34$ J»ENTAMDRIA MONOGYNIA. JBhretUt, 



above the throat, considerably shorter than the style, which is bifid at 

 the apex. Stigma creuulate, waved. — N. W. 



EHRETIA, Schreh. gen. N. 351. 



Calyx five-parted. Corel one-petal!ed ? five-pai ted. Stigma two- 

 cleft Drupe superior, with a four-partible nut, or with one or two 

 from two- to six-celled nuts. 



1. E. serrata, R. 



Leaves broad-lanceolate, serrate, five-pointed, smooth. Flowers 

 panicled. Style half two-cleft. Drupes with two two-celled nuts. 

 This tree has been introduced from Bhotan, and is now growing 

 and bearing fruit in Dr. Glass's garden at Bhagwlpoora, It is also 

 a native of the eastern part of Bengal. Flowering time the begin- 

 ning of the hot season. 



Leaves alternate, petioted, oblong, and broad-lanceolate, acutely 

 senate, smooth on both sides; from two to five inches long, and 

 from one to two and a half broad. — Petioh short, slender, and 

 smooth. — Stipules none. — Panicles terminal, and from the exterior 

 axils, ovate-oblong, with numerous, short, spreading, compound, 

 and simple ramifications. — Flowers small, numerous, collected into 

 small, somewhat remote, sub-sessile fascicles ; some of them hexan- 

 drous. — Bractes ovate, small, pressing on the calyx. — Calyx five-cleft. 

 — Corol. Tube as long as the calyx ; divisions of the border oblong 

 and spreading. — Filaments in the mouth of the tube of the corol, and 

 rather shorter than the border. Anthers ovate.— Germ roundish. — 

 Style as long as the stamens, half two-cleft. Stigma obtuse. — Drupes 

 Tound, pupy, when ripe red, aud about the size of a pea. — Nuts two- 

 celled, they are flat on one side, and convex on the other. The 

 above description is taken from trees sent to the botanic garden by 

 Dr. Glass, who says the fruit is delicious. Plants of the same have 

 also been received from Dr. Buchanan, but with him, about L«k- 



