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GENUS IV. SCHREBERA. 

 Dianilrla Monosyiila. Sex .- Sysi-: 



Beriv. Named in honor of J. 0. Schreber, a Botanical Author.. 



Gen. C'H.aR- Calyx tubular, 2-lipped : lips nearly equal, emar-v 

 ginate, occasionally with a tooth in each fissure which separates the 

 lips: corolla salver-shaped' with a cylindrical tube, border spreading 

 5-6-7 cleft : segments truncated, cuneate : anthers oblong, included : 

 stigma 2-cleft, acute : capsule large, pear-shaped, woody, 2-celled, 

 2-valved, scabrous, opening from the top : seeds 4 in each cell, oval^ 

 Qompressed,, with a long membranous wing. 



(1) S. SWIETENIOIDES. (Roxh.) 



Ident. Roxb. flor. Ind. I. p. 109.— rDec. prod. VIII. p. 674. 



Erigmv. Roxb. Cor. II. t. 101. 



S?EC. Ch/^r. I^arge tree, glabrous : leases unequally pinnate } 

 ^aflets 3-4 pair, obliquely ovate- acuminate : panicles terminal, tri- 

 ^hotomous, minutely bracteated : flowers whitish. 



Circar mountains. TuU Ghaiit, near Bhewndy. Flowering in 

 febjuary and March. The timber is heavy an,d close-grained and 

 Ifseful for various purposes. 



ORDER CVI. SALVADORACEiE. 



Small trees :, leaves opposite, coriaceous, entire : flower* 

 small, in loose panicles : calyx; inferior, 4-leaved, minute : corolla 

 membranous, monopetaloup, 4-partite.; stamens 4, connecting - 

 tlie petals into, a monopetalous corolla : anthers round, 2-celled, 

 t)ursting lengthwise: oya^y superior, 1 -celled, with a single* 

 sessile stigma : ovule solitary, erect : pericarp berried, 1-oelled, 

 ipdehiscent : seed solitary, erect ; embryo amygdaloid, withotHi 

 albumen: cotyledons fleshy, plano-convex, fixed below theijc 

 Uiiddle to a long axis, the radicle of which, is enclosed withia 

 ((heir bases. • 



GENUS I. SALVADORA. 

 Tetrandria IHonosyiiia. Sex,- Si/st.% 

 Gen. Char. Same as that of the Order, 



