and certain Indian Terebinthacea. 365 
Germ superior, round, half immersed in the nectary. Style 
short, conical. Stigma simple. 
Berry globular, sitting on the permanent calyx; black, size of a 
currant, one-celled. 
Pyrene solitary, oval, compressed, of a honey-colour, wrinkled. 
Shell bony, fragile. 
- Seed solitary. | Integument membranaceous, thin. 
Perisperm none. 
Embryo conform to the seed, white, inverse. Cotyledons oval, 
turgid, large, almond-fleshy. Radicle superior, minute, 
roundish. 
AMYRIS HEPTAPHYLLA. Roxb. 
Tan. V. Fig.9. 
Native of mountains bordering on Silhet. Its leaves when 
bruised smell strongly of anise. : | 
Stem shrubby. Branches suberect. Bark smooth, a oard: 
Leaves alternate, unevenly pinnate. Leaflets alternate short- 
petioluled ; three to four pairs, with an odd one ; obliquely 
lanceolate, entire, marked with transparent dots. 
Panicles terminal ; ramifications trichotomous, divergent. 
Flowers numerous, small, whitish-yellow. 
Perianth inferior, small, five-toothed. 
Petals four, oval, spreading, concave, inserted by claws in the 
base of the nectary. 
Nectary fleshy, contracted in the middle; the lower wollig 
receiving the petals and stamina, the upper supporting the 
germ. 
Filaments eight, enlarged below, concave according to the con- 
vexity of the nectary and germ, shorter than the corol. 
Anthers oval. . 
Germ nearly square, crowned with four round glands, four- 
celled, 
