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2. F. Budnmga. R. 



Arboreous, armed with small incurved aculei. Leaves pin- 

 nate ; leaflets five or six pair, unequally ovate, lanceolate, en- 

 tire, acuminate. Panicles crowded. 



Bwdrz/ng the vernacular name in Silhet, where it grows to 

 be a large tree. Blossoms in March and April, and the seeds 

 ripen in July and August; they are used medicinally by the 

 natives, being of a warm spicy nature with the fragrance of 

 lemon peel. 



Trunk straight, while young armed, but by age the aculei 

 fall off. Brandies and branchlets armed with innumerable, 

 small, while, sharp, incurved prickles. Leaves crowded, from 

 six to ten inches long-. Leajlets five or six pair, opposite or 

 nearly so, unequally ovate-lanceolate, entire, finely acuminate, 

 smooth, from three to four inches long, by one and a half 

 broad. Panicles terminal, much crowded, long-peduncled, 

 trichotomous, the whole forming one large, very ramous glo- 

 bular panicle, Which is shorter than the leaves. Calyx four- 

 toothed. Petals four, elliptic, spreading. Stamina four, 

 much longer than the petals. Germ ovate. Style short. Cap- 

 su'ethe size of a pea, drupaceous, one celled, two valved; the 

 exterior tunic is marked with cells filled with a fragrant b d- 

 sam. Seed solitary, attached to the apex of the suture of the 

 valves, round, smooth, polished, shining bl.ick. Integuments 

 three ; the exterior one thin and brittle, between it and the se- 

 cond is spread a quantity of dark orange-coloured pulpy mat- 

 ter, the second thick and hard, a perfect nut, and of a dull 

 black colour, the third or innermost membranaceous. Peris- 

 perm in small quantity. Embryo inverse. Cotyledons obo- 

 vate. Radicle ovate, pointing to the umbilicus. 



3. F. Rhetsa. R. 



Arboreous, round. Leaflets from eight to sixteen pair, 

 lanceolate, falcate, smooth, entire. Panicle terminal. 

 Teeing. Rhetsa-maun. 

 Rhetsa means a committee, or select number of men as- 



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