HED 
it.. This exudation is, according to Swartz, ‘of @balfainic 
nature, very like balfam of Copaiva, both in fcent: and 
virtues. It is given in 
and is copioufly procured by wounding the trunk of the 
HEDYCARYA, from #duzy faveet, and xxguoy a nut, 
becaufe oe tree in pe bears extremely {weet nuts.— 
Fortt. . Su ppl. 67. Schre a Mart. 
Se ae Tall mare Ve 55798. 
Illuftr. t 827.—Clafs det orders Diecia Hofandria: Nat. 
= woe Linn. Urtic 
. Ch. Cal. Perianth of one ‘Yeaf, flat-wheel-fhaped, 
gighe 2 or ten-cleft ; fegments lanceolate, nearlyequal. Cor. 
none.—Male, Stam. Filameits none; soelaeee numerous, 
Pift. Ger flat-glo _ each 
ccna ona éfindveal pedefhady: inthe middle of the calyx ; 
ode none ; — as little protuberances feattered over the 
germ . Seeds, fix tot 
Goicrys iriglodectied nuts; — fol — globular. 
zr seal * the middie o 
ff. Ch. yx eight or ten- aine y Corolla none.—Male, 
aon oa anthers in the bottom of the calyx, four- 
furrowed, bearded at the tip—Female, Germens ftalked. 
= ftalked, eh ese or 
Fle ihetata. Linn. Suppl. 431. 
This; is the only fpecies known, and is a native of New Zea- 
—A {mooth fbrub. Leaves alternate, oblong, fer- 
ed, on fhort foot-ftalks, very {mooth, veins running almo 
“hair 
Re * 
en ftalked, globular, i i 
Forft. Gen. t. 64. Ni : 
lee 
fin mooth. Leaves Sree 
tranfverfely. Clufters axillary. Calyx hairy. Nuts very is ich, ra e creating much. Stem two feet tie 
fw eee ,» erect, covered with the long fheathing foot- 
eaves in two wee ix or ak inches es. 
weet. 
HEDYCHIUM, from stu: feet or pleafing, and x07, 
— alluding to the fragrance, elegance, and white nefs 
f the flowers, at leaft of the firft and eae pecies.— 
Konig in Retz. Obf. Bot. fafe. 3. 73. d. Sp. Pheri. 
to. Rofcoe Tr. of Linn. Soe. v. 8. Sm 
Exot. Bot.v.2.95. Dryan : 
bak Juff. 448. (Gandafuli ; it. v. 2.603.) Clafs 
d order, Monandria roo Nat. Ord. Scitaminee, Linn. 
Comey Juff. 
we tting on one fide. Ges of one 
D " reverfed ; tube very long, cylindrical, curved ; outer 
mb in three. equal, fpreading, oblong, involute fegments ; 3 
beyond the anther... Peric 
Eff. Ch. Anther eee: caine terminal, embracin 
the Ryle, without an » - Outer limb: of’ the co- 
: three equal HO at 
. Ai Ve F: 175k 6 ~ £ 
ere alfo. itis: 
ee seal ser pile 
which they ufe’ alfo. -emblesiaticallys rates fi to 
‘oriental ene eaten? them . Pare 
calt for orna- 
a=- 
sasKaiken leanceo. e 
5 cloven.—N ative of: rthe Eaft 
with the pal. 
or ornamen 
is called Toenche Sails 
Long- 
larcolatelbet pile rhe 
flowered. _ Staton a fho 
it is valled obintty Saat and admired a its Eanty ca. 
fragrance, the latter Cate according ‘to 
fowers 
bafe 
intt ecstasy h fprea 
ated divided ‘or ebcordate, whi a claw 
the unufually- fhort and inflexed . 
- Denfe-{piked Gar nr —Leaves 
Buchanan in‘ Auguit’ 1802," at Narai: 
1, with’ the lait, from er osm -the natives do not by name 
diftinguith it. It ever, in its much fhorter and. 
er ate Spikes and long oe and. Arle. “The oo 
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