518 VENTANDRIA MONOGYNITA, Uncaria. 
the inside, Filaments short. Anithers large, on the mouth 
of the tube. Germ beneath, turbinate, sub-sessile, sericeous, 
Style as long as the tube of the corol. Stigma clavate. 
Capsules pedicelled, clavate, longitudinally grooved, crown- 
ed with the five-cleft permanent calyx, two-celled, two-valv- 
ed, Seeds numerous, imbricated, winged. 
_ Obs. Gambier is the Malay name of an extract, prepared 
from the leaves of this plant. And I believe one of the drugs, 
if not the only one, formerly called Terra Japonica in Eu- 
rope. For the following account thereof I am indebted to 
Dr. Charles Campbell, of Bencoolen, who says : | 
_ © This material is called by the Malays Gambier. It is 
chewed by the natives mingled with Beé/e leaf and areca af- 
ter the manner in which the Cutch is used on the continent 
of India, 
* With some sweetness it has a more highly concentrated 
astringent principle than Terra Japonica, 1 am solicitous 
that a trial should also be made of its power in tanning. 
“ In regard to the natural history of the Gambier it is pro- 
cured from a climber little known to the Botanic garden. 
“It is the Funis uncatus, or Daun Gaita Gambier of. 
Rumphius. Herb. Amboin. vol. v. tab. 34. The variety 
from which it is chiefly made is that denominated by peaiines 
us the Funis uncatus angustifolius, 
_ “ The preparation is simple, the: young shoot and toate 
ares sand. bruised’ in water for some hours, until a feculum 
oe ‘into. ‘moulds of ac circular form; cui ; 
this state the Gambier is brought to market. 
* Rumphius has fallen into an error in asserting that Gam- 
ier di is not made from this plant, for in my journey to Cochin 
China I had an opportunity of inspecting the whole process, 
having resided some days at a small village near the foot of 
the mountain, where the Sultan of Moco has evo biinbone a 
