Flora Medica

SCHMIDELIA.the petals. Stamens 8, connate round the ovary at its base.Ovary usually 2-, sometimes 3-lobed :style from between thelobes of the ovary stigmas ; 3, recurved. Fruit indehiscent,1_2- or rarely 3-lobed : lobes somewhat globose, fleshy or dry,1 -celled. Seeds with or without an arillus. Trees or shrubsusually trifoliate, rarely with simple, exstipulate leaves.white, small, in axillary racemes.Flowers244. S. serrata DC. prodr.i. 610. W. and A. \. 110.Ornitrophe serrata Roxb. corom. i. t. 61. ind. ii.y?. 266. Commonon the coast of Coromandel and in Bengal.Leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, pointed, serrate, generally blistered,with frequently reflected margins, smooth on the back, from 2 to 3inches long, and about 1J broad. Racemes axillary, single, erect.Flowers numerous, small, white, fascicled. Males and hermaphroditesmixed on the same tree, and sometimes on separate ones. HermaphroditeCalyx 4-leaved. Petals : 4, unilateral. Hypogynous scaleslacerated. Filaments very woolly near the base. Ovary superior,2-lobed, with a single ascending ovule in each cell. Style single. Stigma2-cleft. Berry succulent, generally single, the second lobe of the ovarybeing for the most part abortive, obovate, the size of a pea, smooth,bright red, 1-celled. Root astringent; employed by the Telinga physiciansin substance to stop diarrhsea. Ripe berries eaten by thenatives of Coromandel.SCHLEICHERA.Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 0. Disk occupying the bottom ofthe calyx. Stamens 6-10, inserted between the margin of thedisk and the ovary. Ovary 3-celled, with 1 erect ovule in eachcell. Stigma 3-cleft. Fruit an indehiscent drupe, with 1-2 orrarely 3 cells. Seeds solitaryin each cell, covered with apulpy arillus. Embryo much curved. Trees. Leaves exstipulate,abruptly pinnate : leaflets opposite or nearly so. Flowerssmall, disposed in spike-like racemes. W. and A.245. S. trijuga Wittd. sp.iv. 1096. Roxb. fl.ind. ii. 277.Wt and A. i. 114. Melicocca trijuga Juss. in mem. mus.iii. 187- t. 8. DC. prodr.i. 616. Stadmannia trijuga Spr. syst.ii. 243. Cussambium pubescens Hamilt. in Wern. trans.v. 357. Various parts of insular and continental India.Leaves about the extremities of the branchlets, abruptly pinnate, from8 to 16 inches long ; leaflets from 2 to 4 pair, opposite, sessile, broadlanceolateor oblong, entire, pretty smooth on both sides ;the lowerpairs the smallest ; from 3 to 8 inches long. Petioles a little downy,from 6 to 16 inches long. Stipules wanting. Racemes axillary, orbelow the leaves, round the base of the young shoots solitary in ;themale simple; in the hermaphrodite often compound from 2 to 4 inches;long. Male. Calyx cup-like, 5-toothed. Corolla 0. Filaments from6 to 10, erect, many times longer than the calyx. Anthers oval, erect.Pistil a mere rudiment. Hermaphrodite flowers on a separate tree.Calyx as in the male. Corolla 0. Disk a fleshy, yellow ring surround-123