230 Dr. Francis Hamitron’s Commentary 
scarcely differs from the Stillingia; and there is also very little difference 
between it and Excoecaria, if with Willdenow we admit into the latter, species 
with male and female flowers on the same individual. I shall here annex a 
description. 
Arbor inter minores ramis pendulis, teretibus, elevato-punctatis. Folia alterna, 
bifaria, lanceolata, serrata, acuta, glabra, venosa.  Petiolus teres, canali- 
culatus, tenuis, brevissimus, nudus. Stipule gemine, laterales, minimae, 
marcescentes. 
Masc. Florum amentum vel potius racemus laxus, erectus, terminalis, foliis 
longior, sessilis. Flores foeminei ad basin amenti masculini solitarii, 
pedunculati. 
Masc. Amentum (racemus) laxe imbricatum squamis sparsis (bractez), 4- seu 
5-floris, bilobis, lobis utrinque reniformibus. lores pedicello proprio 
squamis longiore instructi. Calyx proprius cyathiformis, obsolete triden- 
tatus. Corolla nulla. Filamenta tria brevissima, e basi calycis enata. 
Anthere didyme lobis globosis.  Pistillum nullum. 
Fem. Calyx tripartitus, minimus, szepe vix conspicuus. Corolla nulla. Germen 
magnum, ovatum, superum, obsolete trigonum. Stylus brevissimus. Stig- 
mata tria subulata, longissima. | Capsula drupacea, magnitudine Sclopeti 
orbiculata, depressa. Cortex crassus, durus, sueco lacteo scatens. Pu- 
tamen osseum, trilobum, sexsulcum, triloculare. Semina solitaria, ob- 
longa. 
Aria Berou, p. 107. tab. 52. 
Bepou is the generic name in the vulgar language of Malabar, and Nimbou 
in that used by the Brahmans. This is no doubt the same with Nim, used in 
both the Hindwi and Bengalese dialects, and with Nimba of the sacred tongue; 
and must not be confounded with Mimbo or Limbo, from whence is derived the : 
English word Lemon, used for various Aurantie. The confounding of these 
two words seems to have been the source of the error in Bontius complained 
of by Commeline. 
This tree having been early known to botanists,—on account, probably, of its 
medical qualities, much celebrated among the natives,——Commeline has given 
us the names by which it was early known ; and it is to be regretted that the 
