236 Dr. Francis Hamilton's Commentary 



corymboso-fastigiata. Rami teretes, pubescentes, sparsi. Bracfece vix 

 uUse. F/ores odore hircino gravissimo subherbacei, pedicellati, fascicu- 

 lati. 



Calyx minimus, inferus, quinqiiedentatus. Petala quinque lanceolata, revo- 

 luta, acuta, integra. Filamenta decern lanceolata, receptaculi basi inseita ; 

 quinque petalis opposita breviora. Antherce orbiculatce, conipressse. Ger- 

 men oblongum, receptaculo conico sutfultum. Sfi/lus teres, crassus. 

 Stigma magnum, orbiculatum, depressum. 



Bacca ovata, aurea, punctis oleifeiis aspersa, glabra, coiiacea, quinquelocularis 

 septis membranaceis e pariete ad receptaculum deductis. Locuhrinn A — 2 

 ssepe deficientes. Receptaculum centrale, tenue. Semina in singulis loculis 

 solitaria, magnitudine et forma loculi oblonga, utrinque acuta, hinc con- 

 vexa, inde angulata, angulo ad receptaculum adhserentia. Integumentum 

 simplex, membranaceum, tenue, facile secedens. Albumen nullum. Em- 

 bryo semini conformis, inversus, Ifete viridis. Cotyledones foliaceoe, altera 

 minore subrotundse, ad se invicem adhgerentes, plicalo-fasciculatse. Ra- 

 dicula teres, viridis, supera, plicis cotyledonum tecta. 



This singular structure of seed I have found in the Libanus Thurifera of 

 Colebrooke, and in a species oi Schinus, both plants belonging to the Terebin- 

 thaceoe, which shows how nearly these are connected with the AuranticB, as 

 these are again allied by the Bepou with the Melius. 



Kari Vetti, p. 111. tab. 54. 



This and the following plant, which, as Commeline justly remarks, have no 

 affinity either in appearance or qualities, are included in one genus, not only 

 by the vulgar of Malabar, but by the Brahmans, the former calling the genus 

 Vetti, and the latter Daliqui, or Dalaqui. Neither Dutcii nor Portuguese 

 residents have fallen into such a gross error, and I suspect some mistake in 

 procuring tlie native names. 



Commeline does not hint at any affinity to the Kari Vetti; but Plukenet 

 compares it to his "Olea laurino folio Portoricensis, summo margine crenato" 

 {Alm.im.; Pkyt. t.206.f.Q.). As his figure has neither flower nor fruit, 

 little can be said on this subject. The leaves have a resemblance ; but there 



