Vareca. pentandria monogynia. 647 



ing at right angels. Peduncles three times the length of the 

 petioles, round, smooth. Flowers small, yellow, not very 

 numerous. Calyx five-leaved; leaflets orbicular, unequal, 

 caducous. Petals five, oblong, spreading. Nectary alaro-e, 

 fleshy, pentagonal ring surrounding- the base of the germ, 

 into its angles the filaments are inserted. Filaments five, 

 shorter than the petals, spreading-. Anthers two-lobed. 

 Germ superior, conical. Style shorter than the stamens, 

 thick. Stigma simple. Berry oblong, succulent, red, smooth, 

 one-celled. Seeds one, or two. 



Is nearly allied to Elceodendrum glaucum in habit, but in 

 that the drupe with a single, very thick, hard nut will alone 

 be sufficient to distinguish them. 



The fresh bark of the root, rubbed with plain water, is by 

 the natives applied externally to remove almost every sort of 

 swelling. It is a very strong astringent, possessing scarcely 

 any other sensible quality. 



VARECA. Geert. 



Calyx five-leaved, or five-parted. Corol five-petalled. 

 Germ superior, one-celled; ovula numerous, their attach- 

 ment parietal. Berry one-celled. Seeds a few, inserted on 

 the three parietal receptacles. 



1. V. moluccana. R. 



Leaves alternate, lanceolar. Peduncles axillary, many- 

 flowered. Filaments free. 



A small tree, from fifteen to twenty feet in height, a native 

 of the Molucca islands, and from thence introduced into the 

 Botanic garden at Calcutta, in 1798, where it blossoms in Oc- 

 tober and November, and again in March, April, and May ; 

 but has not yet, though now fourteen years in Bengal, pro- 

 duced even well-formed fruit, so that the genus is still doubt- 

 ful. 



Trunk erect. Branches numerous, between erect and pa- 



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