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fleshy, hispid. Berry subglobose, larger than a cherry, of a 

 yellowish colour, three-celled; cells generally one-seeded. 

 Seeds enweXo^edi in a white pulpy aril or tunic. The embryo is 

 inverse, with flat cotyledons in the centre of an ample albumen. 



Obs, — This species differs from that described by Rox- 

 burgh in being monoecious, in the form of the leaves, and 

 in the colour of fleshy aril. The Rambeh, of which Mr. 

 Marsden has given a figure in his History of Sumatra, pi, 

 vi. p. 101, so nearly resembles this, that I think it can only 

 be a variety of the same. The Rambeh belongs to the penin- 

 sula of Malacca, and is unknown at Bencoolen ; while the 

 Choopa, which is abundant at the latter place, is not found 

 in the former. The racemes of the Rambeh are longer and 

 the fruit smaller than in the Choopa ; but a comparison and 

 examination of the two would be necessary to ascertain 

 whether there are any essential differences, and I have not 

 had an opportunity of doing this. 



XXIIL MELIACEiE. 



LANSIUM.* Jack non Blume. 



Decandria Monogynia. N. O. Meliacece. Juss. 



Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla 5-petala, petalis subrotundis. 

 Tubus staminiferus globosus, ore subintegro, antheris decem 

 inclusis. Ovarium 5-loculare, loculis I — 2-sporis. Stylus 

 brevis, columnaris. Stigma planum, 5-radiatum. Bacca 

 corticata, 5-locularis, 5-sperma, uno alterove loculo tantum 

 semen perficiente. Semina integumento extoriore pulposo 

 sapido. Albumen nullum ; cotyledonibus inoequalibus peltatis. 



* Lin ; Trans : Vol. xiv. p. 115 t. 118. 



