MY RICA SAPIDA. 
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vix ac ne vix discriminate queant, hypogae® ; ventralis majorem seminis partem efti 
ciens, figuramque ejus deter mi nans] dorsalis quadruplo minor, mediam inleriorernque 
partem superficei dorsalis alterius occupans, etuque subimmersa, irregulariter ot bi- 
cularis, marline obtuso, nunc pro parte replicato. Embryo parvus, planus, oblongus 
ad basin dorsi seminis; radicula infera, obtusa. 
MYRICA SAPIDA, Wall. TAB. 45. 
Foliis lanceolatis, acuminatis, integerrimis, deorsum valde attenuatis, basi acutis, 
subtus puberulis ; amentis distinctis, axillaribus, solitariis; masculis remotis, laxd race- 
mosis ; foemineis gracilibus ; putamine puberulo, deinum glabro. 
Joobai, vulgo Jamma JJomu, K®mpf. amoen. exot. p. 708. Ejusd. icon, a Bank- 
sio edit. p. 2. t. 87. 
Ilab. in montosis, ad Sirinaggur, Kiimaon, &c. Legi in montibus variis convallis 
Napali®, florentem Martio, fructigeram sub pluviis. 
Nomen vernac. Kaephul; Newarr. Kobusi. 
Arbor umbrosa et frondosa, triginta circiter pedes alta, trunco crasso, cortiee 
obtecto fusco, rimoso, scabro. Rami sparsi, patentes, tuberculati a vestigiis foliorum 
delapsorum, grysei, villosi; tenelli angulati, subsericei. Folia versus extremitates 
ramorum vald& approxiniata, patentia, undique sparsa, lanceolata vel laneeolato- 
cuneata, acuta, vel subacuminata, deorsum attenuata, basi acuta, marginibus 
subrecurvis integerrima, rarissime notata denticulo uno alterove remoto, quadri- ad 
sexpollicaria, chartacea, supra lucida, laevia, vasculis nunc puberulis ; subtus pallida, 
tamen nitidula, sub leute punctis minutis, resinosis conspersa, costa gracili, elevatd 
nervisque capillaceis, retieulato-ramosis, versus marginem arcuatim anastomosantibus, 
puberulis; primordialiasubtus magispubescentia,grosse etin®qualiterserrata,serraturis 
latis, cuspidatis. Petioli brevissimi, teretes, villosuli, tres lineas longi. Stipulce null®. 
Amenta axillaria, vel lateralia (e vestigiis foliorum delapsorum) solitaria, erecto-patentia. 
Mascula (fig. 1.) in distincta arbore, composita, cylindracea, gracilia, obtusa, semipolli- 
caria, usque fere polboaria, lineas duas crassa, raceniosa, alterna, remota, sessilia. Pc- 
dunculuscommunis filiformis, rectus, gracilis, nudus, villosus, loins dimidid brevior, nunc 
eadem subtuquans. Partialis (rachis) tenerrimus, glaber, subflexuosus. Squama ? 
(fig. 2. 3.) valde approximate, cuneato-obovat®, concavse, obtusie, ciliat®, minut®. 
Stamina (fig. 4.) quinque, longitudine squama*. Filamenta laevia; ant hera> subrotund®, 
erect®, biloculares, utrinque longitudinaliter dehiscentes, valvulis demurn divaricato- 
reflexis; polline majusculo, aureo, globuloso. Amenta feeminea (tig. 14.) simplicia, 
sessilia, foliis diinidio vel tertio breviora, gracilia, erectiuscula. Pedunculus teres, rec¬ 
tus, villosus. Flosculi (fig. 5.) subdistantes, sparsi, parvuli, bracteoUs pluribus surtuiti 
imbricatis, ovatis, obtusis, pubescentibus, ciliatis. Ovaria (fig. 6. 7. 8.) duo vel tria 
globosa, glabra, bracteis breviora, inonospora ; ovulo pendulo. Styli duo, carnosi, 
subulati, divaricato-patentes, scabriusculi, rufi, ovario dupl5 longiores, supra bracteas 
exserti. Stigmata acuta. Drupce (fig. 9. 10.) magnitudine cerasi minoris, subrotund®, 
sessiles, nud®, Ueves, superficie minutum granuloso-lobulat®, colore e rubro pur- 
purascente, carne molli, parca, dilute rubelld. Putamen valde durum et crassum, 
ovatum, levissime corapressum, rugosum et faveolatum, pube sericeA, pauca, vald£ 
solubili conspersum, suturis vix prominulis, magnitudine putaminis cerasi. Seminis 
(fig- n.) structura exacte ut in Myrica cerifera , G®rtn. carpol. I. p. 100. t. 39. 
Observation. 
This tree has been described by my highly respected friend Major General Hard¬ 
wick, under the name of JKa-iy-pJiul ot Gladwin's Materia Medica, in the sixth vol. 
