194 t)r. Francis Hamilton's Commentary 



In the woods of the Rungpur district, on the north side of the Brahmaputra, 

 I found a tree which, in the catalogue of specimens presented to the library at 

 the India House, I call Sclibms Bengalemis, and which is very nearly allied to 

 the above, as will appear from the following description. 



Arbor magnitudine mediocris odore terebinthaceo. Ramidi pilis brevissimis 

 herbaceis pubescentes. Rami teretes, cicatricibus parvis notati. Folia 

 alterna, cum impari pinnata, 3 — 5-juga. Foliola subopposita, basi obliqua 

 ovata, insequilatera, acuminata, apicem versus serrata, omnia pedicellata, 

 supra nuda, subtus pilis herbaceis raris pubescentia, venosa. Petiolus 

 teres, pubescens. Rachis non alata. 



Paniculce axillares vel infrafoliacese, folio multo breviores, ramis alternis, tere- 

 tibus, pubescentibus, paucifloris, divaricatis. Flores parvi, herbacei, omnes 

 quos vidi pseudo-hermaphroditi, abortivi. 



Calyx minimus, quinquedentatus. Petala quinque ungue lato. Filavienta 

 decern, perigyna, petalis breviora. Antherce parvse. Germen ovatum, 

 superum, minimum, disco decemcrenato circumdatum. Stigmata tria ob- 

 soleta, crassa. 



In the woods on the opposite side of the Brahmaputra I some months later 

 found a tree in fruit, which the natives called Niyar, and which, if it be dif- 

 ferent from the preceding, is remarkably like it ; and I must observe that in 

 this, as %vell as in the Saheri, the chief difference between the tree with adult 

 foliage and that in flower is, that the leaves of the one are entire, and of the 

 other serrated. I shall here transcribe the notes taken on the spot. Specimens 

 may be found in the library at the India House. 



SCHINUS NiARA. 



Niyar Bengalenslum. 

 Habitat in Camrupse orientalis monticulis. 



Arbor prsecedenti simillima, sed foliola angustiora ssepius integerrima. 



Bacca corticosa, supera, pulpo viscido cum Euphorice consistentia esculento 

 farcta, 1 — 4-locularis seminibus varie abortientibus. Nuciculce solitariae, 

 angulatse. Perispermum nullum. Cotyledones foliacese, complicatse, vi- 

 rides. 



