AQUILARIACE^E. 



Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 1 96. 



AQUILARIA. 



Calyx urceolate, 5-toothed ; teeth reflexed. Ten hairy scales 

 closing up the orifice of the calyx. Anthers 10, sessile, alter- 

 nate with the scales, and inserted at their base. Stigma capi- 

 tate ; ovary half 2-celled, with a single suspended ovule in each 

 cell. Capsule 2-valved, 2-seeded. 



672. A. Agallocha Roxb. fl. ind. ii. 422. Royle illustr. t. 36. 

 f. 1. Forests of Sylhet ; Molucca; Cochin-china. 



An immense tree, perfectly free from hairs excepting on the young 

 leaves, twigs and flowers. Leaves alternate, subsessile, oval, acumi- 

 nate, glossy, with fine, numerous, parallel veins, running in a gentle 

 curve from the midrib to the margin, very much in the way of an 

 endogen ; stipules 0. Flowers small, in compact, simple, terminal and 

 axillary clusters. Fruit obovate, mucronate, reddish brown, 2-valved. 

 This both Roxburgh and Professor Royle consider the true Calam- 

 bac, Agallochum, Lign- Aloes, or Aloes wood of oriental writers ; a 

 fragrant substance contained in the interior of the trunk. It is regarded 

 as a cordial by some Asiatic nations, and has been prescribed in Europe 

 in gout and rheumatism. Ainslie. 



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