238 

 (2) A. Lakoocha. fRoxh.J 



Eoxb. flor. Ind. III. p. 524. 



JEkgrwo.. Wight 1. o. t. 681. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves oval, entire, pointed, smootli above, downy 

 beneath : catkins axillary, male sub-sessile, female short-peduncled, 

 globular : fruit with a smooth surface, of an irregular roundish form, 

 yellow when ripe. 



Caranjah Hill. Bassein. Bengal. 



(3) A. DfiEemrpoLiA. (Willi.) 



Ident. "Willd. iv. p. 184. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 522. 



Syn. A. heterophylla, Lam. Polyphema Jaoa, Lour. 



Engrm. Eoxb. Cor. III. t. 250. Wight 1. c. t. 678. Eheede 

 Mai. III. t. 26, 27, 28. Bot. Mag. 55 t. 2833—4. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves petioled, oval, firm, deep shining green 

 above : male ament about 2 inches, female oblong : fruit very large, 

 oblong-muricated, growing from the trunk. 



Peninsula. Bengal. 



(4) A. Chaplasha. (Roxb.J 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 625. 



Engrcm. Wight 1. c. t. 682. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves in. the adult obovate, entire, in the young 

 ones pinnatifid : aments axillary, long-peduncled, sub-rotund : fruit 

 spherical. 



Tipperah. Chittagong. 



ORDER CXLVI. PODOSTEMACE^. 



Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual by abortion, axillary or 

 terminal, solitary or aggregated, distichously spiked or sub- 

 racemose, very small: spathe sessile, simple, tubulose, at 

 length irregularly bursting, or 2 — 3-many-leaved, enclosing a 

 solitary at first sessile flower, then very often the flower 

 elevated on a more or less long stalk : perianth none or 2 — 3- 

 many-leaved, leaflets free, sometimes unilateral : stamen one, 

 two, or indefinite, hypogynous, surrounding and adpressed 



