364 Mr. CoLEBROOKE on Boswellia 



Pegia C. 



EssENT. Char. Cal. five-parted. Cor. pentapetalous, spread- 

 ing. Berry one-seeded. 



Pegia nitida. C. 



Indigenous in Silhet, where it blossoms towards the close of 

 the cold season, and ripens its seed in the middle of the hot. Its 

 name, in the vernacular dialect of the province, is Ftgi. 



Stem shrubby, said to be scandent ? 



Leaves alternate, unevenly pinnate. Leaflets five to seven pairs, 

 with an odd one, gradually larger, subopposite, cordate, 

 acuminate, remotely serrate, chietiy on the anterior mar- 

 gin ; posterior lobes small, entire. Young leaves covered 

 with down on both surfaces. Length of leaflets 2 to 3 inches : 

 breadth 1 to 1|. 



Petioles channelled on the upper edge, thickening at the base ; 

 villous. Fetiolules very short. 



Stipules none. 



Panicles axillary and terminal, branched, ovate. 



Peduncles villous. 



Brades at the base of pedicels, solitary ; ovate, villous. 



Flowers pale green, with an agreeable odour ; numerous, very 

 small. 



Perianth inferior, five-parted, minute, persistent. Segments 

 round. 



Pe^«/s five, oval, spreading. 



Nectary a plano-concave, fleshy ring encompassing the germ, 

 and surrounded by the stamina inserted in its base. 



Filaments ten, nearly the length of the corol, alternately shorter, 

 subulate. Aiithers round, two-lobed. 



Germ 



