Hgmenodictyon.. pehtahdbia MowoGxinA. 151 



tasteless,) possess both the bitterness and astiingeucy of Peruvi- 

 an bark, and 1 think when fresh in a stronger degree ; the bitter- 

 ness is not so quickly communicated to the taste on chewing the 

 bark, as that of the former, but is much more durable, and chiefly 

 about the upper part of the fauces. 



The wood is firm, close-grained, of a pale mahogony colour, and 

 very useful for many purposes. 



2. C. ( Hymenodictyon, Wall.) thyrsiflora, R.* 



Arboreous. Leaves ovate, downy ; floral coloured and reticulate. 

 Fhyrses terminal and axillary, drooping. Stipules oblong, fringed 

 with coloured glands. Border of the corol urceolace. Partition of 

 the capsule contrary. 



A native of the interior parts of Bengal, where it was discovered 

 by Dr. William Carey, and by him sent to this garden, where the 

 trees blossom in June, and the seeds ripen in Januarv. 



Trunk straight, covered with smooth, ash-coloured bark. Bran* 

 ches numerous, spreading, so as to form a large ovate head.— Leaves 

 opposite, petroled, ovate, and ovate-cordate, downy ; veins simple and 

 parallel ; length from two to eight or ten inches. The floral pair 

 or two longer-petioled, somewhat scarious, smoother, and more per- 

 manent than the others. Petioles round, villous, about a third of the 

 length of their leaves. — Stipules large, oblong, downy, and fringed 

 with coloured glands round the margin. — Thyrses terminal, and from 

 the exterior axi.ls, from oblong to sub-cylindric, very dense, short- 

 peduncled, drooping. — Flowers small, greenish-yellow, very fragrant, 

 collected in numerous small fascicles, on very short, common pe- 

 duncles. — Bractes linear-lanceolate, one to each fascicle, smaller ones 

 to the proper pedicels. — Calyx about five-toothed, villous. — Corol ; 

 tube cylindric, more than twice the length of the calyx. Border 

 five-parled, pitcher-shaped, length of the tube. — Filaments short, in- 

 serted into the mouth of the tube, Anthers sagittate, hid in the pitcher- 



• S\st. Ve?. v. 14, where tlxe species is pronounced intermediate between CincUt- 

 na and Exostemmu.— N« "W. 



