CLASS II. 



DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



WTCTANTHES. Schreb. gen. N. 21. 

 Calyx campaniilate. Carol salver-shaped. Capsule supe- 

 rior, obcordate, compressed, two-celled, tw"d-valved. Sals 

 solitary. Embryo erect, without perisperm. 



1. N. arbor tristis. Linn. spec, plant, ed. Willd. 1. 35. 

 Parlium arbor tristis. Geert. Sem. 1. 234. /. 51. 

 Scabrita scabra. Vdhl Symb. 2. 28. Garrt. Sem. 2. 265. 

 t. 128. 



Scabrita triflora. Linn. Man/. X.p.'M. 



Manja pumeram. Rheed. Mai. I. />. 35. f.21. 



Sephalica. A*. Re». 4. 244. 



&zn#. //J/*<Y. ami 2fe*gr. Singahar, Sewly, Nibari, Ilar- 

 singhar, &c. 



Of what country this is a oative I know not, lor I have 

 never found it but in a cultivated state; and it is always rais- 

 ed from seed, which may be the reason we have no varieties 

 of this most delightfully fragrant plant. In our gardens it 

 is found in the state of a large shrub, or small tree. Flowers 

 on the Coast nearly the year round ; in Bengal only during 

 the rains. The seeds ripen in the cold season. 



Trunk erect. Bark scabrous. Branches numerous, spread- 

 ing in every direction ; the young shoots alone are four-sided ; 

 four ligneous, cord-like nerves, under the bark, forming the 

 angles. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, cordate, those near 

 the flowers oblong, pointed, sometimes entire, sometimes very 

 grossly serrate, and sometimes the lower parts are angular; 

 scabrous ; from three to five inches long, and from one to 



