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is the case when cocculus Indicus is employed. This is 

 the second species of fish poison, employed by the na- 

 tives of this country, to enable them to catch fish, with 

 little or no trouble. The fruit of Gardenia dumetorum, 

 was the first which has been already taken notice of. 



3. W, ternata. R. 



Leaves ternate ; leaflets narrow-lanceolate. Panicles 

 axillary. Nectary gibbous, with divisions alternately 

 rounding and, bidentate. 



Tarn. Kaka-walsura. 



Teling. Chinna-wallursi. 



A small tree growing on the sides of hills. It flowers 

 during the hot season. 



Trunk erect; bark smooth, rust colour. Leaves alter- 

 nate, petioled, ternate. Leaflets narrow-lanceolate, equal, 

 entire, above smooth, of a deep shining green, whitish un- 

 derneath ; from four to five inches long, and one broad. 

 Petioles semicylindric, rust-coloured, two inches long. 

 Stipules none. Panicles axillary, middle-sized. Bractes 

 single, small, caducous. Flowers very numerous, small, 

 milk white. Calyx and coral as in W. piscidia. Nec- 

 tary, the exterior one gibbous, and having only the a- 

 pex of every other division bifid ; the intermediate one, 

 rounded, and a little shorter. hiterior salver- shaped, 

 with a large, high, callous margin. Stamens as in the 

 former species. Style half the length of the gibbous necta- 

 ry. Stigma large ; apex two-lobed. 



I have not seen the pericarp, but from the structure, 

 and contents of the germ, I imagine it will be a one-seed- 

 ed berry. 



HEYNEA. (R.) 

 Calyx five-toothed. Petals five. Nectary cylindric 

 with the anthers attached round the inside of its mouth- 



