194 Dr. Francis Hamiuron’s Commentary 
In the woods of the Rungpur district, on the north side of the Brahmaputra, 
I found a tree which, in the catalogue of specimens presented to the library at 
the India House, I call Schinus Bengalensis, and which is very nearly allied to 
the above, as will appear from the following description. 
Arbor magnitudine mediocris odore terebinthaceo. Ramuli pilis brevissimis 
herbaceis pubescentes. Rami teretes, cicatricibus parvis notati. Folia 
alterna, cum impari pinnata, 3—5-juga. Foliola subopposita, basi obliqua 
ovata, inzequilatera, acuminata, apicem versus serrata, omnia pedicellata, 
supra nuda, subtus pilis herbaceis raris pubescentia, venosa.  Petiolus 
teres, pubescens. Rachis non alata. 
Panicule axillares vel infrafoliaceze, folio multo breviores, ramis alternis, tere- 
tibus, pubescentibus, paucifloris, divaricatis. Flores parvi, herbacei, omnes 
quos vidi pseudo-hermaphroditi, abortivi. 
Calyx minimus, quinquedentatus. Petala quinque ungue lato. Filamenta 
decem, perigyna, petalis breviora. Anthere parve. Germen ovatum, 
superum, minimum, disco decemcrenato circumdatum. Stigmata tria ob- 
soleta, crassa. ; 
In the woods on the opposite side of the Brahmaputra I some months later 
found a tree in fruit, which the natives called Niyar, and which, if it be dif- 
ferent from the preceding, is remarkably like it; and I must observe that in 
this, as well as in the Saheri, the chief difference between the tree with adult 
foliage and that in flower is, that the leaves of the one are entire, and of the 
other serrated. I shall here transcribe the notes taken on the spot. Specimens 
may be found in the library at the India House. 
ScHINUS NIARA. 
Niyar Bengalensium. 
Habitat in Camrupe orientalis monticulis. 
Arbor precedenti simillima, sed foliola angustiora sæpius integerrima. 
Bacca corticosa, supera, pulpo viscido cum Euphoric consistentia esculento 
farcta, 1—4-locularis seminibus varie abortientibus. Nucicule solitarie, 
angulatz. Perispermum nullum. Cotyledones foliaceze, complicate, vi- 
rides. > 
