80 DiDYNAMiA ANGiosPERMi A. Premnu. 



long-er, more coloured and reflexed; the lateral two expaud- 

 in^, die lower broadest and emarginafe. Drupe globu- 

 lar, of the size of a grain of black pepper, when ripe, smooth; 

 shining black. JSTut obovate, rugose, four celled, with one 

 seed in each. This is the only species I have yet met wi»h, 

 which I can say has any thing like an agreeable smell, this 

 mark alone is sufficient to distinguish it from the other species 

 already described and figured by me ; there are, however, 

 as may be observed in the description, many other differences 

 to rest its specific character on. 



7. P. herbacea. R. 



Herbaceous. Leaves opposite, obovate, serrate. Corymbs 

 terminal and axillary. 



Beng. Bhooi-Jamb. 



Bhoomi Jambooka, its Sanscrit name. 



A native of the interior parts of Bengal. From Dinag'e- 

 pore. Dr. William Carey sent the plant to the Botanic gar- 

 den, where it blossoms during the months of February and 

 March. 



Root ligneous, perennial. Stems scarcely any, a few leafy 

 fructiferous, annual shoots rise from the roots about the close 

 of the cold season, and when the seeds ripen decay. Leaves 

 opposite, short-petioled, obovate, serrate, a little villous on 

 both sides, very various in size. Corymbs terminal, and axil- 

 lary, small, and shorter by far than the leaves. Flowers 

 small, of a pale whitish yellow. Corol four-cleft ; upper seg- 

 ment round ; throat hairy. 



8. P. miicronata. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves broad-ovate, tapering at the base, 

 sharply acuminate, entire, slightly villous. Corymbs terminal. 



A small tree, a native of Silhet, and there called Manoa- 

 nial. Flowering in April, and the seed ripens in July and 

 August. The wood is said to be remarkably hard and use- 

 ful. It differs from all the other species known to me, in 



