438 TETRAN&RIA MONOGYNIA. FagOTV. 



peduncled, trichotomous, the whole forming one large, very i-amous 

 globular panicle, which is shorter than the leaves. — Cali/x four-tooth- 

 ed. — Pela/s four, eilijDtic, spreading. — Stamina four, much longer 

 than the petals.— Ge/'W ovate. Sti//e short. — Capsule the size ot a 

 pea, drupaceous, one-celltd, two-valved; the exterior tunic is mark- 

 ed with cells filled with a fragrant balsam. — Seed solitarv, attached to 

 the apex of the suture of the valves, round, smooth, polished, shin- 

 ing black. Integuments three; the exterior one ihin and brittle, be- 

 tween it and the second is sjiread a quantity of dark orange-coloured 

 pulpy matter, the second thick and hard, a perfect nut, and ot a dull 

 black-colour, the third or innermost meaBbranaceous.— /'e7/s/;e/7?i 

 in small quantity. — Embryo inverse. Cotyledom obovate. Radicle 

 ovate, pointing to the umbilicus. 



3. F. Rhetsa,R. 



Arboieous, round. Leaflets from eight to bixteen pair, lanceolate, 

 falcate, smooth, entire. I'anicle termiuaL 



Telinn. Rhetsa-maun. 



Khetsa means a committee, or select number of men assembled 

 to settle disputes, &.c. and maun, means trees of the largest size. 

 Under the shade of this tree the Hill people assemble to examme, 

 agitate, and determine their matters of public concern, deliver dis- 

 courses, 8cc. 



It is a very large tree, a native of the mountainous parts of the 

 Coast. Leaves deciduous during the cold season, they come out 

 again, with the flowers about the beginning of the hot season. 



Trunk straight. Bark corky, deeply cracked, light grey. Branch- 

 es numerous, spreading to a great extent. Trickles very numerous, 

 scattered over every part of the tree, small, very sharp, incurved ; on 

 the old wood they acquire a conical solid base. Leaves about the 

 extremities of the branchlets, abruptly pinnate, from twelve to twen- 

 ty inches long. Lffl//e^s opposite, from eight to sixteen pairs, short- 

 petioled, oblong or lanceolate, waved, attenuated to a narrow point, 

 entire, smooth, about five or six inches long, and two broad, all near- 



