CLASS II. a 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
aay: YCTANTHES. Schreb. gen. N. 2Y. 
Calyx campanulate, Corol salver-shaped. Capsule supe- 
tior, ‘obcordate, compressed, two-celled, two-valved. Seeds 
solitary. Embryo erect, without perisperm. 
1. N. arbor tristis. Linn. spec. plant, ed. Willd. 1 35. 
Parlium arbor tristis. Gert. Sem, 1, 234. t. 51. 
Scabrita scabra. Vahl. Symb, 2.28, Gert. Sem, 2. 265. 
t, 128. 
Scabrita triflora, Linn. Mant. 1. p. 37. 
Manja pumeram. Rheed, Mal. 1. p. 35. t.21. 
Sephalica. 4s. Res. 4. 244. , 
Sans. Hind. and Beng. Singahar, Sewly, Nibari, Har- 
singhar, ke. ' 
‘Of what country this is a native I know not, for I have 
_never found it but in a cultivated state ; and it is always rais- 
ed from seed, which may be the reason we have no varieties 
of this most delightfully fragrant plant. In our gard 
is found in the state of a large shrub, or small tree. Flowers 
on the Coast nearly the year round ; in Bengal only during 
the rains, The seeds ripen in the edi season. 
Trunk erect, Bark scabrous. Branches numerous, spread- 
ing in every direction ; the young shoots alone are four-sided ; 
four ligneous, cord-like nerves, under the bark, forming the 
angles. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, cordate, those near — 
the flowers oblong, pointed, sometimes entire, sometimes very : 
oss ly serrate, and sometimes the lower parts are a ars 
scabrous; from three to Sve aches fone and from one 10 
