and certain Indian Terehinihaceœ. S6o 



Germ superior, round, half immersed in the nectary. Style 



short, conical. Stigma simple. 

 Berry globular, sitting on the permanent calyx ; black, size of a 



currant, one-celled. 

 Pyrene solitary, oval, compressed, of a honey-colour, wrinkled. 

 SJiell bony, fragile. 



Seed solitary. Integument membranaceous, thin. 

 Perisperm none. 

 Embryo conform to the seed, white, inverse. Cotyledons oval, 



turgid, large, almond-tieshy. Radicle superior, minute, 



roundish. 



Amyris heptaphvlla. Roxb. 



Tab. V. Fig. 2. 

 Native of mountains bordering on Silhet. Its leaves when 

 bruised smell strongly of anise. 



Stem shrubby. Branches suberect. Bark smooth, dark-coloured. 



Leaves alternate, vmevenly pinnate. Leaflets alternate short- 

 petioluled ; three to four pairs, with an odd one ; obliquely 

 lanceolate, entire, marked with transparent dots. 



Panicles terminal ; ramifications trichotomous, divergent. 



Flowers numerous, small, whitish-yellow. 



Perianth inferior, small, five-toothed. 



Petals four, oval, spreading, concave, inserted by claws in the 

 base of the nectary. 



Nectary tîeshy, contracted in the middle ; the lower swelling- 

 receiving the petals and stamina, the upper supporting the 



germ. 



Filaments eight, enlarged below, concave according to the con- 

 vexity of the nectary and germ, shorter than the corol. 

 Anthers oval. 



Germ nearly square, crowned with four round glands, four- 

 celled, 



