55 AMOOllA CLCULLATA.
Filaments none. Anihcrs from six to eiglu, sessile, round the
inside ofil.c nectary, and they seem abortive.
G im none, bnt a clavate glai.d in its place.
HERMAPHRODITE TREE.
Pcdundei axillary, solitary, from 3 to G-flowered.
Flowers larger than the male, in other respects the same.
Calyx, corol. and iieclari/ as in the male Jnihers always six.
Cm,, superior, ^-sided, ovate, covered with minute stellate scales.
3.celled, with two vertically plaecd ovula in each, attached to
Che middle of the axis. none. large, 3-lobed ;
/oiw somewhat 2-lobcd.
nearly round, as large as a middling-sized apple, S-Iobed,
3-celled. 3-valved. Cortex thick, fii m, and of a tough, fleshy
Seeds soHtarv, of a roundish-trigonal sliape, diree-fourll.s covered
with a fleshy bright orange-coloured aril. Inlegianmt under
the aril smooth, and of a chestnut colour.
¿ ¡ ^ Z J o ^ ^ Z l l ^ . Cotyledons conform to Lhe seed. Plumula 2-lobed.
Rnilicle semilunar, superior.
lLYIUA bracteat. 56
h: iry.
the pistilluni, ascending in a gentle curve. Micrs ovateoblong,
erect.
Gam lanceolate, smooth, one-celled, containing 3 attached
to the upper margin. Slj/le subulate. Sligina acute.
Legtmes obliquely-oblong, taper equally at each end, apex acuminate,
and somewliat recurved, one-celled, ii-valvcd, smooth,
out-side dark-brown ; within pretty smooth, and whitish :
S-4 inches long, by one inch and a-half broad.
Seeds two or three, large, and very unequal, colour a dark brown.
Albumen none.
Embnjo as in other Lepmdnosa.
259. PODALYRIA BRACTEATA.
Shrubby. Leaves simple, oval. Pedmidcs axillary, once or
twice bifid, ultimate divisions one-flowered, with a pair of large
opposite roundish, many-nerved bractes hiding the calyx, and a
similar pair at the forks of the peduncles.
Go<i,rce the vernacular name in the SUhet district, where it is
found indigenous in the forests: growing to the size of a
large bushy shrub. Flowering in May and June ; and the
seed ripen in December and January.
DESCRIPTION.
render shoots columnar, and clothed with a few thinly scattered
hairs.
Leaves alternate, bifarious, petioled, oval, entire, obtuse, smooth,
and beautifully reticulate with slender veins : length 3-6
inches, by 2-4 broad.
Petioles from half an inch, to an inch and a half long, a little
c-bifid, each ultimate
1 th< recept
DEGANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
NATURAL ORDER, MELIAGE/E. Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx 5.toothed. Petals five. Nectary cylindric, wi t h the anthers
attached round the inside of its mouth. Germ superior,
2-celled, with two ovula in each cell. Capsule one-celled,
2-valved. one-seeded. .Scfi arilled. inverse, without
albumen.
260. HEYNEA TRIJUGA.
ZcOTej unequally pinnate; leaflets three pair. Panicles axillary,
long-peduncled.
Heynia trijuga. Bot. -magaz. 1738.
Yeacushi, of the Nepaulese.
OBSERVATIONS.
A native of Kepauh, from thence, in 1302, Dr. Buchanan
sent seeds of this tree to the Botanic Garden at Calcutta under the
vernacular name Teaciishi, where in seven years, the young trees
were about fifteen and twenty feet high; with much the habit of
thewalniU tree.. Flowering ti
I the Botanic Garden, Mai
seed ripe in October,
Stipules ovate, many-nerved.
Peduncles axillary, solitary, once
division one-fiowered.
Bractes in pairs at the divisions of the peduncles, and one pair,
the largest, cmbrace each flower ; all are round, or oval, and
many-nerved.
Floxoers large, white, perfectly papilionaceous.
Calyx bowl-shaped, hairy on the outside; mouth unequally
5-toothed; caducous.
Banner very broad, deeply emarginate, short-clawed. Wings
falcate, obtuse, fine-clawed, length of the banner. Keel
2-petalled. but their lower margins united, length and shape
of the wings.
the base of the germ, subulate, smooth, nearly as h
DESCRIPTION.
Tnmk straight, in our young trees of six years growth tliick as a
man's thigh. Bark dark ash-coloured, and pretty smooth.
Branches few ; young skoals marked with scabrous sj.)0ts.
Leaves unequally pinnate, alternate, from one to two feet long.
Leaflets opposite, short-petioled, two or three pair, ovateoblong,
acuminate, entire, smooth, length from four to
eight inches ; and from two to four broad.
Petioles round, smooth, swelled at the insertion oF the leaflet.';.
Petiohts channelled, less than an inch long.
Stijndes none.
Panicles axillary, solitary, long-peduncled, smooth, ciect.
numeroius, small, white.
Bractes minute, caducous.
Calyx one-leaved 5-toothed, permanent.
Petals live, cuneate-lanceolate, spreading.
57 :ynea TIUJUGA.
Kectarium sub-cylindric, shorter than the petals, half ten-cleft ;
divisions alternately a little shorter, and bifid.
Filaments scarce any. 'Anthcs 10, ovate, .^-lobed, crowned with
an obtuse point, attached to the inside of the divisions of the
Gemi superior, hiimersed in a large ileshy ring, two-celled, with
two ovula in each cell, attached to the middle of the partition.
Slylt short. Stigma large, nearly rouud, with two-toothed
ich i 'ithin the ary.
Capsule round, size of a small cherry, Qeshy, one-celled, twovalved,
opening round the apex.
Seed solitary, round, invested in a complete, thin, white, scabrous
aril, which with the seed, as in the germ, is attached to what
was the partiiinn, now pressed to one side by the abortion
of three-fourths of its original contents. LUegumeni single,
when recent orange, bat soon changes to a chestnut colour,
smooth and spongy ; a long white umbilicus, strongly marked
on the side of ¡ittachment.
;e. Cotyledons two, (hemispheric,) conform to the
seed, firm, green. Plumula small, two-lobed. Radicli superior,
Albur
OBSERVATIONS.
The bark, leaves, and tender pans possess a considerable shari
of a peculiar bitter taste ; and the cold infusions thereof, on th,
addition of a little sulphate of iron, became black, two principle
very generally found amongst the plants of this
which gro-w in India.
I order
261. SANDORICUM INDICUM.
Leaves ternate ; panicUs axillar)-.
S. indicum. Linn. spec. platU. edit. Will. 2. p. 556.
Sandoricum Rumph. ami. \ .s. 17 7. i. 64.
OBSERVATIONS.
This elegant tree, a native of the Molucca Islands, \^•as int
duccd into the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, by the late Coloi
Kyd, about fifteen years ago ; the largest
high,
ieht Ì green
bark, and :
head. Flo
Leaves alte
Leaflets ov
. perfectly s
very large, almost round, very lamous.
Bering time in Bengal the month of Febi't
DESCRIPTION,
latc, petioled, ternate, about a foot long.
upper side sr
ueath, from five to
(;ept when young ;
:heslong, and three
Petioles round, when young downy.
Stipules none.
Pan/c/w axillary, diffuse, often longer than the lea
Bractes oblong.
Flowers numerous, small, yellow.
Calyx beneath, carapamilate, five-parted ; d
Corol: Petals 5, linear-oblong, obliquely emarginai
Nectary double ; the exterior cylindric, with moui
interior about one-fourth the length of the c
loping the genu, and base of the style, mouth I
and drooping.
SANDOalCUM INDICUM. J»
Filammts none. Anthers ten, affixed to the in.side of the mouth of
the exterior nectary.
Stigma large, five-parted.
Berry globular, size of a small orange, somewhat 5-sided, a little
downy, when ripe of a dull yellow colour ; pulp firm, in
large quantity, white, and acid.
Seeds from one to five come to maturity, reniform, immersed in a
soft white pulp, which adheres firmly to the hard exterior
white integument of the seed ; under which there is a
second, firm, brown coat.
OBSERVATIONS.
The fruit abounds in a firm, fleshy, agreeable, acid pulp, which
forms a covering of nearly half an inch in thickncss round the
white gelatinous pulp in which the seeds are lodged; these two
sorts of pulps are separated by a slender, brownish integument.
BUCHANANIA.
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Ca/j/.v 5-toothed. Petals b. Nectary (\ouh\e ihe exterior a crenulaie
cup between the filaments and germ; the i,mcr 4
subulate bodies on one side witliin the former. Germ superior,
one-celled, one-seeded ; attachment from the bottom of
the cell to the apex of the ovule. Drupe with a one-seeded
nut. Embryo transverse, no albumen.
262. BUCHANANIA ANGUSTIFOLIA.
Arboreous. Leaves lin
Rinal.
OBSERVATIONS,
of
the penin.sula of India, from thence introduced, by Dr. Francis
Buchanan, into the Botanic Giirdcn at Ca/cHWa in 1802. In 1808
the largest of the yonng trees blossomed in May and June ; and
the fruit take nearly one year to come to maturity.
DESCRIPTION.
r r u n i (of our young trees) straight, 12-1 5 inches in circumference,
4 feet from the ground, Bark very smooth and ash-coloured.
Branches numerous spreading, and abounding in branchlets and
foliage ; general-height of the trees 20-25 feet.
Leaves alternate, approximate, petioled, linear-oblong, entire,
obtuse, or emarginate ; of a firm texture, and smooth on botli
sides ¡'length from three to six inches, and from 1 co 2 J broad.
Petioles round, smooth, about an inch long.
Stipules scarce any.
Panicles terminal, and from the exterior axils, smooth.
Florcers numerous, small, white,
BractesT^i the divisions of the panicle, very small.
Calyx five-toothed, greatly shorter than the corol.
Petals five, long-ovate, spreading ; margins recúrvate.
Nectary double, as in B. latijolia. Exterior a thick crenulate cup