59 nuClIANA riFOUA
INOCAllFLTS 60
round ihc kivCT I»1F of ihe gevm, <viih ten groovei on the
ontsitle, eovres|)oniling with tlie niaments. Iimer 3, or 5
snbnhite liodiett, ]ike abarH^c g^rms, embrace one side of the
real ^irjti, within the cslermr ,:ecUrr/.
ten, inserted ronnd tl,e base of the exterior neet.ty,
shorter than the petals. AnlAcr^ ovate, small,
fi,™ snporior, ovate, one-oelleJ, and oont.in, a single ovnle
attaehed by a long onrved oord to the bottom of the eell
(base and vertex). Sl,l, short. SUpm itmple.
/ ) „ , / « nearly ronnd, side, a little hattoned, skc of a gooseberry,
smooth, ivhen ripe yello^v, and snccnlent. XM obUq.iely,
and transversely oval, one-celled ; when germination begins
it Mis Into two eqnal, bl.ek, tbiclt, very hard valves.
S„1 single, conform to the nnt.
Aibimcn none.
snbtnverse. two, eqnal. R^Hd, conic, marginal,
pointing op to the vertex of the seed, in fact snperior.
263. INOCARPUS EDULIS.
Imn. ^upjd. 23!).
Rumpk.Àinh. l-i'. no. RSOBSERVATIONS.
under the stigma. Meg^m&Us two ; the c.vimor brown, hrmcr,
thicker, and beautiftilly marked with nnmerous, raraous veins t
iniiir membranaccons.
Alhim^n none.
Emir;/, inverse. ColijMmu two, conform to the seed, amygdahne.
Plumda in seeds beginning to veget-ate consists of several.
Imbricate scales, as in the fignrc. Ri^do superior, cyl.tidtic,
and lodged immedlatoly within tho nmbilicns, n.iiler the
^ OBSERVATIONS.
Tlte rapid growth of this very beautilhl, ever-green tree, the
elegant shape of its spreading, dense crown, and deep greet
foliage, render, it one of the tnos. orn.tnental p r e s e n t s h a s
,rot from tbe Molucca Islands. The kernel is certainly edible, but
by „o means palatable. As yet I can say nothing of the quality
A native of tlie M,lm Islands, and from thence introduced
into the notante Garden at Calc^tUi, in 1798, where in ten years,
the largest of them were about Si and JO feet blgh; blossom
during the bot season , and ripen their frnlt in Angus, and Sep-
DESCRIPTION.
r n m i straight, ifari smooth, greenish ash-colour. .BraWicsspreading,
with numerous, bifarious, flexnose, beautifully drooping
branchlets.
Learn alternate, bifarious, short-petloled, permanent, oblong,
emarginate, entire, botb sides polished, and of a deep shining
green colour; length from 6 to 12 inches, and about 3 or 4
broad.
Stipihsvi
SlaiaiK
caducous.
sessile, solitary or in pairs, gready shorter than the
1 our Bengal plants smooth.
Flmen numerous, small, very pale yellow, fragrant,
bilabiate.
Card Ennnel-sbaped. Bereler 5-cleft ; segriLents lanceolate.
FUavrenle ten, in a double series, hid in the lube, and inserted into
it. /iwi/ierj oval, those of the upper series even with the
month of the tube of tlie corol.
Cerri snpeiior, oval, one-celled, containing one aa,ele attached to
tbe top of the cell, immediately under the stigma, for there
tvle
Di-ilpe obliquely-oval. ; of a
little compressed
smooth, ^^ 'hen ripe yellow, a ind of a
me-celled. two-valved, open ing roui
equal port ions.
thick, 2-v •alved, one-celled, and of
:ontbfm to • the nut, and attac hed to
tough, fibrous
nd the margin
: immediately jusiityii
BERRIA."
POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Cahn i-parted. Card t-petalled. Germ superior, S-oelled ; cells
many-seededi attachmentinterior. 3-valved, 3-eelled,
li-winged. Seetle a few in each cell. Embrga inverse, and
furnished with albumen.
264. BERRIA AMMONILLA.
Aramonilla, of the Cingalese.
Trineomally wood tree of the English.
OBSERVATIONS.
A native of Ceijlc, and one of their largest, and most useful
timber trees ; much of the wood is annually exported from Trincomally
to the coast of Coromantlel ; hence the English name,
rrineainaíí^t waad. Some young trees in the Botanic Garden at
Caladla have straight trunks, covered with smooth dark brown
DESCRIPTION.
Laave, scattered, petioled, cordate, sometimes slightly scalloped,
5 or T.nerved, acute, smooth on both sides, length from 4 to
M l n i i e r shorter than the leaves, slender, round, smooth,
and coloured.
Slijndes ensiform.
Famele, terminal, and from the exterior axils, large, very ramous,
bearing numerous, small, yellow flowers.
Coij,. one-leaved, outside downy, splitting irregularly into three,
four, or five segments ; permanent.
Card. Felak five, spreading obliquely-oblong, double the length
of the calyx, or more.
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61 BERIUA AMMONILLA.
sum. Filaments numerous, half ilie lengih of the petals, sliglitly
united at the base, /tnihers incumbent, 2-lobccl.
Pistil. Gcrvt above, hairy, ovale. Sti/h short. Sligmn 3-cleft.
Capsuk [6-winged,) round, 3-ceIle(J, 3-valvecl, opening from the
apex ! each valve ornamented wi j i two, large, oblong, membranaceous,
reticulated, expanding, villous wings.
Seeds from one to four in each cell, iiregularly ovate, clothed with
much stiff, light brown, short hair, and affixed to the central
receptacle near its apex.
BROWNI.OWIA."
POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
NATURAL ORDER, MALVACE^ Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER,
Calyx simple, 5-parted. Corol 5-petaIled. Nectary 5-leaved,between
the numerous .sto/iwa and g-im. i^y/«andi/i^^jMsimple.
CapsuUs (from one to five,] one-cclled, 2-valved. Seeds one or
two. Embryo crect, without albumen.
265. BROWNLOWIA ELATA.
OBSERVATIONS.
Maws-jaat, tlie vernacular name in Ckitlagong, where the tree is
indigenous, and grows to a very great size, particularly in the back
part of that province. Flowering time the month of May, and the
seed ripen in October.
DESCRIPTION.
Trunk straight, and of great size; that of full grown trees in their
native soil about fifteen feet in circumference, four feet above
the root, .Branc/iw numerous, spreading, forming a very large,
ovate, shady head. Bark of the trunk and large branches ashcoloured
and smooth, of the young parts clothed with a little
hoary pubescence,
¿eawj alternate, petioled, 3-7-nerved cordate, margins entire,one
of the lobes [into which the base is divided) generally larger
than tbe other, upper surface smooth, hoary underneath; from
4 to 12 inches long, and the breadili Irom 3 to S.
Petioles swelled at each end, the rest round, and a little hoary ;
about one-third, or one-fouith the lengih of the leaves.
Panicles terminal, large, ovate, very ramous; with the ramiiications
. rather hoary.
Fi'oaw numerous, pedicelled, collected in little fiiscicules; colour
bright yellow, not fragrant, but pretty large and showy.
Calyx inferior, one-leaved, campanulate ; liorder -1 or 5-tooihcd,
hoary on the outside, smooth within.
Cnrol: Petals five, in the bud contorted, when expanded obliquelyoblong,
yellow, spreading.
Nectary or abortive filaments 5, linear, shorter than the stamina,
62
and stand between them and the germ, opposite to its five
grooves.
Filaments numerous, slender, shorter than the petals, most slightly
or rather scarce united at the base, and inserted round the
apex of a short turbinate receptacle. •
Germ superior, and elevated on ihe turbinate receptacle considerably
above the insertion of the calyx and corol, very hairy,
conspicuously and deeply S-lobed, 5-celled; each contabing
two ovides attached by their middle to the inner angle of the
cell. Style single, 5-furrowed, length of the filaments. Sli^ma
simple.
Capsules from 1 to 5 ; 2 or 3 most frequent, round-oval, about an
inch and a half in diameter, and one inch thick, of a firm,
fibrous, woody texture; surface grey, or as)i-coloured, and
somewhat downy, one-celled, 2-valved,
Seed one, rarely two; conform to the capsule. Integuments two ;
exterior light brown, and friable ; interior membranaceous.
Albumen none.
Embryo conform to the seed, erect. Cotyledons two, nearly equal,
amygdaline. FW/asmall, villous, 2-lobcd. Radicleohlon^,
inferior.
266. MAGNOLIA PTEROCARPA.
Leaves oblong, with tapering base, entire. Flowers terminal,
solitary. Calyx of several deciduous spathes. Corol 9-petalled,
[the exterior green on the outside.}
Doolee Champa the v :ular a Silket.
lost one or I,er
laiiglilcrofLndx. Imllmnc, by wliwci-i
OBSERVATIONS.
A middling sized, very raraous tree, a native of the hilly countries
in the vicinity of Silhet and Chittagong, where it blossoms in
April and May, and perfumes tbe air to a considerable distance
with the fragrance of its fine large flowers; seed ripen in October
and November.
DESCRIPTION.
Toung Shoots strongly marked with the annular marks left by the
stipules, otherwise smooth.
Leaves alternate, oblong, taper most to the base, entire, hard, and
void of pubesccnce, but glaucous, particularly underneath,
obtuse, ribbed with large, simple, expanding veins, and
between them the small ones are beamifullyreticulate; length
C-18 inches, by 3-9 broad.
Stipules solitary, sheathing, attached on one side to the edges of
the petioles of the next inferior leaf.
Floiuers terminal, solitary, lai'ge, as in Miller's figure of Magnolia
grandijlora, and like them, while and fragrant.
Calyx, what I consider to be it, or an involucre, are the many spathes
which cover the flower bud, and drop ofFin .succession as it
swells, leaving strong, annular marks behind.
Petals nine, oval, thick, firm and fleshy, with thin waved edges;
the exterior 3 or 4 green OD tiie outside, all the rest white.
Stamina numerous, imbricated, linear, incurved; on each side a
polliniferous groove, to within a very little of the base.
Germs numerous, imbricated upward into a cone ; base swelled,
one-celled, and contains two ovules, attached to the inner
angle, or side of the cell; upper part [Style] free, ensiform,
and villous. Slignui simple.