416 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.” Fagara. 
Germ superior. _ Capsule superior, two-valved, one-seeded, . - 
Embryo inverse, with but little perisperm. ; 
“1. F. triphylla. Linn, sp. pl. ed. Willd. i. 666, 
Leaves opposite, ternate ; leaflets oblong, entire. Punieles 
axillary, brachiate. ; 
Ampacus angustifolia. Rumph, Amb. ii. p. 188. 1. 62. - 
Found indigenous, by Mr. W. Roxburgh, on the Island 
of Pulo Pinang, and from thence sent to the Botanic garden, 
where in several years it has only reached the height of four 
feet, and for these last three years has blossomed beguaatly A 
during-the dry season. . 
Stem erect, ligneous, as thick as a walking cane, smooth, 
ash-coloured. Branches opposite; the tender parts round — 
and slightly villous, Leaves opposite, long-petioled, ternate. 
Teaflets anceolar or oblong, entire, smooth on both sides, 
length from two to ten inches, and from one to four broad. + 
Panicles axillary, and in our single young individual, shorter _ 
than the petioles, brachiate, villous. Flowers numerous, _ 
minute, white, inodorous. Bractes triangular, solitary below — 
id diFisions of the panicle. Calyx small, one-leaved, four- 
~ Petals four, oblong, white, smooth,’ spreading, — 
length of the pistil, and four times longer than the calyx. re os 
laments four, length of the petals, -Anthers oblong, incum- 
bent. Germ superior, roundish, woolly, four-grooved : for the 
‘filaments to rest in, four-celled, with two ovula in. each ce 
‘attached to the middle of the thickened axis. Styleaslong 
"as the germ. Stigma large, four-lobed. Capsule from one 
to four, distinct, obovate, smooth, size of a field béan, ntll se 
celled, two-valved, opening along the upper and imner mar- 
gin, and round the apex ; a portion on the back does not se 
parate spontaneously. Seeds generally two, roundish, size of 
a grain of black pepper, shining, blackish-chesnut seroma 2 
in the allied foto alatum. | : 
