Chrysophyllum.] MYRSINED. 119 
leaves ; calyx covered with a fugaceous rusty-coloured pubescence, 
the lobes oval, blunt, about 4 a line long ; corolla-tube as long as the 
calyx, the lobes blunt ; stamens 5, inserted at the lower part of the 
corolla-tube ; anthers ovate ; ovary 5-celled and 5-lobed, shortly hairy, 
the stigma 5-lobed ; berries spherical, the size of a small erab-apple, 
obscurely (in a dried state deeply) 5-lobed, while young appressed 
rusty-pubescent, but soon turning glabrous, smooth, yellow, edible. 
Has.— Rather rare in the tropical forests of Pegu above Rangoon.—Fl. 
June; Fr. Dec.—s.—SS.—=Lat. p. 
ISONANDRA, Wight. 
Calyx 4- or 6-parted, the lobes decussately imbricate, or if 6, 
the outer series almost valvate in bud. Corolla deeply 4- or 6-cleft, 
the lobes longer than the tube. Stamens twice as many as lobes, in 
a single series ; filaments sometimes elongate ; anthers directed out- 
wards, sometimes alternately smaller, dehiscing longitudi ‘ 
taminodes none. Ovary 4- or 6-celled, the cells with a solitary 
ovule ascending from the inner angle; style long-exserted, rather 
acute. Berry by abortion usually 1- or 2-celled, with as many erect 
glossy seeds. Albumen copious. Cotyledons leafy, elliptical, much 
longer than the radicle.—Trees, abounding in milky juice, with 
entire leaves. Flowers small or middling-sized, pedicelled, usually 
in poor axillary clusters. 
* Calyx 4-parted, the lobes decussately imbricate; leaves 
ed é « F. caloneura, 
Leaves coriaceous, with obsolete nerves, indistinctly silvery-white- 
velvety ; filaments as long as the anthers, densely villous . J. polyantha. 
Leaves coriaceous, with strong parallel nerves, glaucous beneath ; 
ents long and slender, glabrous =. we SttSCté« «CO Wana, 
1. I. caloneura, Kz.—An evergreen tree (50—60+30—40+ 
3—5), the young shoots densely appressed rusty-pubescent ; leaves 
glabrous axillary peduncle, apiculate, densely and shortly rusty- 
puberulous, 1- or 2-seeded ; calyx-lobes 6, ovate; seeds half-oblong, 
nearly 14 in. long, glossy brown. | ; 
65. AP Frequent in the tropical forests of South Andaman.—Fr. May.—s.— 
2. I. polyantha, Kz—An evergreen tree, 30-40 ft. high, the 
young thick branchlets indistinetly silvery- or pale-velvety ; leaves 
