376 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Bergera: 
Beng. Bursunga. 
_Teling. Kari-Vepa. 
| Tam. Kamwepila. 
This grows to be a smalj tree. Is a native of the 
mountainous parts of the Coast, and is also cultivated in 
gardens for the sake of its leaves; they being a princi- 
pal ingredient in the country stews called curries, Its 
flowering time is the hot season. ; 
This tree is so well described by the late Dr. Konig, 
in the genera and species plantarum of Linnzeus, thatitis 
unnecessary for me to say any thing on that head. 
The leaves, as observed above, are a very principal in- 
gredient in curries; and when they cannot be had fresh, 
are used dry, for they retain their flavour very well ia 
that state, and are to be had in every market, They 
have a peculiar flavour, which I cannot describe; at first 
it is rather disagreeable, but. most. people soon become 
perfectly reconciled to, if not fond of it. 
The bark and root are used as stimulants by the na- 
tive physicians, Externally they are also used to cure 
eruptions and the bites of poisonous animals. 
The green leayes are prescribed to be eaten raw for the - 
cure of dysentery ; they are also bruised and applied 
externally to cure eruptions. 
2. B. integerrima. Buch. 
-Arboreous, Leaflets entire, with long taper points. 
Bun kooncha of the natives of the eastern banks of the 
mouth of the Megna, where the tree grows. It was i 
troduced into the Botanic garden by Dr. Buchanat in 
1797 ; now, January 1800, they have advanced to the size 
of small ramous trees, and are at present in blossom. 
Leaves alternate, petioled, pinnate, with single termi- 
nal leaflets, from six. to eighteen inches long. Leaflets 
opposite or subalternate, short-petioletted, obliquely lan- 
ceolate, oblong, waved,ending in long, fine, tapering alate = 
