139 



andtbus in the same plant, the males larger : caljpjne lobes often 

 unequal : segments of the corofla iiiflexed in tke flower-bud : stigma 

 in the female floweirs soinetimes laige aincl feWoured : calyx 4-5- 

 cleft :, , corolla 4-5-parted, lobes with imbrica,ted subquincuncial 

 aBsliVatio"n; 2 outer ones, 2-^ inner onis or rarely valvular : stamens 

 free, sbmetiines hi^et than the iiJor>)lli : fila;ments very short, in- 

 serted at the base 6f the corolla u aiitheri 2-t;elled, ^eet, lanceolate, 

 glanduloso-acute, somewhat 2-lobed at the base, mutrh loii^er thari 

 the filaments, the Cells ^ehiiScirtg lerigthwi^e fifoiii the base towards 

 the apex : ovary globose :.,styU jgylindlriiSr shprt, . caducous ; stigmS 

 capitate, papillose, irregularly lobed or fimbriated; placenta sphe- 

 rical, frequenljly d^epress^d, at,tlj,e apex : pvule? 47-5, jPeJtjtely am- 

 phitropal round the vertex of the placenta : dnipe pea-s^^ape'd, with 

 crust'ac'eous putam'en, 1 -seeded by abortion. 



(1) M. CAPITEtLATA. (Wall.) 



Idem. tVall. in Roxb. flor. Ind. 11. p. 295.— Dec prod. VIII, 

 p. 94. 



Engrav. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3222, 



Spec Char. Tree : leaves elliptic-oKovatej entire, cbriac^oUs,' 

 smooth, narrowing into the petiole ( fascicles numerous, 5-^-floWer- 

 edr, bracteate : brapts imbricated, ovate: teeth gf the paly? cilj^tefl : 

 lobes of the corolla lanceolate, acute, g-3-tin[ies,,lpBgejr than th^ , 

 calyx, exceeding the stamens : flowers short-pedicelled. 



Var. 1. Parvifolia, A'^h. Dei.— Ij&ives smaller; fascicles few- 



Sowered. Silhet. 



- ^ - ' -i • ■ ^ ' , ■ ' 



Var. 2. Grandiflojra, Dee, I. c. Wight's Icon, t.- 121 1. ., _SpiciL 

 t. 137. — Leaves smalfer : lolfies of the corolla 4 J^imes lon^ger thaa 

 thfe tfeeffi x>{ the diljfx : flowers white. OotaCamundi flowerifag ia 

 Fibi'iiary aind March. 



dEiftJS Viii. IrdiSia. 



PentandrM* Moriibsyirila. Sex: Syiti 



Derii). from Ardki a spear-point, , alluding to the acute stg\ 

 ments of the corolla. 



G&. CftAH. Tlfe^Si sfinfbs ior li'iide^sh'rubs : leaves alternate, 

 rarely opposite or ternate, punctuate, entire or Sert'a'tfed : flowers 

 panicled, rarely ratfemotf^, ^pedUncMs ^terminal or axillary : corolla 

 whijt^ or rose-coloured :, drupes usually purple : calyx 5-parted : ' 

 coroUa 5:ip%rted. or cleft,' lobes spreading orreflexed: aesfivatioU of 

 bpth-tendingito the left : stamens inserted into the base of the tube ' 

 of the corolla :; filaments free, usually dhort t anthers free, erects 

 eigargiii^te or bifid at the base, often triangular, acdmiuate: cella 

 dehiscing longitudinally: ovary rounded,,.! -celled : style filiform, 

 subulate at the apex : placenta central, spherical :. ovules uumcrousj 



