4V2 ODOROGRAPHIA. 



the Pacific. The leaves are elliptical-lanceolate ; peduncles many- 

 flowered. Branches unarmed. The round, orange-coloured fruits 

 are eaten by the natives ; in the unripe state they have a powerful 

 odour of bitter almonds. 



X. inermis, Lin. Spec, 497. Lunan, Hortus Jamaicensis, ii., 

 p. 156; unarmed; pedicels 1-flowered; leaves ovate. Flowers small, 

 greenish-yellow. Native of Jamaica. 



X. jiEgyptiaca, Lin. (Spec. 1194), is identical with Balanites 

 j^gyptiaca, Delile Florae ^gyptiacse, t. 28, f. 1 ; and Prosper 

 Alpinus De Plantis ^Egypti, p. 20, t. 11 ; native of tropical Africa 

 and cultivated in Egypt. An Indian variety of it is described by 

 Eoxburgh, Flor. Ind., ii., p. 253, and Wight, Icones, 274, as found 

 in the plains of the Deccan, and having very fragrant flowers. 



The tree has been previously referred to, p. 278, as probably 

 furnishing an ingredient in the celebrated spikenard ointment. 



As found in India the tree is described as being 20 feet in 

 height; leaves alternate, bifoliate; spines axillary; calyx 5-parted; 

 sepals villous ; petals 5, lanceolate ; pedicels 1-flowered ; flowers 

 aggregate, small, green ; drupe ovoid, 1 -celled, 1 -seeded, with a 

 woody, 5-angled nut. In India it is found at Goozerat, Hurripur, 

 and in the Circars. It is one of the few trees wdiich in Egypt 

 flourish in a black soil. 



Pergularla. 



A genus of Asclepiadacea^ consisting of twining shrubs 

 inhabiting India, China, the Moluccas and Madagascar, having 

 broad ovate or cordate membranous leaves, and interpetiolar 

 cymes bearing greenish or yellowish flowers, which are generally 

 very highly scented. The greater number of the species are much 

 valued for their fragrance, and on this account are cultivated in 

 China and the East Indies. They are wtII adapted to training up 

 rafters and trellis work ; the name being derived from pergula, 

 " an arbour." The calyx is 5-cleft, the corolla salver shaped, 

 with an urceolate tube. The fruit is smooth and ventricose. 



F. odoratissima, termed in Mauritius " Liane Tonquin," and in 

 Java " Malatti Tunkat," is a native of China, Cochin-China, 

 Sumatra and Java. The plant is said to be introduced into India 



