436  TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.  —— Fagart, 
A large erect timber tree, a native of the mountainous parts of 
the Circars. Flowering time the beginning of the hot season. ` 
Trunk erect. Bark thin, firm, yellowish green on the outside ; 
on the inside deep red, tinging the spittle with that colour. It is a 
strong astringent. Branches numerous, forming a large shady head, © 
Leaves alternate, short-petioled, linear-oblong, smooth, below a little 
whitish, entire, waved, pointed; five or six inches leng, aud one and 
a half or two broad.— S/ipules none.—Racemes axillary, small, erect, 
frequently compound.—Bractes small, subulate.— Flowers small, yel- 
low.—Calyx four-toothed.— Petals four, oblong, expanding, apices 
revolute.— Nectary, a ring surrounding the base of the germ, stami- 
niferous— Filaments four, shorter than the petals, liairy, inserted into 
the margin of the nectary. Anthers oval.—Germ superior, globular. 
Style short, stigma headed.— Berry vertically compressed, succus 
Jent, the size of a large cherry, when ripe it has a deep purple bloom, 
which makes it very inviting to the eye. Seed one, drilled, seem- 
ingly two-lobed, of a lively purple throughout. 
Obs. 'The wood of this tree is white, close-grained, m durable, 
the natives employ it for a variety of purposes. 
FAGARA. Schreb. Gen. N. 196. 
Calyx four-parted, or four-leaved. Corol four-petalled. 
superior. Capsule superior, two-valved, one seeded. Embryo = 
Germ 
verse, with but little perisperm. 
1. F. triphylla, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. Wilid. i. 666. 
Leaves opposite, ternate; leaflets oblong, entire. Panicles axilla- 
ry, brachiate. : n $ 
Ampacus angustifolia, Rumph. Amb. ii. p. 188. t. 62. — 
Found indigenous, by Mr. W, Roxburgh, on the Island of Pulo- 
Penang, and from thence sent to the Botanic Garden, where in se* 
veral years it has only reached the height of four-feet, and for these 
last three years has blossomed regularly duriug the dry season. ` 
Stem erect, ligneous, as thick as a walking cane, smooth, asli-co* 
