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end of the fibres, and two men taking hold of its end, twist the contrivance round and round till the oil, 
collecting into a wooden bowl ern underneath, has been extracted. Of course, the pressure thus 
brought to bear upon the pounded kernels is not sufficiently great to express the whole of the oil, and 
there is still much waste. - 
III. Calysaccion, Wight, Illustr. vol. i. p. 130; Ibid. Icon. t. 1999; Walp. Bot. Zeit. 1851, 
p. 368. Flores polygami v. calyx ante anthesin clausus, in sepala 2 valvatim fissus. Petala 4—6. 
Stamina co, libera, filamenta filiformia; anther erectz, oblonge, 2-loculares, longitudinaliter dehis- 
centes. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis; stylus brevis, stigmate peltato margine crenulato. 
Drupa...—Arbores; foliis rigide coriaceis, crebre tenuiterque reticulato-penninervia; pedunculis 
axillaribus 1-floris fasciculatis; floribus albidis v. rubellis. 
I agree with Mr. Miers in regarding the Eastern genus Calysaccion as distinct from the Western Mam- 
mea, the former having a 2-celled ovary with 2 ovules, the latter a 4-celled ovary with 1 ovule in each cell. 
I showed some years ago (Bonplandia, 1856, p. 298) that C. Chinense, Walp. Bot. Zeit. 1851, p. 368, is 
identical with C. longifolium, Wight. 
1. C. tinctorium, (sp. nov.) Seem. (Tab. IX.); arborea, glabra, succo sanguineo ; foliis obovatis 
v. ovatis obtusis v. acutis in petiolum attenuatis coriaceis, supra viridibus, subtus pallidioribus; flori- 
bus pedunculatis axillaribus aggregatis, basi bracteis minutis, polygamis (v. dioicis?) ; fl. 4 alabastro 
globoso apiculato; calyce irregulariter rumpente; petalis (albidis) obovatis obtusis v. acutis con- 
cavis 6 ; antheris oblongis truncatis, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, rudimento ovarii nullo; fl. 9 ign. 
—Garcinia Mangostana, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 217 non alior. Nomina vernac. Vitiens. “Vetao” 
v. “Uvitao.”—Islands of Taviuni and Bau (Seemann! n. 46). Also found in the Magsi Islands 
- (U. S. Expl. Exped.), and (according to Mr. W. T. Pritchard) in Samoa, where it is called ** Fetao ” 
by the natives. 
A tall tree. Leaves in young plants (of which one is shown in the background of our Plate) 9-12 inches 
long and 5-6 inches broad; in the old plants generally from 4-5 inches long and 23-3 inches broad, thick, 
coriaceous, pinnately veined, smooth, shining. Peduncles often $ of an inch long. Flowers minute, their 
buds before opening not much larger than good-sized Peas. There are only male flowers on my specimens, 
and it is probable that, as in C. longifolium, the plant is polygamo-dioicious, the male flowers being on one 
tree and the hermaphrodite on the other. In the East Indies the male tree of C. longifolium is termed 
* Woondy;" the female (or rather hermaphrodite) “ Poonag,” whilst both go under the names of * Suringu”’ 
and “ Gordeoody." "The buds of this species yield a dye, probably yellow or orange, ind are known under 
the name of Nag-kassar, or rather Nagesar; on account of their sweet scent, which resembles that of tea 
or violets, they might perhaps prove useful in perfumery. I did not observe any scent in collecting the 
Vitian species. The natives use the sap for dyeing their black hair red, or rather orange. Perhaps this 
property of the C. tinctorium may be turned to better use. The wood of the tree is close-grained and 
useful. ; 
EXPLANATION OF Prats IX.—Fig. 1, a bud of male flower; 2, the same, opening; 3, the same, quite 
open; 4, the same, cut vertically ; 5, one of the stamens :—all magnified. 
Orvo XII. TERNSTRGEMIACEZ. 
I. Ternstreemia, Linn. f. Suppl. 39; Benth. et Hook f. Gen. p. 182. Sepala 5, valde im- 
bricata. Petala 5, imbricata, basi connata. Stamina co, corollze basi adnata; anthers glabrz, basi- 
fixe, loculis adnatis. Ovarium (nunc imperfecte?) 2-3-loculare; stylus simplex, nunc fere nullus, 
stigmate late 2-3-lobo v. subintegro; ovula in loculis 2, rarius 3—6, ab apice loculi pendula. Fruc- 
tus indehiscens. Semina majuscula, hippocrepice complicata; albumen carnosum, nunc parcum v, 
subnullum; embryo inflexus, cotyledonibus semiteretibus radicula brevioribus.—Arbores fruticesve 
sempervirentes; foliis coriaceis, integerrimis v. serrato-crenatis; pedunculis 1-floris recurvis, axilla- 
ribus v. lateralibus, solitariis v. subfasciculatis, sub flore 2-bracteolatis. 
