and. certain Indian Terebinthacea. 367 
Filaments eight, much enlarged below, concave within, accord- 
ing to the convexity of the nectary and germ, shorter than 
the corol. Anthers oval. 
Germ four-sided, four-celled, with two or three ovules in each 
cell, attached to the top of the axis. Style thick, four- 
sided, straight, length of the stamina. Stigma truncated, 
obsoletely four-pointed. 
Berry oblong, size of a field-bean, smooth, dotted, of a pale 
. straw-colour, one-celled. 
Seed solitary, conform to the berry. 
Integument single, white, thin, tender. 
Perisperm none. 
Embryo inverse. | Cotyledons conform to the seed, green, often 
unequal. Plumule two-lobed, hairy. Radicle hemispherical, 
hairy, inferior.— Roab. Mss. à 
BERGERA INTEGERRIMA. Buch. 
Indigenous in countries east of the Megna River in Bengal. 
Trunk arboreous. Branches numerous. | e 
Leaves alternate, unevenly pinnate. Leaflets subalternate, short- 
petioluled, obliquely lanceolate, entire, waved, acuminate, 
smooth above, villous underneath : exterior largest, 6 inches 
long, 2 broad. 
Petioles round, villous. 
Corymbs terminal, decompound. 
Flowers short-pedicelled, erect, numerous, white, emitting- a 
strong offensive smell. 
Bractes very minute. 
Perianth five-toothed. 
Petals five, lanceolate, expanding. 
Nectary a fleshy receptacle elevating the germ. 
Stamina ten, alternately longer. | 
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