34 PENTANDRrA MONOGYNli? Fdgr&ttl 



1. F.fragrans, R. 



Arboreous. Leaves opposite, lanceolate. Corymbs axillary, sta^ 

 mina ascending. 



A tree of a moderte size, found by Dr. William Hunter in one 

 Garden only on the Island of Pullo Penang ; to which it was origi- 

 nally brought from China. It blossoms in May and June, and ripens 

 its fruit in September and October. 



Branches numerous, spreading in every direction. — heaves oppo- 

 site, decussate, patent, short-petioled, broad-lanceolate, taper, ob- 

 tuse-pointed, entire, nerveless and smooth on both sides; from 

 four to five inches long, and about one and a half broad.— Petioles 

 short, smooth, enlarged at the base into a stem-clasping ring, which, 

 in the dried specimens are encrusted with a clear yellow resin. — 

 Corymbs peduncled, axillary, nearly as long as the leaves, decom- 

 pound, decussate, smooth. — Flowers numerous, large, whitish yellow, 

 fragrant. — Bractes small, permanent. — Calyx beneath, deeply five- 

 parted, or rather five-leaved; permanent. Leaflets sub-rotund, 

 imbricated, smooth, many times shorter than the tube of the corol. 

 — Corol one-petalled. Tube between campanulate and infun- 

 dibiliform. Border contorted, five-parted; divisions ovate-oblong, 

 expanding. — Filaments five, ascending, inserted, in the mouth of the 

 tube, and much longer than the corol. Anthers incumbent. — Germ 

 above, ovate. Style^ the length of the stamens. Stigma enlarged, 

 entire. — Berry oval, a little pointed, size of a currant, smooth, red, 

 pulpy, two-celled. — Seed several in each cell, angular, and scabrous,. 



2. F. elliptica, R. 



Leaves opposite, short-petioled, broad-elliptic, smooth, and firm. 

 Corymbs terminal, more than super-decompound. Tube of the co- 

 rol cylindric. 



A native of the Moluccas, 



