Brucea, . TETRANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. 449 
TETRANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. 
BRUCEA. Schreb. gen. N. 1508.0 8 
Calyx four-parted. Petals four, Germs four, one-seeded, 
attachment inferior, Berries four, superior, one-seeded. 
Embryo i inverse, with scarcely any. perisperm. sonetnes 3 a 
fifth part is added, ny 
1. B. sumatrana, R. : ; 
Shrubby. Leaflets serrate, acemes axillary, generally 
compound, 
_ Lussa-Radja. Rumph. Amb, Auctuar, 27. t. 15. 
_ Mal, Ampadoo-Barrowing. 
A native of Sumatra. From thence Mr, Ewer sent the 
_were s about four feet high with a ny be i 0 
few branches, They then began to flower in May, and con- 
tinued to blossom and ripen 1 their seed all the: FEAR. 
_ Leaves. scattered, unequally-pinnate, { from. twelve to eigh- 
teen_inches long. Leaflets from four to six pair, opposite, 
short- petioled,. obliquely. oyate-lanceolate, grossly and ob- 
tusely serrate, pointed, villous underneath, from three to six 
inches long, very bitter, and somewhat foetid. Petioles com- 
_ mon, round, and villous. Stipules none. Racemes axillary, 
solitary, from one to six, or eight inches long, somewhat com- 
pound, dark purple, and clothed with a few white hairs, 
Flowers numerous, yery minute, dark purple, and in all the 
Sumatra plants completely hermaphrodite. Bractes subu- 
* Tate, hairy, very | opal, and caducous, Calyx four-leaved, - 
matted” “8 nall, ovate lanceolate, 
| dark purple, and hairy on Pe bait.” Nectary a 
dark purple, four-lobed, fleshy cap surrounding the inser- 
tion of the germs, Filaments four, short, purple, inserted un- 
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