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PENTANDRIA MQNOGYNIA. MilmOU 



with glaucous tonientum.— Leaves as in the last tree, but larger, of a 

 more leathery texture and quite smooth, as are also the petiol and 

 rachis ; the former of these is marked above with an elevated line. 

 Panicles ample, one-third shorter than the leaves, smooth; racemes 

 very long, slender, many-flowered. Pedicels exceedingly short, sup- 

 ported by a minute, divergent bractlet — Flowers pale-yellowish, 

 ovate, smaller than of the preceding, but much larger than those of 

 Roxburgh's Milnea edulis.— Anthers five, very large, entirely filling 

 the cavity of the crenate nectary and inserted to its base. — Ovary 

 very small. Stigma sessile. 



Obs. Not having seen the fruit I am unable to decide on its pro- 

 per genus ; but it seems evidently to be cognate with the last describ- 

 ed tree.— N. W. 



MILNEA, Roxb. 



Calyx five-parted. Petals five. Nactary urceolate, with the 

 five anthers round its inside. Germ three-celled, cells from one- to 

 two-seeded, attachment centripetal, no perisperm. 



In honour of Colin Milne, LL. D. author of a botanical Diction- 

 ary, Institutes of botany, and other works. 



1. M. edulis, R. 



A tree of middling size, a native of the Garrow hills and of the 

 Silhet district, where it is called Gumi by the natives, who eat the 

 large succulent aril which surrounds the seed under the cortex of the 

 berry. Flowering time June and July. The fruit ripens two or 

 three months afterwards. 



Young shoots densely clothed with dark brown down, when more 

 advanced smooth. — Leaves alternate, unequally-pinnate, from six 

 to twelve inches long. Leaflets from three to six pair, sub-opposite, 

 petiolate, lanceolate, entire, smooth but not lucid, obtusely. acumi- 

 nate, from three to six inches long, by one or two broad. — Stipules 

 none. — Petioles cylindric, somewhat villous.— F««jc/es one from 



