329, 



(13) C. Perottetii. {Dec), 



Ident. Dec. prod. IX. p. 482. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1381. 



Spec. Char. Tree : branches terete, the younger onesi,, petioles 

 and peduncles velvety-scabrous, rufescent : leaves petioled, eltiptic, 

 obtuse at both ends, entire, scabrous above, somewhat, velvety 

 beneath: the young ones tomentose : panicles terminal, subraee- 

 mose, shorter than the leaves : calyx oblong, obtuse, irregularly 

 toothed, tomentose on both sides : tube of the corolla equal to the 

 calyx, 4-cleft, lobes oblong, reflexed : stigmas long, exserted- 



Bellary, flowering ia September and Qctober,. 



TRIBE II. EHRETIE^. 



i 



Ovary undivided or rarely lobed, many-celled, style often 2- 



lobed at the apex, rarely simple: fruit baccate or somewhat 



Juiceless, indehiscenfe ; seeds with thin fleshy or no albumen ; 

 cotyledons flat. — Shrubs, very rarely herbs. 



GENUS 11. EHRETIA. 

 Pentaiidria Monosj'niA' Sex . Syst;: 



Deriv. In honor of D. G. Ehret, a celebrated German Botaa* 

 ical draughtsman, , ; 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-lobed : corolla cup-shaped or subrotate, 

 lobes imbricated : filaments subulate, anthers- ovate, 2-celled : 

 style filiform, usually bifid or bi-partite : stigmas capitellate : 

 ovary surrounded at the iase by a hypogyjjous gland.: be,rry 

 fleshy or juiceless, sometimes with two stones, stones 2-celled, or 

 with 4-storLes, and stones 1 -celled : seeds pendulous in the cells 

 (or erect in few species) : albumen sparing : embryo axile.. — ■ 

 Shrubs or small trees : leaves alternate, sometimes fasgicled, en-r 

 iire, rarely serrated : flowers usually corymbose, white. 



(1) E. SERRATA. (Roxb.') 



Ident. Roxb. flor. Ind. I. p. 597.— Dec. prod. IX, p. 503. 



•Engiw).^ Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1,097. 



Spec Char. Tree : leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, seii. 

 tated : panicles terminal and axillary, compound : flowers fascicled, 

 sessile: calycine lobes obtuse: corolla subrotate : stamens exsert- 

 ed : flowers small, greenish-white, fragrant. 



Bengal. Hindostan. Chittagong. Silliet. Flowering in "lhi% 

 jiiot season. ' ' . 



