CENT. I. i:i 



slrong smell, leaves bitter, flowers small blos- 

 soming twice a year, seeds affording an oil. 



20. Apama Rh, Raf. (n. ind.) calix trifidus, 

 petalis nuUis, stam. plura triadelphis, pist» 

 minut. fruct, theca siliquosa intus pulposa polysp* 

 Frulex semporv.foL alt. fl. axil — N. fam. of 

 Hesperides near to Triphasia of Loureiro, also 

 akin to Androsemum of Hypericines, but is the 

 fruit unilocular? 



30. Apama laurifolia Raf. {Alpan Bosc) 

 foL obiongis perennis, fl. axil. 2-4 fasciculatis — 

 East Indies, flowering twice a year, medical^ 

 juice used with oil for ulcers, and with Cala- 

 mus against bites of Snakes. 



31. Bbnteca Rh. Ad. cal. 5dent. corolla 

 5fida, stam. 5, pist. libero, stylo recto, stig. glo- 

 boso. Baccis siccis obi. 21ocul. polysp. Arbor 

 semperv. foL alt. jl. panicul—put by Adan- 

 son next to Sty rax, but more akin to Solanum^ 

 unless the stamens be opposed to corolla when 

 it may rank in the Sapotides. The seeds are 

 ovoid hard in two rows in each cell, partition 

 membranose. 



32. Benteca odorata Raf. fol perennis 

 ovatis subtus villosis, racemis termin. panicula- 

 tis — tall tree of Malabar figured by Rheed 4. t. 

 SO, the flowers are small greenish white, but 

 numerous and fragrant ; the leaves are sudo- 

 rific. 



33. Bessia Raf (n. ind.) Leguminose. caL 

 5dent. petalis 5ineq. 4 subrot. uno obi, obt. stam. 

 10 liberis ineq. 3 multo longior, ovarium coni- 

 cum, stylo filif. legum. compressis 4-6spermis, 

 Arbor fol. alt. pari pinnatis, fl. term, race- 

 mosis — another G. of the Lomentaceous Le- 

 guminose, near Senna, Sopkora &c. 



34. Bessia sanguinolenta Raf. (Bessi 



