364 Mr. CoLEBROOKE on Boswellia 
Pzera.C. 
Essent. Cuar. Cal. five-parted. Cor. pentapetalous, spread- 
ing. Berry one-seeded. 
PrEcrA NITIDA. C. 
Indigenous in Silhet, where it blossoms towards the close of 
the cold season, and ripens its seed in the middle of the hot. Its 
name, in the vernacular dialect of the province, is Pégt. 
Stem shrubby, said to be scandent ? 
Leaves alternate, unevenly pinnate. Leaflets five to seven pairs, 
with an odd one, gradually larger, subopposite, cordate, 
acuminate, remotely serrate, chiefly on the anterior mar- 
gin; posterior lobes small, entire. Young leaves covered 
with down on both surfaces. =a gth of leaflets 2 to 3 inches: 
breadth 1 to 11. 
Petioles channelled on the upper edge, thickening at the base ; 
villous. Petiolules very short. 
Stipules none. 
Panicles axillary and terminal, branched, ovate. 
Peduncles villous. 
Bractes at the base of pedicels, solitary ; ovate, villous. 
Flowers pale green, with an agreeable odour; numerous, very 
small. 
Perianth inferior, five-parted, minute, persistent. Segments 
round. 
Petals five, oval, spreading. 
Nectary a plano-concave, fleshy ring encompassing the germ, 
. and surrounded by the stamina inserted in its base. 
Filaments ten, nearly the length of the corol, alternately shorter, 
subulate. Anthers round, two-lobed. | 
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