436 WxRANoniA MOKOGYNiA. Fagoro. 



A large erect timber tree, a native of the mountainous parts of 

 the Cncars. Floweiing time the begiiining oi" the hot season. 



Trunk erect. Ua7k thin, firm, yellowisii green on the outside; 

 on the inside deep red, tinging the spittle with that colour. It is a 

 strong astringent. Branches numerous, forming a large shady head, 

 J^eaves alternate, shoit-petioled, linear-oblong, smooth, below a liitle 

 avhiiish, entire, waved, pointed; five or six inciies long, and one and 

 a half or two broad. — Stipules none. — Racemes axillary, small, erect, 

 frequently compound. — Bractes small, subulate. — Floicers small, yel- 

 low. — Culijx four-toothed. — Pela($ fou, oblong, expanding, apices 

 revolu;e. — iSectarj/, a ring surrounding the base of ihe germ, stami- 

 ^mferous — Filaments four, shorter than the petals, hairy, inserted into 

 the margin of the nectary. Anthers oval. — Germ superior, globular. 

 Sti/le short, stigm i headed. — Berrj/ vertically compressed, succu- 

 lent the size of a large cherry, when ripe it has a deep pui pie bloom, 

 -which niakes it very inviting to the eye. Seed one, arilled, seem- 

 ingly iwo-lobed, of a lively purple throughout. 



Obs. The wood of this tree is while, close-grained, a«d durable, 

 Ihe natives eniploy it for a variety of purposes. , 



FAGARA. Schreb. Gen. N. 190. 

 C«7y-r four-paited, or foiir-leavtd. Co/ 0/ four-petalled. Germ 

 superior. Capsule superior, two-valved, one seeded. Embryo in- 

 verse, with but little perisperm. 



1. F. triphi/Ua, Linn. Sp. Fl. ed JVilld. i. 666. 



Leaves opposite, ternate; leaflets oblong, entire. Panicles a.xilla- 

 ry, brachiate. 



Ampacus angustifolia, Rumph- Amb- ii. p. 188. t- 60.. 



Found indigenous, by Mr, W. Roxburgh, on the Island of Pulo- 

 Penang, and from thence sent to the Botanic Garden, where in se- 

 veral years it has only reached the height of four-feet, and for these 

 last three years has blossomed regularly during the dry season. 



Stem erect, ligneous, as thick as a walking caue, smooth, ash~co- 



