Fagara. SETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA- ; 430 
ly equal in size, with nerves which divide them unequally, the exte- 
rior division being twice as broad as the interior.— Petiols round, 
smooth, a little channelled.— Stipules none.— Panicles terminal, and. 
from the exterior arils, frequently cross-armed, particularly the ex- 
treme ramifications.— Peduncles and Pedicels smooth, sometimes 
compressed.— Bractes minute, fallmg.— Towers very minute, yellow. 
— Calyx four-leaved.— Filaments shorter than the petals. —Si yle thick,’ 
length of the filaments. Stigma tapering. —Capsule round, size of a 
pea, dry, one-celled, two- valved; seed one, round, glossy black. 
Obs. T he unripe capsules are like small berries, they are ei fully 
aromatic, and taste like the skin of a fresh orange. - The ripe 
seeds taste exactly like black- -pepper, but weaker; from this circum- 
stauce I conceive this may be F. Piperita, yet I have always found 
| the leaflets entire. The bark, I mean oid innét — is also 
acrid, with a mixture of bitter. 
4. F. nitida, Roxb. 
Shrubby. Branchlets, petiols and ribs armed. Leaftets two or 
three pairs, with a terminal odd one, oblong, lucid, remotely gland- 
crenate, apex rather long aud emargimate. — Racemes axillary. 
Tcheum-tsew of the Chinese. í ! 
Introduced from Canton into the Botanic Garden by Mr. W, 
^ Kerr in 1812, and in January of the following: year one of the planta" 
blossomed abundantly. ET 
* The flowers as in the other species, but the pistillum is three or 
four-lobed, each to be appearing to end in a recurved style witli a two- 
lobed stigma. The shrub, therefore, approaches nearer than any 
of the preceding species to Zanthoxylon. 
; Additional Remarks. ; = 
The shrubs have continued to blossom yearly, without produc- 
slender, rambling over the nearest 
wn bark; the younger ones pubes- 
Leaves 
ing any fruit. Branches long and 
bushes, covered with shining bro 
cent,  Aculei numerous, compressed, purple; recurved. 
