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(QiiNUS III. SIDEROXYLON. 

 i^entandri» moMogyniat Sex -. 



beriv. From Sideroi, iron, and Xyloti, wood, because of tUe 

 hardness of the timber. 



G-EK. Char. Trees : branches ofteb unarmed : leaves alternate, 

 ifentire : flowers fascicled, usually whitish : very small, often cherry- 

 shapled : calyx 5-parted or half 5'-cleft, lobes imbricatedj two exte- 

 rior £ corolla ha1f-5-cleft, 5-1eft> or almost S-^paifted, lobes often 

 spreading, imbricated in aestivation, one exterior : stamens inserted 

 on the tube of the corolla, five sterile alternating with the lobes, 

 ]^etaloid, included, often toothed and cut : fertile ones five, opposite 

 the lobes, anthers ovate> obtuse, extrorse, often affixed to the mid- 

 dle of the filament, at last oscillating, shorter than the filament : 

 x>vary hirsute, often 5-celled, rarely 4-or 2-cel1ed : style longer than 

 the ovary, acutish at the apex, at least not lobed ; fruit baccate, 

 ovoid or globose : seeds by abortion 3-1, globose or rarely ovoid, 

 bony, shining, ribs obtuse, 4-2, umbilicus rotund, small, depressed : 

 albiimen copious : cotyledons large, smooth, leafy. 



(1) S. GRANDIFOLIUM. (Wall.) 



idetit. Dec. ptod. VIII. p. 178.— Wall, in Eoxb. fl. Ind- 11. 

 p. 349. 



Spec. Char. Leaves obovate'elHptic, cuneate at the base, ob- 

 tusely acuminated at the apex, entire, smooth : fascicles axillary, 

 6-10 flowered : pedicels the length of the flower, much shorter than 

 the petiole and with the calyx puberulous : corolla scarcely exceed- 

 ing the calyx, globose : flowers small, pea'^greeu. 



Silhet foreste, flowering in April. 



GENUS IV. ISONANDRA. 

 Oetaudi'iA monosynla. 8ex, Sysu 



toeriv. From Isos, equal, and Aner, Andros, male, because tha 

 Btamens are all perfect. 



Gen. Char. Trees with alternate, entire leaves : flowers axil- 

 lary, aggregated t petioles short or wanting : calyx 4-parted, the 

 two exterior lobes larger: corolla 4-clefl; or 4-parted, lobes in aesti- 

 vation twisted to the left, no scales : stamens 8 in a single series, 

 all equal, cohering at the base with the tube of the corolla : an- 

 thers hastate, erect, 2-celled, extrorse, dehiscing lengthwise, four 

 longer opposite the lobes of the corolla : ovary free, hispid, 4-cell- 

 ed ; ovules 4, ascending ; style exserted, smooth ; berry fleshy, 1- 



