Amyris. -OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 247 
ers in May. Leaflets petioled, oval, or ovate, taper-point- 
ed, entire, polished; about three inches long and about 
two broad. Petioles nearly as long as the leaflets, round, 
polished, and coloured. Stipules none. Peduncles axilla- 
ry and from the base of the tender shoots below the young 
leaves, as well as from the apices of small lateral, 
leaflets scions; often as long as the petioles, diverging, 
three-flowered, or once, or twice dichotomous, and ma- 
ny-flowered. Flowers small, yellow. In Bengal they 
have hitherto proved abortive. Bractes in opposite pairs, 
at the divisions of the peduncles, lanceolate, smooth and 
fleshy. Calyx four-toothed, half the length of the petals. 
Petals four, linear-oblong, their lower two-thirds forming 
a tube, the upper third expanding, and acute. Filaments 
eight, shorter than the germ, alternately longer, inserted 
on a fleshy ring round the base of the germ. Anthers 
ovate-sagittate, apparently destitute of pollen. Germ 
ovate-oblong, clammy, two-celled, with two ovula in 
each, attached to the partition below the middle. Style 
scarcely any. Stigma large two-lobed, and these again 
somewhat two-lobed. Fruit not seen, , 
~ The Bark and all the tender parts of the plants, on be- 
ing bruised or wounded, discharges a small quantity of a 
pale whey-coloured liquid, which possesses a fragrance 
something like that of the orange leaf. 
In Bengal the flowers constantly prove abortive. I 
therefore conclude the tree to be polygamous, and that 
ours are all female-hermaphrodites, with impPEEE: sta- 
Inina, ; 
When the trees were younger, the leaflets were more 
numerous, often five and sometimes seven; I then thought 
it might be Amyris Protiwn, but have now reason to 
think ita new species. 
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Shrubby. Leaves pinnate-quinate ; leaflets br 
