84. 
method. It is to be hoped that the labours of this Society 
may not be ineffectual in improving this, as well as other 
defective branches of our rural ceconomy. 
ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY; 
PRINCIPALLY OF THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE 
PENINSULA. 
By Ricuanp Wieut, M.D., &c. &c. 
[Continued from page 360 of Volume IT) 
XXI. 
AEGICERAS FRAGRANS. 
Pentanpria Monoeynia. Nat. Ord. MynsINEX. 
Cal. 5-partitus, foliolis oblique imbricatis. Corolla hypocrate- 
riformis. Filamenta inferne connata. Anthere sagittatze, 
loculis cellulosis. Ovarium polyspermum. Stigma simplex. 
Theca coriacea, cylindracea, follicularis, monosperma. 
Semen intra thecam germinans, integumento incompleto 
calyptriformi. Albumen 0. Embryo erectus.  Cotyledones 
brevissimee. Plumula conspicua.—Arbor parva, littoralis, 
inter Rhizophoras intra tropicos proveniens, sed usque ad 
lat. 34° austr. extensa. Folia sparsa, integerrima, pagine 
superioris excretione salina. Umbellæ terminales. Flores 
albi, fragrantes. Br. 
JEgiceras fragrans. (SuppL. Tas. XXI.) 
Æ. fragrans. Kon. in Ann. of Bot. v. 1. p. 129, cum Ie. 
Br. Prodr. v. 1. p. 534. 
JE. majus. Geertn. de Fruct. v. i. p. 916. t. 46. f. 1. Willd. Sp. 
Pl. v. 1. p. 1185. Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 511. 
Rhizophora corniculata. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 635. 
Mangium fruticosum corniculatum. Rumph. Herb. Amb. 
v. 3. p. 117. 
A stout, very ramous, milky shrub, 10 or 12 feet, rarely 
more, in height. Branches round, glabrous; bark brown; 
