Camunium. Tentandria monogyma. 42S 



The wood of this tree is much like mahogany, but lighter, conse* 



quently not so close in the grain. It is much used for furniture and 



various other purposes. The bark is a powerful astringent, and 



though not bitter is a tolerable good substitute for Peruvian Bark in. 



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the cure of remitting and intermitting fevers; particularly when j in. 



ed with a small portion of the powdered seed of Cesalpinia bonduccel- 

 la, (Kwtkwlege of the Bengalees), which is a most powerful bitter. 



O65. by N. W. 



In Nipal I have found this noble tree at Goukurna, and on Sheo- 

 pore, just above the temple at the foot of that mountain, called Bala- 

 Neelkuntha. It grows a'so at Noakofe. Time of blossoming the 

 month of May. — The petio/s and the new shoots are covered with co- 

 pious, glaucous, separable pubescence. The axils of the nerves are 

 excavated and villous on the under surface of the leaflets. Thejoa- 

 nicies are shorter than the leaves and not pendulous. Stamina six ; 

 Bpmetimes increased by a seventh barren filament. Ovary slightly 

 pubescent, five-celled; ovuta many, attached to the axis. — This may 

 perhaps prove a distinct species, though I doubt it ; in that case it 

 might be called C. hexandra. Its wood is of a beautiful chocolate 

 colour, precisely like the common Toon so universa.ly employed for 

 chairs, tables, and cabinet furnitme.—C.. Toona has been described in 

 Roths nov. spec. 162 N. W. 



CAMUNIUM, RumpK. 



Calyx five-toothed. Petals five. Nectary globular, apex perfora- 

 ted, inside staminiferoua. Germ superior, one-celled, front one to two- 

 seeded; attachment of the ovula superior. 



l.C. chirtense, Rumph amb. v. 28. t. IS f- 1. 



An elegant shrub, most probably a native of China, at least it fans 



