OF THE HEKBAEIUM AMBOINENSE. 277 
Arboris excelsse rami teretes, glabri ; ramuli pubescentes. Folia al- 
terna oblonga, basi acutiuscula, apice acuminata, margine cartilagineo 
piloso integerrima, pagina utraque glaberrima, venis transversis minute 
striata, uninervia. Petiolus brevissimus, pubescens, non stipulaceus. 
Pedunculus communis infrafoliaceus, petiolo sjepius longior, aliquan- 
do vix ullus, apice dilatatus. Pedicelli septem s. octo brevissimi, uni- 
flori, uno post alterum prodeunte, cicatrices totidem in apice dilatato 
peduncuii communis relinquentes. Bractese nullse. Flores virides, 
odore hircine fcetidi. 
Calyx turbinatus, persistens, decemstriatus, limbo quinquefido pa- 
lens. Corolla nulla. Urceolus interior non coloratus, calycis fundo 
adnatus, apice erecto libero decem-lobus, laciniis emarginatis, sequalibus, 
Filamenta decem ex urceoli incisuris. Antiierse parvse. Germen 
superum, clavatum, maximum, compressum, bisulcum. Stylus vix 
ullus. Stigma obtusum, sublacerum. 
Capsula obovata, lignosa, compressa, bivalvis, valvis hinc planis, inde 
convexiusculis, medio septiferis. Septum valvis connexum, medio so- 
lubile. Semina solitaria. Funis umbilicalis ex apice septi enatus ad 
caudte seminis basin descendens. Semen ovatum, nigrum, pilosum, 
utrinque mucronatum, testa fragili tenuissima tectum, caudatum. 
Cauda teres, carnosa, e basi seminis recte ad capsulae fundum descendens. 
Albumen nullum. Cotyledones forma seminis carnosse hermispliEericse, 
hinc convexie, inde planae. E-adicula recta, supera. 
There can, I think, be little doubt, that the Gyrinops 
Walla of Gsertner (De Sem. ii. 276, 1. 140, f. 6) belongs to 
the same genus, which has a considerable resemblance to 
the Thymeli(E^ notwithstanding that its fruit opens by re- 
gular sutures, and contains more than one seed. On this 
account, it is more nearly allied to the Samyda^ as men- 
tioned by Jussieu (Gen. Plant. 479), and Lamarck (Enc. 
Meth. ii. 610), and as I have more fully explained in a 
commentary on the Anamnga (Hort. Mai. iv. 101). Of 
the circumstances that could induce my accurate friend Sir 
J. E. Smith, to doubt this affinity (Lin. Trans, xi. S30), 
and to refer it to the EupJwrbice, I am quite ignorant. 
Agallochum Itthion s. Simplex Chinensium, p. 35. 
This seems to be the produce of the same tree with the 
