CENT. I. I?, 



Strong smell, leaves bitter, flowers small blos- 

 soming twice a year, seeds affording an oil. 



29. Apama Rh, Raf. (n. ind.) caiix trifidus, 

 petalis nuUis, stam. plura triadelphis, pist. 

 minut. fruct, theca-siliquosa intus pulposa polysp. 

 Frutex semporv,foL alt, fl, axil N. fam. of 

 Hesperides near to Triphasla of Loureiro, also 

 akin to Androsemum of Hypericines, but is the 

 fruit unilocular ? 



30. Apama laurifolia Raf. (Alpan Bosc) 

 fol, oblongis perennis, fl. axil. 2-4 fasciculatis 

 East Indies, flowering twice' a year, medical, 

 juice used with oil for ulcers, and with Cala- 

 mus^against bites of Snakes. 



31. Benteca Rh. Ad. cal. 5dent. corolla 

 5fida, stam. 5, pist, libero, stylo recto, stig. glo- 

 boso. Baccis siccis obi. 21ocul. polysp. Arbor 

 semperv^ foL alt, ji. panicul -put by Adan- 

 son next to Styrax, but more akin to Solanutn, 

 unless the stamens be opposed to corolla when 

 it may rank in the Sapotides. The seeds are 

 ovoid hard in two rows in each cell, partition 

 membranose. 



32. Benteca odorata Raf. fol. perennis 

 ovatis subtus villosis, racemis termin. panicula- 

 tis tall tree of Malabar figured by Rheed 4. t. 

 EO, the flowers are small greenish white, but 

 numerous and fragrant ; the leaves are sudo- 

 rific. 



33. Bessia Raf. (n. ind.) Leguminose. cal. 

 Sdent. petalis 5ineq. 4 subrot. uno obi, obt. stam. 

 10 liberis ineq. 3 multo longior, ovarium coni- 

 cum, stylo filif. legum. compressis 4-6spermis. 

 Arbor fol, alt, pari pinnatis, fl, term, race- 

 mosis another G. of the Lomentaceous Le- 

 guminose, near Senna^ Sophora Slc. 



34. Bessia sanguinolenta Raf. (Bessi 



