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the petals. Anthers ovate-oblong. Germ superior, coni- 

 cal, one-celled, containing one ovula attached from its 

 apex to the bottom of the cell. Style short. Stigma three- 

 lobed. Drupe the size of a pea, obliquely-reniform. 



2. R. Bucki-amela. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets five-pair, ovate, 

 serrate, villous ; exterior half of the petiole winged. Pa- 

 nicle terminal. Berries orbicular, compressed, viscid. 



Bucki-amela is the name under which it was sent from 

 Nepal. 



October, 1800. There are now many of the young trees 

 in the Botanic Garden, in full blossom. The seeds were 

 received from Nepal about two years ago. At present 

 they are from six to twelve feet high, with an erect, soft, 

 woody stem, and a few simple, ascending branches. 



Note, in 1812. They scarcely ever grow larger. 



Leaves alternate, pinnate, from one to two feet long. 

 Leaflets from four to six pair, opposite, subsessile, ovate, 

 oblong, serrate, pointed ; of a thick, firm texture ; villous 

 on both sides, and whitish underneath ; from four to 

 six inches long, and from two to three broad. Petioles 

 round, somewhat villous, the exterior joint or two often 

 winged. Panicles, a very large, expanding one termi- 

 nates the branches, and single smaller onesspring from the 

 exterior axills. Flowers numerous, small, pale yellowish 

 green. Calyx, corol, stamina and pistillum as in the ge- 

 nus ; the germ contains only a single ovula from the apex 

 of which the umbillical cord proceeds to the bottom of the 

 of the cell where its attachment is. Drupe the size of a pea, 

 orbicular, compressed, when ripe, greenish-white, with 

 a tinge of yellow near the apex and somewhat clammy. 

 Nut smooth, dark brown, much compressed. 



The berries or little drupes are covered with a very 

 small portion of a pulpy envelope which is of a sharp, 

 acid taste, and in Nepal, I am told, is much esteemed. 



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