Vvaria. polyandria polygynia. CGI 



Calyx three-parted. Segments sub-orbicular, downy. Pe- 

 tals six, much larger than the calyx, nearly equal, oval, 

 concave. Filaments numcrons, short. Anthers, a ):.rin)\o 

 on each .side of the filaments. Germs many, in the disk, 

 surrounded with the stamina, linear, downy, one-celled; 

 ovula many, in two rows ; attached to the inside of the 

 cell. Style scarcely any. Stigma bidcntate. Berries 

 few, pendulous, of the size of a small pullet's egir, from 

 oval to oblong, obtuse at both ends, smooth, when ripe 

 of a rich yellow. Seeds a few, oval, compressed, smooth, 

 rather longer than those of the common Tamarind, and of 

 the same colour, and appearance. Perisperm and emijryo 

 as in the genus. 



4. U. odorafa. Willd. 2. p. 1262. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, waved. Peduncle three-flower- 

 ed, drooping. Petals equal, linear, acute, very long. 



Cananga. Rumph. Amb. 2. 195. t. Go. 



A native of the Malay Islands, and east of the B ly 

 of Bengal. From Sumatra it was introduced into the 

 Botanic garden at Calcutta in 1797, the largest of them, 

 now 1809, has a trunk thirty-six inches in circumfer- 

 ence, four feet above ground, and rather tall in pro- 

 portion, it flowers and ripens its seed at various times 

 of the year. TVmw^ straight throughout. Bar^ smooth, 

 a.sh-coloured. Branches from patent to diverging. Young 

 shoots round and smooth. Leaves alternate, hilarious, 

 short-petioled, drooping, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 with the margins entire but waved, smooth on both sides, 

 from four to eight inches long, and from two to four 

 broad. Stipules none. F/oM;ers in smalllasciclcs of gene- 

 rally three, on very short peduncles fron. tlu« buds of the 

 shoots of the former year's growth, large, drooping, of a 

 pale yellow, odorous. Pedicels pretty long, recurvate. 

 villous Bractes a few, small, recurvate on the short pe- 

 duncles and base of the pedicels. Calyx of three triua- 



