230 Dr. Francis Hamilton's Commentary 



scarcely differs from the StlUingia ; and there is also very little difference 

 between it and Excoecaria, if with Willdenow we admit into the latter, species 

 with male and female flowers on the same individual. I shall here annex a 

 description. 



Arbor inter minores ramis pendulis, teretibus, elevato-punctatis. Folia alterna, 

 bifaria, lanceolata, serrata, acuta, glabra, venosa. Petiolus teres, canali- 

 culatus, tenuis, brevissimus, nudus. St'ipulce geminse, laterales, minimae, 

 marcescentes. 



Masc. Florum amentum vel potius racemus laxus, erectus, terminalis, foliis 

 longior, sessilis. Flores foeminei ad basin amenti masculini solitarii, 

 pedunculati. 



Masc. Amentum (racemus) laxe imbricatum squamis sparsis (bractese), 4- seu 

 5-floris, bilobis, lobis utrinque reniformibus. Flores pedicello proprio 

 squamis longiore instructi. Calyx proprius cyathiformis, obsolete triden- 

 tatus. Corolla nulla. Filamenta tria brevissima, e basi calycis enata. 

 Antherce didymse lobis globosis. Pistillum nullum. 



Foem. Calyx tripartitus, minimus, ssepe vix conspicuus. Corolla nulla. Germen 

 magnum, ovatum, superum, obsolete trigoniim. Stylus brevissimus. <S'//^- 

 mata tria subulata, longissima. Capsula drupacea, magnitudine Sclopeti 

 orbiculata, depressa. Cortex crassus, durus, succo lacteo scatens. Pu- 

 tamen osseum, trilobum, sexsulcum, triloculare. Sem'tna solitaria, ob- 

 longa. 



Aria Bepou, p. IO7. tab. 52. 



Bepou is the generic name in the vulgar language of Malabar, and Nimbou 

 in that used by the Brahmans. This is no doubt the same with A7»;, used in 

 both the Hindwi and Bengalese dialects, and with Nimba of the sacred tongue ; 

 and must not be confounded with Nlmbo or Limbo, from whence is derived the 

 English word Lemon, used for various Aurantlce. The confounding of these 

 two words seems to have been the source of the error in Bontius complained 

 of by Commeline. 



This tree having been early known to botanists, — on account, probably, of its 

 medical qualities, much celebrated among the natives, — Commeline has given 

 us the names by which it was early known ; and it is to be regretted that the 



