Fagara. tetrandria monogtnia. 439 



ly equal in size, with nerves which divide them unequally, the exte- 

 rior division being twice as broad as the interioi. — Petiols round, 

 smooth, a little channelled. — Stipules none. — Panicles terminal, and 

 from the exterior arils, frequently cross-armed, particularly the ex- 

 treme ramiticatiuns. — Peduncles and Pedicels smooth, sometimes 

 compressed. — Bractes minute, falling. — Flozcers very minute, yellow. 

 — Cfl/j/.r four-leaved. — Filament s shorter than the petals. — S^j//e thick, 

 length of the filaments. Stigma tapering. — Capsule round, size of a 

 pea, dry, one-celled, two-valved; seed one, round, glossy black. 



Ohs. '1 he lunipe capsules are like small berries, they are gratefully 

 aromatic, and taste like the skin of a fresh orange. The ripe 



seeds taste exactly like black-pepper, but weaker; from this circum- 

 stance 1 conceive this may be F. Piperita, yet I have always found 

 t'ae leaflets entire. Tlie bark, I mean the inner iamiiiii, is also- 

 acrid, with a mixture of bitter. 



4. F. iiilida, Roxh. 



Shrubby. Branchlets, petioh and rihs armed. Leaflets tivo or 

 three pairs, with a terminal odd one, oblong, lucid, remotely gland* 

 crenate, apex rather long and eraarginate. Racemes axillary. 



Tcheum-tsew^ of the Chinese. 



Introduced from Canton into the Botanic Garden by Mr. W, 

 Kerr in 1812, and in January of the following year one of the plants 

 blossomed abundantly. 



The flowers as in the other species, but the pistillum is three or 

 four-lobed, each to be appearing to end in a recurved style widi a two- 

 lobed stigma. The shrub, therefore, approaches nearer than any 

 of the preceding species to Zanthoxylon. 



Additional Remarhs. 

 The shrubs have continued to blossom yearly, without produc- 

 ing any fruit. Branches long and slender, rambling over the nearest 

 bushes, covered with shining brown bark; the younger ones pubes- 

 cent. Acuhi numerous; compressed; purple, recurved. Leaves 



