244 OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Amyris. 
the upper side, the fifth small, standing singly on the 
under side. Nectary the leaflets torn, and woolly. Style 
single. Stigma three-toothed. Capsule single, three-sided, 
three-celled, three-valved. Seeds one ineach cell, * — 
The wood of this tree is white and not so serviceable 
as eat of Sapindus rubiginosus. 
, 2. Mi: levis: Willd, 2. 329. : 
_ Leaves abruptly-pinnate ; leaflets one or two pairs, cu- 
neate-obovate, obtuse, entire, smooth. Panicles axillary. 
Petals round, with a woolly scale in each side near the 
base. 
A handsome slender tree, a native of the Mamrition 
where it blossoms in June and July, and the seeds — Es 
in October. ek 
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AMYRIS. Schreb. gen. n. 650. . 
Calyx four-toothed. Corol of four expanding i | 
_ Germ superior, four-celled; cells from two to three-seeded ;_ 
attachment interior. Berry one-seeded. Embryo inverse, 
without  eoere: 
a. ‘simplicifolia R. fe 
Leaves simple, oblong, and broad lanceolate, Racemées 
axillary, short, few-flowered. Germ two-celled. Ag, 
A small tree, a native of Pulo Pinang. In this spe- 
cies, the leaf is joined to the apex of the petiole by aD 
articulation, and there the leaf falls off, leaving the petiole, 
which is much more permanent. ee 
The racemes are about twice the length of the petioles; 
the flower small and white, The ripe fruit has not beet 
2. ‘ celiac d R. 
Arboreous, branchlets often ending i in spines, Leaves 
