AGLAIA. 495 



B. macrophylla, Br. in AYall. Cat, 8304 (Eothmannia). An 

 erect, unarmed shrub, 3 to 4 feet high ; branches few, 2-leaved at 

 the top. Leaves 10 to 12 inches long by 2 to 3 inches broad 

 narrowly elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, coriaceous 

 glossy above, with pubescent mid-rib and strong arched nerves 

 beneath, base acute or obtuse, petiole very short, stout, hispid ; 

 stipules long-subulate from a broad triangular base. Flowers 1 to 

 2 subterminal. Calyx tube oblong, lobes 1 inch, linear, erect, 

 hairy. Corolla white with purple spots in lines on the throat, 4 to 

 6 inches across, fragrant. Anthers very long. Stigma clavate, 

 notched. Xative of Malacca, Penang and Singapore. 



Aglaia. 



A genus of Meliacecc, consisting of about fifty species, natives of 

 China, and the Malay and Pacific Islands, and India ; one being 

 found in Xorth Australia, Xew Caledonia and Xew Guinea. They 

 are trees with alternate trifoliate or imparipinnate leaves and very 

 small flowers borne on branched axillary panicles. 



A. odorata, Loureiro, Flor. Cochin-Chinensis, p. 173 ; Wight 

 Icones, ii., t. 511 : Jussieu in Mem. du Mnseuni d'histoire 

 naturelle, xix., t. 14, f. 7. Syn. Communium sinense, liumph., 

 Amb., v., t. 18, f. 1. Communiuvi Chinense, Eoxb., Hort. Beng., p. 

 18 ; Fl. Ind., i., p. 636. Opilia odorata, Sprengel, Syst. Yeg., i., p. 

 766. An elegant shrub or small leafy tree, native of the eastern 

 peninsula of India, Malacca, Penang and Singapore ; distributed 

 in Siani, Java and China, also cultiv^ated in Ceylon. In China it 

 is called Lan-iuha and Ta-chic-lan, and is valued for its flowers, 

 wdiich are used for scenting tea and in the composition of Jos-stick, 

 which is used for burning in religious ceremonies. (See Series i.,p. 8(^.) 

 The extremities of the young shoots of this tree are covered with 

 stellate ferruginous scales. Leaves 2 to 6 inches long, glabrous, or 

 quickly becoming so. Leaflets obovate or oblong-obtuse, shortly 

 petiolate, terminal one longest, base cuneate. Panicles rather lax. 

 Flowers on slender pedicels, yellow, very fragrant, yV inch 

 diameter : they retain their fragrance when dry. There is no 

 doubt that the exquisite perfume of Aglaia could be secured by 

 the processes of maceration and enfleurage, and it is very probable 

 that its essential oil could be extracted bv distillation. It is also 



