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201 



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obtufe parallel fegmeiits growing clofe together : the filaments 



of the length of the calyx, adh 



fe, bearded towards the 



top, formhig a circle upon the receptacle in which they are inferted 



re6t antherae : the germen is oval, downy 



d with 



J 



d placed above- the infertion of the corolla : the ftyle is filiform 



ger 



th 



the ft 



am 



d terminated with a fimpl 



ft 



tip-ma 



the 



fruit is fimilar to that of the Styrax officinale.* 



The botanical character of this tree was entirely miftaken by mod 

 botanifts, even till 



the V 



787, when that excellent naturalift, Mr 



Diyander, fully afcertaii 

 requeft of Sir Jofeph B 

 the purpofe from Mr. Marfd 



d it to be a fty 



This was d 



ho obtained a 



proper 



f^ 



cimen 



fo 



Sumatra ; and as we have copied 



the figure given by Mr. Dryander, we ftiall alfo tranfcribe the foil 



g 



obfervations with which it is introduced 



(C 



Th 



ou 



H 



G 



3 



and S 



b 



hG 



were 



a 



quainted with th 



1 



from which Benjamin, or Benzoin, is collected, their defcrip 



/ 



of it are fo imperfed: and infufficient for its b 



fucceeding botanifts have fallen into many 



determination, 



" g it; 



and it is remarkable, that although this drug was always imported 



from the Eaft-Indies, moft of the later writers on the Materia Medica 



have conceived it to be colled:ed from a fpecies of L 



of 



\ 



Rami teretes, tomentofi. 



* Defcriptio botanica a cl. Dryander. 



Folia alterna, petiolata, obloiiga, integerrima, acuminata, venofaj fupra glabra, fubtus 



tomentofa, palmarla. Petioli teretes, ftriati^ canaliculati, tomentofi, breviilimL 



r- ^ 



Racemt axilJares, compofiti, longitudine fere foliorum. PeduncuVi communes tomentofi; 



partiales 'At^xva^ patentes, tomentofi. PeclkeUi breviilimL Flares i^ZMw^i. 



Calyx campanulatus, obfoletiffime quinc[uedentatus, extus tomentofus, linea longior. 



Petala quinque, (bafi forte connata) linearia, obtufa, extus tomento tenuiilimo cinerea, 



1 J 1 1 • " ^ 



calyce quadrupio longiora. 



Fllamenta decem, receptaculo inferta, petalis pauIo breviora, inferne connata in tylin- 



drum longitudine calycis, fuperne infra -^ antheras ciliata. . Anther cc lineares, 

 filamentis longitudinaliter adnata^, iiiqu 



e 



dimidio breviores. 



Germen fuperum, ovatum, tomentofum, Stylus filiformis, ftaminibus longior. Stigma. 



fimplex, 



^ L. c. Before this time however Sir Jofeph Banks feemed to have no doubt that the 



Benjamin-tree was a llyrax. Vide Loder in Balding. Med. Jqutiu P. 5. p. 50. 



b 



Vide lib. in Synon. at. 



Virginia 



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