THE HERBARIUM AMBOINENSE. S81 
The kind called Bel by the Pandit was in flower, which 
was as follows : 
Calyx planus, parvus, quadrilobus. Petala quatuor, calyce 
alterna, oblonga, obtusa, patentia, crassa, ungue lato disco ca- 
lycino inserta. Filamenta plura, indefinita, ibidem inserta, 
brevia. Antherae longitudine filamentorum lineares, quadri- 
sulcae, acutae, longitudinaliter ad latera dehiscentes, bilocu- 
lares. Germen pyramidale, tetragonum. Stylus brevis, teres. 
Stigma magnum, incrassatum, obtusum. 
From this having only four divisions in the flower, if this 
mark were constant, the Bel may be a distinct species from 
the plant of Bheede (Hort. Mai. iii. 37), described by Dr 
Roxburgh, which has five divisions in the flower, and 
which, the Commentator on the Hortus Malabaricus justly 
says^ is the Sriphula (Scrifoie) of the Bengalese, as this 
also has five divisions in the flower ; and the same seems to 
be the case with the Bilacus tellor^ to judge from the 
figure. 
The fructification of the variety of the Bilacus telhry with 
the large globular fruit, I thus described in Ava : 
Calyx inferus, persistens, planiusculus, quinque vel rarius 
quadrifidus laciniis ovatis. Petala quinque vel rarius quatuor 
sequalia, calyce multo longiora? revoluta, coriacea, oblonga, 
obtusa, sessilia, pellucido-punctata. Filamenta plura, ad basin 
quinquefariam approximata? hypogyna, subulata, patula,, corolla 
triplo breviora. Antherae patentes, lineares longitudine fere 
filamentorum. Germen receptaculo orbiculato insidens, ova- 
tum, octo vel decern sulcis exaratum. Stylus brevissimus, cras- 
sus. Stigma clavatum, apice obliquum, umbilieatum. Bacca 
globosa, parietibus lignosis intus pulpo farcta. Semina plura 
ovata, plana, sparsa, nidulantia, pilosa. 
From this it would appear, that, in this variety, the 
number of divisions in the flower is not fixed ; and I am 
therefore led to consider, that a proper distinctive character 
cannot be founded on this circumstance. 
