244 OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. AmyVlS. 



the upper side, the fifth small, standing singly on the 

 under side. Nectary the leaflets torn, and Avoolly. StyU 

 single. Stigma three-toothed. Capsule single, three-sided, 

 three-celled, three-valved. Seeds one in each cell. 



The wood of this tree is white and not so serviceable 

 as that of Sapindus rubiginosiis. 



2. M. lavis. Willd. 2. 329. 



Leaves abruptly-pinnate ; leaflets one or two pairs, cu- 

 neate-obovate, obtuse, entire, smooth. Panicles axillary. 

 Petals round, with a woolly scale in each side near the 

 base. 



A handsome slender tree, a native of the Mauritius, 

 where it blossoms in June and July, and the seeds ripen 

 in October. 



AMYRIS. Schreb. gen. n. 650. 

 Calyx four-toothed. Corol of four expanding jyetals. 

 Germ superior, four-celled; ceZZs from two to three-seeded ; 

 attachment interior. Berry one-seeded. Embryo inverse, 

 without perisperm. 



1. A. simplicifolia. R. 



Leaves simple, oblong, and broad lanceolate. Racemes 

 axillary, short, few-flowered. Germ two-celled. 



A small tree, a native of Pulo Pinang. In this spe- 

 cies, the leaf is joined to the apex of the petiole by an 

 articulation, and there the leaf falls off, leaving the petiole, 

 which is much more permanent. 



The racemes are about twice the length of the petioles ; 

 the flower small and white. The ripe fruit has not been 

 found. 



2. A. commiphora. R. 



Arboreous, branchlets often ending in spines. Leaves 



