496 ODOROGRAPHIA. 



a flower well adapted to the process now known as " exhaustion 

 by solvent." (See " Concrete essences," Series i., p. 63.) 



Amoora. 



A genus of Meliacecc, consisting of about 15 species occurring in 

 India and the Malay Archipelago. 



J. decanclra, Hooker and Thomson, Flora Brit. Ind., i., p. 562. 

 Aglaia (?) decanclra, Wallich in Eoxb., Flo. Ind., Ed. Carey, ii., p. 

 427. Syn. Sphmrosacme frctgrans, Wall., 1. c, p. 429. Lansium 

 (sp.), W. and A., Prodr., i., p. 119. A large spreading tree with 

 thick trunk, native of Nepal and Sikkim at altitudes of 2,000 to 

 4,000 feet, and Malay peninsular. Leaves about 1 foot long by 1 

 to 2 inches wide ; petioles short. Male panicles equalling the 

 leaves. Flowers very fragrant, on slender pedicels ; petals 5 ; 

 sepals very short : anthers 10. Fruit globose-ovoid, 5-celled and 

 5-seeded. 



Hovenia. 



A genus of Rhamnacecc, near allied to Ceanotlius, from which it 

 is easily recognised by the short foot- stalks of the minute, whitish 

 flowers (which are in axillary or terminal forked panicles) 

 becoming much thickened after the flower withers. One species 

 only is known, H. dulcis, which is distributed over China, Japan 

 and the Himalayas. It is found from Chamba and Hazara to 

 Bhotan. Thunberg, Flor. Jap., p. 101 ; Lam. 111., t. 131 ; Sieb., Fl. 

 Jap., t. 73 and 74; Bot. Mag., t. 2360 ; Bot. Keg., t. 501 ; B.C., 

 Prod., ii., p. 40. A tree of 20 feet in height, with a straight trunk 

 and broad rounded head. The leaves are alternate, heart-shaped, 

 deeply and sharply serrated, 4 to 6 inches long by 2 to three 

 inches wide. Flowers in pedunculated, dichotomous, many- 

 flowered axillary and terminal cymes. This tree is extensively 

 cultivated in China and Japan for its sweet fleshy peduncles, 

 which taste like a Bergamot pear. 



Hopea. 



A genus of Dipterocarpacece, consisting of resin-bearing trees, 

 natives of Borneo, whose flowers differ from those of Shorea only 

 in the number and disposition of the stamens. As general 



