Jtforinda. pextaxdria moxo&xnia. 1D9 



of the germ, frequently a small portion thereof grows to be a long 

 linear-lanceolate, permanent leaflet. — Corol funnel-sbaped ; mouth 

 of the tube very woolly. — Filaments short. Anthers linear, lodged 

 amongst the wool, but entirely within the mouth of the tube.-— 

 Stigma two-cleft, and elevated above the mouth of the tube.—. 

 Berry aggregate, size varying from that of a crab-apple, to that of a 

 small nutmeg, single berries several, obovate, size of a pea with 

 around eye on the apex. — Nut or seeds four, the shell or cover 

 uniformly convex on the out side, and on the inside concave, with 

 an elevated convexity near the top which covers a void cell, the 

 fertile cell occupies the whole length, and nearly the whole brsadth 

 of the nut, (for so I may call the hard, smooth, brown integument 

 of which it is formed,) but is much compressed. 



Obs. I have not learned that the root of this species is used in 

 dying, but have no doubt of its possessing qualities similar to the 

 roots of all the other species of the genus that I have yet met with. 



4. M. exserta, R. 



Arboreous. Leaves opposite to each other or to a peduncle, 

 ovate, pointed. Stamens above the tube. Stigma rather within. 



Heng. Bi/n-autch, or Bur-aal. 



A tree of rather small stature; a native of Bengal. Flowering 

 time the hot and rainy season j seed ripe in about twelve or thirteen 

 months afterwards. 



Trunk from six to twelve feet high, often variously bent, and cover- 

 ed with deep cracked, spongy, ash-coloured bark. Branches spread- 

 ing in every direction; branchlets opposite, smooth : young shoots 

 somewhat four-sided, in some plants smooth, in others villous. — 

 Leaves opposite, short-petioled, oval, or ventricose-oval, pointed, 

 margins entire, but waved; in some plants smooth, of a deep shining 

 green on both sides ; in others downy, from four to six inches long, 

 and from three to four broad. — Stipules interfoliaceous, entire, emar- 

 ginate or biiid. — Peduncles generally solitary, though sometimes there 

 are two together, leaf-opposed, or in the axil of a small leaf, opposed 

 to one of the usual size, round, smooth, about an inch long, eaca 



