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sometimes twice as many, rarely all feitile ; anthers extrorse, 

 ovary superior, several-celled, cells usually opposite the lobes of 

 the calyx, with a single erect or suspended ovule in each ; style 

 one ; stigma nodiv^(ied or »cca,sionaliy Idbed ; fruit fleshy with 

 several one-seeded cells, or, by abortion, only one ; seeds: nut- 

 like, sometimes adhering to. a, several-celled putamen,; testa 

 bony, shin,in,S» with a long scar on the iiincr face; enjiibryo 

 erect, large, white, usually enclosed in flieshy albumen ; cojtyle- 

 donSi when a,lb.umen is present, foliaceojis, when absent, fleshy 

 ^nd sometimes connate ; radicle short, straiight, of a little cn,rV- 

 ^j, tuvned towairds the hilum. 



GENUS I. CHBYSOPHYLLUM. 



PentaiKlria :3Ea),moi;ynli%., Se^e.- Sijft^-. 



Deriv, From Chrysos, gold, and Phyllqn, a leaf, aHuding to tha. 

 under surface" of the leavesbeiag covered with briglU yellow, hairs. 



Gen, Char. Trees with entire alternate leijiTes, usually silky- 

 tomentose below : pedicels, axillary, u,mbella,tely fascicled, shortef 

 ^han the petioje, and with tlije. calyx usually silky-ferrugineou» : 

 calyx 5,-ra,reIy 6-parted{ lobpa obliisie, pubescent, imbricated in aes- 

 tivation, 2 exterior : corolla tubu,lose or campanulato-rotate, 5-rarely 

 6-7-lobed, imbi;icated in aestivation : stamen.s 5-rare1y 6-7, oppo- 

 site the lobjes of the corolla, inserted on the tube : filaments slender : 

 anthers a-celled, often laterally dehiscing, subintrorse, included, 

 equa]<ling the filament in length, oyoid or lanceolate : ovary 5-9- 

 'Wllei3;'iBvdid, hirsute : style usually shorter than the ovary : stigma 

 obtuse or rarely acute : ovules solitary, in the inner angle of each, 

 cell, ascending: berry (by abortion.) few or 1-celled, few or 1-seeded,: 

 seeds bony, erect,) oviiid-adute, subcompressed : albumen small: 

 embryo large, erect: cotyledon* thick, smooth, ovate: ratjiple short. 



(1) C. Rox?uRGHii. {G. Don.) 



IdenU Don. Syst. gard. IV. p. 33. — Dec. prod. VII.I. p, 162. 



Syn- 0. acuminatum, Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p, 345. 



Spec. Char. Tree: leaves lanceolate, long, acuminated, smooth: 

 pedicels iaxillary, fascicled, recurved, the length of the petiole, 

 younprer ones tomentose : lobes of the calyx ovate, ciliated : corolla 

 5-cleft, the length of the calyx, smooth outside : lobes ovate, cilio- 

 late : ' ovary very hispid : berry yellow, spherical, the size of an 

 apple : flowers small, pale-yellow,. 



Khasia mountains. Assam. Chorla Ghaut and Soonda jungle,v 

 (Western coast.) Flowering in April and May. ^ 



