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Fagara, TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, MZ 
2. F. Budrunga, Re: ivon of} boldiscae 
" Arboreous, armed with deci pedacoil aculei, Lente; ie! 
nate ; leaflets five or six pair, unequally ovate, samaieeie: ene 
tire, acuminate. Panicles crowded, ) 
. Budrung the vernacular name in Silhet, where it grows to 
a large tree. Blossoms in March and April, and the-seeds 
ripen in July and August; they are used nedicinally by the 
“natives, being of a warm spicy nature with the fragrance of 
lemon peel. 
Trunk straight, while young oar tt but by age the aculei 
fall off. Branches and branchlets armed with innumerable, 
small, white, sharp, incurved prickles, Leaves crowded, from 
six to ten inches long. Leaflets five or six pair, opposite or 
nearly so, unequally ovate-lanceolate, entire, finely acuminate, 
smooth, from three to four inches long, by one and @ half 
broad, Panicles terminal;: much crowded, long-peduncled, 
_ trichotomous, the whole forming one large, very ramous glo- 
bular panicle, which is shorter than the leaves. Ca ya ie 
toothed. Petals four, elliptic, spreading. Stamina ‘Your, 
much longer than the petals, Germovate. Style short. .Cap- 
sule the size of a pea, drupaceous, one celled, two-valved; the 
_ exterior tunic is marked with cells filled with a fragrant bal- 
’ 
sam, Seed solitary, attached to the apex of the sutureof the 
valves, round, smooth, polished, shining black. Integuments 
three ; the exterior one thin and brittle, between it and the se-_ 
cond is spread a quantity of dark orange-coloured pulpy mat- 
ter, the second thick and hard, a perfect nat, and of a dull 
black colour, the third or innermost membranaceous... Peris- 
perm in small quantity. Embryo inverse. Coyea - 
vate. “intel eet fais to sc dumbest 
fe: 
4 reous, aah Leaplts tick EN to sixteen | pair; 
(Atte 0 smooth, entire. Panicle terminal, 
_ Teiing, Rhetsa-maun, 
Rhetsa means a committee, or select number of men as- 
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