('A OASJBlll. 



The six labourers on the plantation will, after the 

 alnive period, Ih« emislaiitly eiupli.\cd in cutting ami 

 preparing the gambir; the average produce Will fee 

 15 pieuls monthly, which, at 3 drs. ^/picul, will he 

 43 til's, monthly, or 5K> drs. cjf 1 ' annum. This, as 

 be fe re stated, is the account obtained by col luting 

 ditfereut Chinese statements. 



"Nauclea Gambir, produrivt; the Gau;bir, Catccftv, or 

 Terra Japotrica of Cn/timerce. 



BY On. BENNETT. 



"The Nauclea Gambir is placed by Jessn c under 

 the natural order Rubiaecie : it is a shrub attaining the 

 height of six to eigift feet, branch \ ; the leaves are 

 ovate, pointed, sm »>tli, waving, distinct!) veined 

 transversely underneath, of dark g reen colour, and, 

 when chewed, they have a bitter astringent t.^u , 

 leAViAg, however, afterwards, a sweetish taste in the 

 mouth, not unlike Nquoricfe ; the flowery are aggre- 

 gate, globular, composed of numerous florets, crowd- 

 ed on a globular, naked reeeptaele \ tubes of the 

 corolla of a pinkish colour ; the hpp&r pari of the co- 

 rolla fine, cleft, and of a greenish yellow colour j the 

 stamina are flu in number, and short; the pistil 

 is longer than the cotollu ; the flow en? are deMin ;e 

 of fragrance ; tlie capsul. fe (as correctly stated by 

 JMr II un teh,) are stalked oblong, incrusted and 

 crowned w ith a calyx ; tapering to a point below j 

 two-celled, two-valved, the valves adhering at the 

 apex, splitting at the sides ; weds very numerous, 

 oblong, very small, compressed, furnished at lath 

 ends w ith a membranous pappus." 



From observations made at Singapore, I am induc- 

 ed to consider the tree as dkecious, from observing 

 -numerous trees, among which some were in full flow- 

 er* of which the corolla falls ofT, leaving theealw 

 which withers without an} appearance of the ovarium 



