HORTUS MALABARICUS 41 
PONNAGA M. 
"T ab.- 24. 
Rbor qua Malabarenfibus Pouzagaz, Brach- 
! manis Bezifa, Lufitanis 4trola, Belgis Himnpen 
$ nuncupatur, procera eft, trigintacirciter 
€» pedes alta, caudice mediocriter craffo , 
multifque ramulis in orbem diffufis dona- 
to: Lignum denfum. albicans.cinereo cor- 
tice obductum. ' 
Radix rubefcensalbicante cortice cincta, odoris; fapo- 
rifque fylveftris. 
Folia petiolis longis, rotundis. fubrubefcentibus circa 
ramulos proveniunt; oblongo-rotunda, acuminata, craí- 
fa. denfa. glabra. fuperné colore viridi-fufco fplenden- 
tia, inferné fubviridia; a pediculo ad apicem folii con- 
Ífpicuus nervus decurrit, minores quofdam emittens, e 
quibus transverfz multe venule parallele excurrunt: 
odor & fapor ingratus, ac fylveftris. 
Fires inodori extremis furculis fpicatim proveniunt.caly- 
. ciqueexiguo fubrubefcenti inhzrent, tribus , rarius qua- 
tuor oblongo-teretibus. viridefcentibus , intufque lanu- 
ginofis ac ftriatis conftantesfoliolis, quz e globulo rubi- 
cundo, oblongo - rotundo, prodeuntia, ac laté expanfa 
jucundum intueuntibus adípectum exhibent ; medium 
occupantibus ftaminulistenuiffimis, breviffimis. 
Singulis flofculis finguli fuccedunt Frzcw rotundi, tri- 
bus, interdum quatuor angulis conftantes, viridi-rube- 
Ícentes: totidem diftinctis loculis eia folida continent, 
cuticulà nigricante ac nitente intecta » medullà alb, ex ro- 
tundo oblonga, fapore adítringente, cum fubfequente 
ardore. 
Pars V. X - Prove- 
