Ekebergia, decandria monogynia. 391 



ther within the mouth of the nectary. Capsule round, 

 the size of a small cherry, ileshy, one-celled, two-valved, 

 opening roilnd the apex. Seed solitary, round, invested 

 in a complete, thin, white, sebaceous aril, which with 

 the seed, as in the germ, are attached to what was the 

 partition, now pressed to one side by the abortion of 

 three-fourths of its original contents. Integument single, 

 •when recent orange, but soon changing to a chesnut co- 

 lour, smooth, and strong, with a long white umbilicus 

 strongly marking the side of attachment. Perisperm none. 

 Embryo inverse. Cotyledons two, hemispheric, conform 

 to the seed, firm, green. Plumula small, two-lobed. Ra- 

 dicle superior, small. 



The back, leaves, and tender parts possess a consider- 

 able share of a peculiar bitter taste ; and the cold infusi- 

 ons thereof, with the addition of a little sulphate of iron, 

 becomes black ; two principles very generally found 

 amongst the plants of this natural order, which grow in 

 India. 



Specimens of another species were received from the 

 Molucca Islands where the tree grows, but I have no 

 drawing thereof. I however add a short definition below. 



2. H. qiiinquijuga. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves unequally pinnate ; leaflets five 

 pair. Panicles, the length of the leaves. 



A tree, native of the Moluccas, with the perfect habit 

 of a Melia. 



EKEBERGIA. Schreb. gen. n. 619. 

 Calyx from four to five-toothed. Corol tive-pe tailed. 

 Nectary cylindric, ten-cleft, antheriferous. Germ supe- 

 rior, five-celled, cells one-seeded. Embryo inverse, and 

 furnished with a perisperm. 



