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THE P HAEM ACEH TICAL JOURNAL AND TRANSACTIONS. 
[May 10, 1873. 
western parts of the island its name is “ Ki-pait,” 
literally “hitter wood in the eastern parts “Patty- 
lallar ” or “ fly hane.” It is used as a remedy against 
worms, and in cutaneous eruptions. 
3. P. andamanica , Kurz. Enum. And. iv. A tree 
with very smooth branches, closely resembling P.ja- 
vanica. Leaves unequally pinnate ; leaflets 5 inches 
long by 2b inches broad, oval, rounded, and often 
unequilateral at the base, acuminate, entire, scarcely 
thickened at the margin, thinner than in the last 
species. Panicles axillary, rather lax. Calyx-seg¬ 
ments, jjetals, and stamens 4 ; one or more of the 
petals of the male flowers with two large glandular 
dots. Fruit unknown. 
South Andaman Islands. Properties unknown. 
4. Brucea, Mill. 
Bitter trees or shrubs. Leaves very large, unequally 
pinnate. Flowers very small, in a large number of 
very small cymes arranged in axillary panicles. 
Calyx minute, 4-partite, imbricate. Petals 4, minute, 
linear, imbricate. Disc 4-lobed. Stamens 4, inserted 
beneath the disc; filaments naked. Ovary deeply 
4- lobed,. or carpels 4, entirely free ; styles nearly or 
quite distinct. Drupes 4, entirely free, ovoid, some¬ 
what fleshy. Seed solitary, exalbuminous. 
This genus includes six species, distributed over 
Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. Although par¬ 
taking of the bitter properties of the order, I am 
unaware of any species being used officinally, except 
the African B. antidysenterica , already alluded to. 
1. B. sumatrana , Roxb. FI. Ind. i. 449; DC. Prodr. 
ii, 88. A shrub with bitter and somewhat fetid 
properties. Leaves often more than a foot long, 
covered with a dense yellow pubescence, especially 
in the veins and beneath ; leaflets numerous, very 
coarsely dentate, the lowermost pair sometimes again 
pinnate. Papicles axillary; rachis very long,yellow- 
pubescent, the minute flowers collected into' rather 
distant small cymes, usually hermaphrodite. Calyx 
very minute. Petals longer than the calyx-segments, 
linear-obovate. Stamens 4, inserted beneath the 
disc ; filaments short, not exceeding the petals in 
length. Ovary 4-lobed. Drupes 4,1-seeded; 2 lines 
long by 1^ lines broad, black. 
Eastern Peninsula; Assam ; South China ; Cey¬ 
lon ; Eastern Archipelago ; Philippines ; Tropical 
Australia. 
2. B. 7nollis , Wall. Cat, 8483. A bitter shrub. 
Leaflets larger than in B. sumatrana , 3 inches long 
by 2 inches broad, lanceolate, acute, entire, pubescent 
or nearly glabrous. Panicles axillary; rachis pu¬ 
bescent or nearly glabrous; secondary cymes often 
many-flowered. Petals linear, longer than the stamens. 
Drupes 4, much larger than in B. sumatrana , 4 lines 
long by 3 lines broad, ovoid, brown. 
Sikkim ; Bhotan ; Khasia Mountains ; Silliet. 
5. Eurycoma, Jack. 
Small trees with bitter bark. Leaves very large, 
coriaceous, pinnate, with entire leaflets. Flowers 
polygamous, in much branched sub-terminal hairy 
panicles. Calyx minute, 5-toothed, valvate. Petals 
5, induplicate-valvate. Disc absent. Stamens in male 
and hermaphrodite flowers 5, smaller in the latter ; 
filaments attached to the base of the petals. Ovary 
5- partite, free ; styles 5, connate; stigmas distinct. 
Drupes 3-5, stipitate. Seed solitary, pendulous, 
exalbuminous. 
Two or three species, confined to the Eastern 
Peninsula, Eastern Archipelago, and the Philippine 
Islands. Like the last, the species of this genus do not 
appear to have been used medicinally, although pos¬ 
sessing the properties of the order. 
1. E. longifolia, Jack, in Roxb. FI. Ind. (ed. Wall.) 
ii. 307. DC. Prodr. ii. 86 ; Planch, in Hook. Jl. Bot. 
v. 584. E. merguensis, Planch. 1. c. E. tavoyana , 
Wall. M.S. A tree with very large leaves, a foot or 
more long, having a large number of coriaceous ellip¬ 
tical acute leaflets, much lighter beneath. Panicles 
large, spreading, and much-branched, the rachis and 
pedicels covered with a rufous glandular pubescence. 
Calyx-segments minute, elliptical, glandular-ciliated. 
Petals four times as long as calyx-segments, lanceolate- 
ovate, 2 lines long, ^ line broad, very finely pubescent 
within and without. Filaments broad, half as long 
as petals, glabrous, with a ligulate ciliated appendage 
at base. Drupes hard, ovate, -|-incli long by 7-inch 
broad. I am unable to distinguish Planchon’s 
E. merguensis , from the specimen in the Hookerian 
herbarium, by the alleged character of the filaments; 
and in other respects it precisely resembles the 
typical form. 
Eastern Peninsula; Andaman Islands; Eastern 
Archipelago ; Philippine Islands. 
2. E. apiculata, nov. sp. — Leaves very long; 
leaflets elliptical, ending in an abrupt apiculus, 
dotted on the lateral veins beneath. Panicles com¬ 
pound, denser than in E. longifolia. the rachis and 
pedicels slightly hairy. Calyx-segments small, ovate, 
acute, hairy without, but not glandular. Petals’ 
ligulate, very narrow, 3 lines long by | line broad, 
glabrous. Filaments very short, as long as petals, 
glabrous, not appendiculate. Fruit unknown. 
Penang. 
6. Suriana, Lin. 
Leaves simple, entire. Flowers hermaphrodite. 
Calyx 5-partite, imbricate, persistent. Petals 5, 
imbricate. Disc inconspicuous. Stamens 10, of two 
unequal lengths, 5 sometimes barren. Ovary of 5 
free carpels ; styles basilar, filiform; ovules 2 in 
each carpel, lateral. Fruit of 5 or fewer carpels, 
covered by the persistent calyx, indehiscent, each 
1- seeded. Seed ascending, exalbuminous. 
1. /S', maritimet, Lin. gen. no. 581 ; DC. Prodr. 
ii. 91 ; W- an d A. Prodr. 361. Branches thick, 
covered with a velvety pubescence. Leaves linear- 
spathulate, obtuse, velvety. Flowers rather large, 
terminal, buried in the leaves. Petals yellow, equal¬ 
ling the calyx in length. 
The only species, found on all tropical shores. An 
insipid shrub, with no known useful properties. 
7. Harrisonia, Brown. 
Glabrous spiny shrubs, with conqpound unequally 
pinnate or unifoiiolate leaves. Flowers arranged in 
cymes, bracteate, hermaphrodite. Calyx small, 4-5- 
fid. Petals 4-5, longer than the calyx. Disc hemi¬ 
spherical. Stamens 8-10; filaments with small 
scales at the base. Ovary globose or 4-5-lobed, 
4-5-locular; styles connate or distinct at the base ; 
ovules solitary, pendulous. Fruit consisting of from 
2- 5 small globose berries. Seed solitary ; albumen 
sparse. 
Three to four species, distributed over the Eastern 
peninsula, China, the Archipelago, Tropical Australia, 
and Tropical Africa. Of no known useful properties. 
1. II. paueijuga, Benn. Plant. Jav. Rar. 202, t. 42. 
Lasiolepjs paueijuga , Benn. l.c. L. Bennetii, Planch, 
in Hook. Jl. Bot. v. 570. A woodv shrub, with 
