a7id certain Indian Terehinthacece. 361 



that the presence of a podogynium always indicates an hypogy- 

 nous insertion* : for the nectarial receptacle of the stamina seems 

 to me to be clearly a distinct podogynium. 



I have weighed on this point, because a new plant {Pcgia 

 nitida), which I am about to describe as belonging to the group 

 under consideration, has traits which induced a distinguished 

 botanist. Dr. Francis Buchanan Hamilton, whom I consulted 

 shortly after making the delineation of it, to refer it to Chal- 

 cas, (a genus which might be revived for the reception of this 

 plant) ; and because I perceive an afhnity with it in a number 

 of species which Roxburgh placed under Amyris, and likewise 

 in one which Dr. Hamilton considered to be a Bcrgcra, but 

 which appears on minute examination of the germ and mature 

 fruit, to be distinct from that genus and allied to Roxburgh's 

 Amyrides. For the sake of rendering this quite evident, I shall 

 subjoin a particular description of the fruit of the true Bergcra 

 (Kœnig's) copied from Roxburgh's manuscripts ; the carpology 

 of that genus being yet unpublished. It will be seen that they 

 belong to distinct natural orders. 



BURSERA SE U RATA. fVall. 



Tab. IV. Fig. 1. 



A very large tree, native of forests bordering on Bengal, near 

 Gwalpara and the Garrow hills ; Avhence it was introduced by 

 seed into the Botanic Garden at Calcutta in 1808 by Dr. F. Bu- 

 chanan Hamilton ; and young plants in 1810 by Mr. R. Kyd. 



The timber of this species is close-grained and hard ; and is 

 much esteemed and used for furniture by the inhabitants of 

 Asham. It is as tough as oak, and heavier. 



Its vernacular name is 'Major or Neyor. 



* A. Richard, Elem. Bot. 235. 



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