170 ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 
roid, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Albumen ? a thin fleshy plate, closely adhering to the integument of 
the seed, and resembling an inner coat. Embryo straight: radicle superior, short : cotyledons 
fleshy.—Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, equally or unequally pinnated, without 
pellucid dots. 
Arrinitizs. The affinities of this tribe have been already sufficiently explained. 
GeocrapnicaL Distrisution. All the species of Ailanthus are of Asiatic origin, two 
are natives of India, one of the Moluccas and one of China. Of Brucea the original species 
was found by Bruce in Africa, to whom the genus is dedicated, one is a native of India, and 
one of Sumatra and the Malayan peninsula, of which I have also specimens from Ceylon, but 
according to Moon introduced. urycoma, a genus doubtfully referred here, is a Malayan 
plant. 
Properties anD Uses. The bark of 4ilanthus excelsa “ has a pleasant and slightly 
bitter taste, and is prescribed by the native practitioners in decoction in cases o ia” 
Ainslie. In confirmation of that statement I may add 
plant were sent me, as those of a tree, 
erful febrifuge, and tonic in diseases o 
é om the similarity of its sensible properties, be found 
equally useful in the cure of these complaints. The salt called Brucine, erroneously supposed 
to be derived from B. antidysenterica, a most acri i 
Ail ARKS ON Genera AND Species. In our Prodromus we expressed doubts as to whether 
. “Sige naiaehacesen Specimens of leaves and flowers 
of the latter tree, communicated by the late Mr Graham, of Bombay, corresponding with 
of his representation. . 
the generic character. It 
at the apex; style 1, short, thick, triangular. ¢ 
leaflets glabrous on both sides, Sodnie beasech, 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 67. 
I. Ai i 
li ge a excelsa, male—flowering branch, nearly 5. The Same magnified but not well represented. 
ype Se 6. Cluster of carpels—natural si: 
3. Anthers back and front views, 
4. An ovary—natural size, 
L.—SIMARUBE&. 
___ This is a small tropical order of «t: ao 
continent of India ; the rematadr sorte f¥o by three species only have been found om ba 2 
; 
2 
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pa carpe! cut transversely, showing the solitary a 
merica, continental Africa, and Madagasc# 
