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thers ten, inserted within the tube. Ovary five-celled ; cells 

 containing a single or double ovulum attached above to the 

 inner angle. I have never observed two distinct ovula ; but 

 the single one is often marked with a furrow, as if composed 

 of two imited together. Style short, thick, columnar, ten- 

 furrowed. Stigma flat, obscurely radiated. Berry of a 

 yellowish colour, cortical, seated on the persistent calyx, 

 oblong-ovate, or oval, slightly tomentose, five-celled, five- 

 seeded. Seeds enveloped in a white semi-transparent pulpy 

 tunic or aril, exalbuminous ; cotyledons solid, conform to 

 the seed, unequal, irregularly transverse, peltate ; the short 

 pilose radicle being inserted into their centre. Two seeds 

 are frequently contained in one common integument, so 

 firmly united as to appear but one, until by dissection the 

 two radicles and four irregular cotyledons are discovered. 

 There are seldom more than one or two cells in each fruit 

 that perfect their seed ; the others are only filled with the 

 white transparent pulp. 



Var. /3. L. aqueum. 



Foliolis subtus villosis, racemis densis saepius solitariis, fructibus 



globosis. 

 Ayer Ayer. Malay. 



The Ayer Ayer so nearly resembles the Lans6h in most par- 

 ticulars, that I hesitate to rank it as a distinct species, and con- 

 tent myself with mentioning it as a permanent and well-marked 

 variety. They are principally distinguished by the Malays by 

 their fruit, that of the Ayer Ayer being rounder, and the pulp 

 more watery (whence the name), and dissolving more completely 

 in the mouth than that of the Lanseh. Both are highly esteemed 

 by the Malays, and are equally agreeable to the European palate. 



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