Ekeodendrum. pektandria monogynia, 431 



each of the lower axils, nearly as long as the leaves, very ramous and 

 spreading; like the young shoots very downy. — Flowers numerous, 

 minute, caducous. — Bractes very minute, caducous. — Calyx five- 

 parted, small, downy on the outside ; segments rounded. — Petals five, 

 oval, concave. Nectary urceolate, rather shorter than the petals, 

 mouth five-toothed. — Filaments five, very short, inserted on the in- 

 side of the bottom of the belly of the nectary. Anthers saggittate, 

 and completely hid in the nectary.- — Germ semi-superior, three-celled; 

 cells with one or two ovula attached to the axis. Style short and 

 thick. Stigma turbinate, truncate, six-grooved. — Berry round.oval, 

 rather more than an inch in diameter, three-celled, containing sel- 

 dom more than one fertile seed, most of the ovula being in general 

 abortive. Cortex firm, rather dry, covered with a rough, brownish, 

 grey mealiness. — Seed solitary, oval, inserted in a complete thick, 

 fleshy, lucid, edible aril, like that of the Lichee of China. Integu~ 

 merit single, brown, adhering more firmly to the aril than the seed. 

 — Perisperm none. — Embryo transverse. Cotyledons conform to the 

 seed, equal with the surface, furrowed. Corculum transverse, hairy. 

 Radicle short, pointing to the umbilicus. 



Obs. by N. TV. 



In the Hon. Company's botanic garden it blossoms in the rainy 

 season, but has as yet not produced fruit. The leaflets attain some- 

 times nine or ten inches in length and are marked with minute pel- 

 lucid dots. The panicles are supra-decomposite, beset with copious, 

 loosely adhering, stellate tomentum.— N. W. 



ELJEODENDRUM, Schreb. gen. K 385. 



Corol nve-petalled. Germ two-celled, two-seeded ; attachment 

 inferior. Drupe superior, oval. Nut two- celled. Embryo erect, 

 without perisperm. 



