Pe ee ee eT TN ase Meet e 
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towards the base ; capsules globose-pear-shaped, the size of a wood- 
apple, velvety, orange-red, 4-valved. 
Has.—Ava and Pegu (?) 
SANDORICUM, Cav. 
tose 
y panicle shorter than the leaves; calyx tomentose; petals 
minutely pubescent; staminal tube about 4 times longer than the 
nearly 10-toothed tubular disk, the latter sheathing the ovary and 
style-base; berries almost globose, the size of a lime, slightly 
’ tomentose, yellow, filled with a fleshy acid edible pulp, by macera- 
= tion 1-celled ; arillus replete with tough woolly fibres ; seeds brown, 
glossy, with a spongy testa. 
oe Has.—In the tropical forests of the southern slopes of the Pegu Yomah and 
Tenasserim; much cultiyated in ese villages.—Fl. Jan. ; Fr. Apr.-May.— 
8.—SS.=Metam. Lat. p. 
REMarks.— ish-grey, h: d . Ey 1 for 
he va ding Pig dark, brownish-grey, hard and heavy, ployed for carts, 
| AGATA, Lour. ee 
: Flowers polygamously dioecious. Calyx 5-toothed or -cleft, im- 
». __ bricate. Petals epiinasst united at base, imbricate. Staminal - 
S tube urceolate or almost globose, entire or 5-toothed at the summit; 
anthers 5, included in the tube or half-exserted. Disk inconspicu- 
ous. Ovary 1-3-celled, with 1 or 2 ovules in each cell; style _ s 
