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sylvestris of Riimphius, as I have said in a Commentary on the Herbarium 

 Amhoinense (1. 149. t. 53./". 1.), his Bergera Kanigii must be totally different, 

 belonging to the order of Aral'ia', while the Karl Bepoti belongs to the Au- 

 rantixe. 



The Bergera Koenigli of Roxburgh in the dialect of Bengal is called Pancer, 

 and is common in all the eastern parts of that country, as I have seen it both 

 in Tripura and Kamrupa, on which account I shall call it Camunium ben- 

 gale»se,fol!olk' serratis, caule frutescente. 



Caulis fruticosus, 3 — 5 pedes altus. Ramuli virides, teretes, glabri. Folia 

 alterna, internodiis longiora, cum iinpari pinnata. Foliola utrinque 5 — 8 

 sparsa, petiolata, serrata, glabra, venosa, pellucido-punctata : terminali 

 lanceolato-ovato ; lateralibus posterius angustatis, semiovatis ; inferiorihus 

 brevissimis, obtusis; superioribus elongatis, acuminatis. Petiolus communis 

 non stipulaceus, brevissimus, basi incrassato teres, pubescens. Rachis teres. 

 Petioli partiales brevissimi, supra plani. 



Coripnbus terniinalis, foliis brevior, erectus, compositus e ramis subtrichotomis, 

 pubescentibus. Bractece ad corymbi divisiones minutse. Flares albi, 

 odorati. 



Calyx minimus, inferus, quinquedentatus. Petala quinque patentia. Fila- 

 menta decern receptaculo hypogyno piano mellifero inserta, subulata, 

 erecta; quorum quinque petalis opposita breviora. Antherce oblongae, 

 compressse, obtusse. Germen oblongum. Stylus crassus. Stigma sub- 

 rotundum, umbilicatum. 



Bacca supera, pulposa, nigra, ovalis, utrinque obtusa, compressiuscula, ante 

 maturitatem coriacea, et punctis glandulosis aspersa, bilocularis, loculorum 

 uno saepius sterili, et in fructu maturo fere evanescente. Funis umbilica- 

 lis ex apice septi membranacei tenuis enatus, ad basin seminis descendens, 

 ibique integumentum venosum dispersus. Semen hinc convexum, inde 

 planum. Integumentum tenuissimum, membranaceum, embryoni laxe ad- 

 haerens. Embryo forma seminis basin versus subito nonnihil attenuatus, 

 viridis. Cotyledones carnosae, glanduloso-punctatse, apice transversim bi- 

 fidse ; interior e plana, exterior e hinc convexa. Radicula teres, inversa, 

 supera, inter cotyledones nidulans. 



