and certain Indian Terehinthaceœ. 367 



Filaments eight, much enlarged below, concave within, accord- 

 ing to the convexity of the nectary and germ, shorter than 

 the corol. Anthers oval. 



Germ four-sided, four-celled, with two or three ovules in each 

 cell, attached to the top of the axis. Style thick, four- 

 sided, straight, length of the stamina. Stigma truncated, 

 obsoletely four-pointed. 



Berry oblong, siae of a field-bean, smooth, dotted, of a pale 

 straw-colour, one-celled. 



Seed solitary, conform to the berry. 



Lfitegument single, white, thin, tender. 



Perisperm none. 



Embryo inverse. Cotyledons conform to the seed, green, often 

 unequal. Plumule two-lobed, hairy. Radicle hemispherical, 

 hairy, inferior. — Roxb. Mss. 



Bergera integerrima. Buck. 

 Indigenous in countries east of the Megna River in Benoal. 

 Trunk arboreous. Branches numerous. 

 Leaves alternate, unevenly pinnate. Leaflets subalternate, short- 



petioluled, obliquely lanceolate, entire, waved, acuminate, 



smooth above, villous underneath : exterior largest, 6 inches 



long, 2 broad. 

 Petioles round, villous. 

 Corymbs terminal, decompound. 

 Flowers short-pedicelled, erect, numerous, white, emitting a 



strong offensive smell. 

 Brades very minute. 

 Perianth five-toothed. 

 Petals five, lanceolate, expanding. 

 Nectary a tieshy receptacle elevating the germ. 

 Stamina ten, alternately longer. 



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