150 



pubescent : bsiry bblongi size of a small apple, 1-4-seeded : flowers 

 white with a tinge of green arid cream-colour. 



Circar mountains., Bengal. Bombay. Goncans. Guzerat. 

 Flowering in March and April. 



(3) B. ELiiPTiCA. (Ddli.) 



Idettt. Dalz. in Hook. Journ. Bot. III. p. 36. — jjomb. flor. p. 

 159. 



Spec. Char. Tree : leaVes elliptic or elliptic-obovate, shortly 

 and obtusely acuminat6d> coriaceous, smooth on both sides : pedi- 

 t:eU axillary, twin or tern ; 3-4 times longer than the petiole, erect 

 in fruit : filaments in one series^ those opposite the lobes of the 

 corolla in pair5> those alternate With them single : fruit oblongi 

 stnooth. 



'Cansra. Travancore forests. Wynaad. Flowering in Fiebruary* 

 This tree yields the Pauchontee gum, which at one time was sup-i 

 posed to be a good substitute for Gutta Percha. 



(4) B. POLYANTHA. {Wall.) 



Hint. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 198. 



Spec Chak. Tree : leaves obovate, cuheate at the base, slight- 

 ly obtuse at the apex, quite glabrous above, below glaucescent with 

 inconspicuous pubescence : pedicds fascicled, shorter than the pe- 

 tiole, rusty -pubescent : corolla 6- cleft : stamens 12 : filaments very 

 hispid. 



Silhet. 



GENUS VI. MIMUSOPS. 



4letandrla monogynlis. Sex: Sytt: 



tieriv. From Mimo, an ape, and Ops, a face, from a fancied 

 resemblance in the flower. 



Oen. Char. Milky trees or shrubs, with alternate, entire leaves : 

 pedicels axillary, usually closely packed : calyx O-S-parted ; lobes 

 in 2 series : corolla i8-24-parted ; tube short : partitions 3 times 

 the number of the lobes of the calyx, in 2 series, the outer consist- 

 ing of 12-16 linear spreading lobes, almost distinct from the base, 

 two being before each lobe of the calyx ; the interior of 6-8 lobes, 

 exactly opposite the lobe of the calyx, linear, erect, distinct before 

 flowering from the exterior row : aestivation of either series imbri- 

 cated : stamens inserted on the tube of the corolla ; fertile ones the 

 number of the lobes of the calyx, opposite to them and at the same 

 time to the inner lobes of the corolla : filaments slender, short : an- 

 thers lanceolate-sagittate, longer than the filament, extrorse, 2- 

 celled, dehiscing lengthwise j sterile ones alternating with the fer- 



