41G TETRANDR1A MONOGYNIA. FagOTo] 



Germ superior. Capsule superior, two-val ved, one-aeeded. 

 Embryo inverse, with but little perisperm. 



1. F. triphylla. Linn. sp. />!. rrf. Willd. i. <><><>. 



Leaves opposite, ternate? leaflets oblongs entire. Panicles 

 axillary, brachiate. 



Ampacus angustifolia. Humph. Amb. ii. />. 188. /. <>'i. 



Found indigenous, by Mr. A)'. Roxburgh, >n the [grand 

 of'PuIo Pinang, and from thence sent to the Botanic garden, 

 where in several years it has only readied the height of four 

 feet, and for these last three years has blossomed regularly 

 during the dry season. 



Stem erect, ligneous, as thick as a walking cane, smooth, 

 ash-coloured. Branches opposite ; the tender parts round 

 and slightly villous. Leaves opposite, long-petioled, ternate. 

 Leaflets lanceolar or oblong-, entire, smooth on both sides, 

 length from two to ten inches, and from one to four broad. 

 Panicles axillary, and in our single young individual, shorter 

 than the petioles, brachiate, villous. Flowers numerous, 

 minute, white, inodorous. Bractes triangular, solitary below 

 the divisions of the panicle. Calyx small, one-leaved, four- 

 toothed. Petals four, oblong, white, smooth, spreading, 

 length of the pistil, and four times longer than the calyx. Fi- 

 laments four, length of the petals. Anthers oblong, incum- 

 bent. Germ superior, roundish, woolly, four-grooved for the 

 filaments to rest in, four-celled, with two ovula in each cell, 

 attached to the middle of the thickened axis. Style as long 

 as the germ. Stigma large, four lobcd. Capsule from one 

 to four, distinct, obovate, smooth, size of a field bean, one- 

 celled, two-valved, opening along the upper and inner mar- 

 gin, and round the apex ; a portion on the back does not se- 

 parate spontaneously. Seeds generally two, roundish, size of 

 a grain of black pepper, shining, blackish-chesnut colour as 

 in the allied Xanthoxylum alarum. 



