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and are sometimes terminal, generally one or two together, 

 from the axils of the upper leaves. The ovarium is two 

 celled ; the berries are oblong, reddish, and mostly contain 

 two seeds which are covered with silky hairs. The berries 

 of M, exotica are ovate, and generally one-seeded. The 

 whole habit of the two plants is very distinct. The specific 

 name paniculata is objectionable, as the flowers are much 

 less panicled than in the other species. 



The Camunium sinense, Rumph^ F. /. 18/. 1. which is 

 commonly met with in gardens in all the Malay Islands is 

 quite a distinct genus from the other two Camuniums, and has 

 been described by Loureiro, Fl : CocMnch : I. p. 173, under 

 the name of 



AGLAIA ODORATA. 



It has a five parted inferior calyx, and five petalled co- 

 rolla. The stamina are five in number, and are inserted 

 in the manner of the Meliaceae on the inside of an ovate 

 nectarial tube, which is contracted at the mouth, and con- 

 ceals the anthers. The stigma is large, sessile, simple as far 

 as I have observed, not double, as stated by Loureiro. The 

 ovary appears to be one celled, and to contain two pen- 

 dulous ovula. It rarely ripens its fruit in these Islands, 

 but according to Loureiro, it bears a small red one-seeded 

 berry. The flowers are very small, yellow and fragrant, in 

 small axillary panicles. 



In the Catalogue of the Hortus Bengalensis, p. 18, this 

 plant is specified under the name of Camunium Sinense^ 

 after Rumphius. The Murraya paniculata above described 

 is the true Kamuning of the Malays, and the name C. 

 Sinense is only applied by Rumphius in the manner of the 

 old botanical authors, as one of comparison and resemblance, 

 for want of a better of native origin ; if therefore the ge- 

 neric name Camunium is to be adopted at all, it ought 

 to be applied to the plant to which it really belongs, and 

 cannot be admitted for one of a different family not indi- 



