Rhamrauh. ) 



\\'i ILARIA4 i.i. 







OrdbbCCXX. AQUILARlACEiE. \ 



AiiuilarJne«e, fl.Broir/.CV/y. p.SS. 1818 DC. J 



Di iatioej&—lBumtuU I . . ■ 



tubular calyx u-ir 



Trees. Branches smooth, with a tough bark. I 

 short stalks, entire, without stipules. Calyx turbinate or tub 

 mente spreading, persistent, with an imbric 



ti"" ; tli ifice usually furnished with * 



mens). Stamens 10,8, or 5, in the latter case opposite the 

 segments of the calyx ; filaments inserted into the orifice of ' 

 tin calyx a little lower down than the - Inthera nar- 



row, oblong, attached by their back below the middle, 

 celled, opening internally and lengthwise. Ovarj superior, 



H-ssilf or stijiitate, downy, « tpresa led; ovules two, 



anatropal, of which one \- suspended from each side of the 

 placenta, tapering downwards ; Btyle 0,or conical and thread- 

 shaped ; stigma large, simple. Capsule sessile or stipit 

 2-vaIn 1 or drupaceous, and indehiscent S - one on - a 

 p l acenta, or one sometimes abortive, ]>• ndulous ; albumen ; 

 cotyledons thick, fleshy, hemispherical; radii _ht, 



superior. 



De Candolle places this Ordi r i Chail- 



letiads and Anacarda, but >vith indications 

 doubt, and an erroneous character; and Brown 



seems willing t nsider the Order □ of 



Chailletiads, adding, that it would not be 4itti- 

 cult to show it^ affinity to Daphnada In this 

 I fully concur : in fact, Aquilariads chiefly 

 differ from Daphnads in their dehiscent fruit, 

 composed of two carpels, not one. BothOrd 

 have similar Bcale-like bodies at the orifice 

 uf the calyx, and no petals, both 

 ovules, a single style, and capitate stigma. 

 Thi* tun i> the vii-w taken of their affinities by 

 M. Decaisne, \\ln> indeed regards them a^ a 

 mere section of Daphnada, observing that the\ 

 really differ in nothing except their 2-eelled 

 ovary, 1 would, h o wev er , prefer leaving them 

 here, as the group which, in the Rhamnal Al- 

 liance, touches the DaphnaL 



The Bpecies are confined ti> the tropical parts 



Of Asia. 



Aloes-wood, Agila-wo l. oi I igl -u l. eon. 



taming a fragrant resinous substance, of a dark colour, i- tl 

 Aquilaria ovata ami A. Agallochum. It is consid* i 

 and has been prescribed in Europe in gout ami rheumatism. 

 uf this substance, Bee Royk, a- above quoted. 







GENERA 

 Aquilaria, lam. 





1 Ophlospermum, lour iDrimjrspennam, Rndt |Pi 



N I'M UK IIS. I. K 



Position. Pei \ 



Fig. CCCXCII.— Aquilaria Agallochum. I 







