Scytalia. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, . 273 
lum. Anthers linear-oblong, incurvate. Germ superior, 
two-lobed, with one ovula in each, attached to the base 
of the partition. Style short. Stigma bifid ; segments 
recurved. Berries one or two, the size and shape of an 
olive, smooth, dark purple; like the fruit of Eugenia jam- 
bolana, succulent, one-celled, the purple aril is eaten by 
the natives. Seed, solitary, the shape of the berry. Integu- 
ments two, exterior, ash-coloured, firm and thin ; interior 
brown, softer, and thicker than the exterior. Perisperm 
none. Embryo erect. Cotyledons nearly equal. Radicle 
inferior, truncated. : 
6. S. parviflora, R. 
Leaflets about seven, lanceolate, serrate, crenate. Pa- 
nicles terminal, Calyx, and Corol of four leaflets, and 
petals, 
A native of the Moluccas, 
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7.S. oppositifolia. R. 
Leaves opposite, unequally pinnate, leaflets from three 
to five, lanceolate, remotely serrate, crenate. Panicles 
terminal. 
A native of the, Malay Islands. 
8.S. verticillata, R. 
Shrubby. Leaves simple, subverticelled, lanceolar, 
Smooth, entire. _Panicles terminal. Petals five, with a 
Woolly scale near the base. Germ two-lobed, elevated 
°n a receptacle. 
‘This pretty shrub, or egal taor was brought to this 
_Sarden from the Moluccas, with the spice plants in 1798, 
Where it blossoms and ripens its seed at different periods 
through the year. 
Trunk straight, with many straight branches, and to- 
‘ably smooth, brownish bark ; height of the plants, about 
“even feet, and are still growing fast. Leaves subver~ 
ticelled, short-petioled, lanceolate, smooth on bint sides, 
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