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strong smell, leaves bitter, flowers small blos- 

 soming twice a year, seeds affording an oil. 



29. Apama Rh, Raf. (n. ind.) calix trifidns, 

 petalis nullis, stam. plura triadeJphis, pist. 

 minut. fruct, theca siliquosa intus pulposa polysp.- 

 Frutex setnporv.foL alt. jl. axil — N. fanii. of 

 Hesperides near to Triphasia of Loureiro, also 

 akin to Androsemum of Hjpericines, but istlie 

 fruit unilocular ? { 



30. Apama laurifoUa Raf. (Alpan Bosc) 

 fol. oblongis perennis, fl. axil. 2-4 fasciculatis 

 East Indies, flowering twice a year, medical, 

 juice used with oil for ulcers, and with C.-.la-. 

 mus against bites of Snakes. ' , > 



31. Bknteca Rh. Ad. cal. 5dent. corolIaT 

 5fida, stam. 5, pist, libero, stylo recto, stig. glo- 

 boso. Baccis siccis obi. 21ocuL polysp, 'Arbor 



semperv^ fol. alt. Jl. panicul — put by Adan-> 

 son next to Styrax^ but more akin to Solatium^ 

 unless the stamens be opposed to corolla wben 

 it may rank in the Sapotides. The seeds are 

 ovoid hard in two rows in each cell, partition 

 membranose, 



32. Benteca odorata Raf. foK perennis 

 ovatis subtus villosis, racemis termin. panicula- 

 tis — tall tree of Malabar figured by Rheed 4. t. 

 30, the flowers are small greenish white, but 

 numerous and fragrant ; the leaves are sudo- 

 rific. - 



33. Bessia Raf. (n. ind.) Leguminose. cal. 



Sdent. petalis 5ineq. 4 subrot. uno obi, obt. stam. 

 10 liberis ineq. 3 multo longior, ovarium coni- 

 cum, stylo filif. legum. compressis 4-6spermis, 

 Arbor foL alt, paripinnatis, fl. term, race- 

 mosis — another G, of the Lomentapeous Le-i 

 guminose, near 'Sennas Sophora &c. 



31, Bessia sanguinolenta Raf.'*^ {Bessl 



