1-locular ; ovule soli- 
tary, basal, erect, orthotropous ; style short, 2-fid, arms stigmatic 
ithin. Fruit a drupe or nut, naked or clothed by the marcescent 
bract and bracteoles ; pericarp fleshy or succulent ; endocarp hard, 
bony, or crustaceous, sometimes dehiscent, with sinuously inflexed 
inner walls, and with 24 basal pits within. Seed basifixed, 2-4- 
lobed at the base; albumen 0; cotyledons equal, sinuous OF 
subfoliaceous and contorted; radicle superior. 
875. Engelhardtia Leschen. 
Trees; leaves large pinnate, leaflets entire or serrate, usually 
andular-punctate beneath; stipules 0. Flowers moncecious; 
ae in slender, simple or branched, erect or pendulous lateral 
spikes, females in pendulous spikes. ¢ Perianth connate wit 
the simple, lobed, or laciniate, danaily: very unequal party or scales, 
sometimes irregularly 4-lobed at the margin. Stamens 4-12, sub- 
sessile on the scales. ¢ Perianth adnate to ovary, solitary and 
sessile on a 3-4-lobed bract; limb 4-lobed or -toothed. Ovary 
inferior, 1-locular; ovule erect, anatropous; stigmas 2, short 
sessile, or long laciniate. Fruit a small, globose nut, adnate to 
the much-enlarged, scarious, 3-lobed, reticulately nerved bract, 
with mid-lobe exceeding the lateral; epicarp or calyx-tube thin, 
glandular or hirsute; endocarp 2-valved. Seed 2-4-lobed at the 
base ; cotyledons rugosely folded or crumpled. 
Leaflets st ah ginal 
Leaflets sess pee 
1987. ENceLmarpri sprcats Bl; F. B. I. v. 595; E. D. B. 210. 
Juglans aad F. I. iii. 631 partly. 
Chittagon: 
A large tah: Hind. Silapoma ; sgt Bolas. 
1988. ENGELHARDTIA ACERIFOLIA Bl; F. B. I. v. 596. 
Chittagong. 
A large tree. 
