Fagrcea. pentandria monogynia. . 461 



the corol hairy ; nectaries none. Stigma three-lobed. Seech 

 obovate. 



Hind and Beng. Bura-chooli. 



Teling. Antara-tamara. 



Nedel Ambel. Rheed. Hort. Mai. II. p. 55. t. 28. 



Cum ud. Asiat. Res. vol. iv. p. 254. N. 30. 



Like M. cristata it is found floating on sweet water'lakes, 

 &c. in Bengal. I never met with it on the coast. Flowering 

 time the cold season. 



Leaves petioled, round- cordate ; margins slightly waved, 

 somewhat fleshy, smooth, when full grown about a foot or 

 more each way. Petioles round, length various ; from a tu- 

 berosity near the apex, there issue flowers, other leaves, and 

 roots ; each leaf therefrom becoming a new plant, as in M. 

 cristata. Calyx from five to six-parted. Corol expanding; 

 tube short, yellow; border from five to six-parted, divisions 

 lanceolate, the upper side thickly clothed with long white 

 filaments. Nectaries wanting 1 , or minute. Filaments as many 

 as the divisions of the calyx and corol, ascending. Jlnthers 

 erect. Stigma three-lobed, curled. Capsule one-celled. Re- 

 ceptacles three, running down the inside of the capsules. 

 Seeds numerous, obovate. 



FAGRJEA. Schreb. gen. N. 276. 

 Calyx five-leaved, imbricated. Corol infundibuliform, with 

 an imbricated five-cleft border. Berry oval, two-celled. 

 Seeds many. 



1. F.Jragrans. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves opposite, lanceolate. Corymbs axilla- 

 ry, stamina ascending. 



A tree of a moderate size, found by Dr. William Hunter in 

 one garden only on the Island of Pulo Pinang ; to which it 

 was originally brought from China. It blossoms in May and 

 June, and ripens its fruit in September and October. 



