MY RICA SAPIDA. 
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gcrrimis vel acut.& serrulatis, lajvibus, dcorsum acuininatis, basi jtiiboblnais; amentia 
distinrtis, axillaribus, solitariis; masculis dense ruceinoso-subpauiculiitis, sessilibus; 
fiernineis elongutis, ereetis. 
Arbor 12 pedulis, ramosissima Rum* rugosi, grysei; romuli valde approxiinati; 
tenelli puberuli. Folia ad apicem raimilorutn admodutn copiosa et appro.vimata, spars a, 
patentia, luiiceolata, breve acuminata, veloblongo-lanceolata, in foeminea arbore (an sem¬ 
per') cuneato-lanceolala, obtusa: deorsnm attenuuta, basi acuta velobtusa, nunc retusa, 
marginc loiter recurvo integerrinia vel remotissim^ et acute serrulata, tri- usque ad sex- 
pollicaria, utrinque Uevia, supra lucida, suhlus (ut in M. sapida ) nervoso-venulosa, 
niiniitim resinoso-punctulata. Petioli brevissimi, pubesoentes. Amenta a.xillaria, 
solitaria, distincta. Mascula brevissima, approximala, disposita in racemis axillaribns, 
ad mod urn copiosis, basi subcompositis, sessilibus, foliis dimidin breviorihus. Peduncular 
communis pubescens. Squama’ et stamina lit in ilia specie. Amenta foeminea (ex 
ieone a beato Gulielmo Jack comrnunicata graeiliu, leretia, erecta, foliis tertio breviora 
vel eadem siibsequanlia. 
I believe ibis tree will be found entirely different from M. sapida . I saw only a 
few female aments, and those quite withered and decayed, at Singapore. Mv dear 
friend Jacks drawing was, if I mistake not, copied from one in the possession of Colo¬ 
nel Farqnhar, the late worthy Resident at Malacca and Singapore, who probably 
found the tree about the first mentioned place, and to whom I have dedicated it 
1 had occasion above (under Podocarpu* macrophylla , p. 57 ) to allude to 
Roxburgh’s Nageia Putranjica. This tree differs so much in habit from G sc r tiler's 
Nageia j aponica , which is Ktenipfer's Nagi, that I suspect they are not congenercs. 
Roxburgh gives the following character of the genus, which he places in Dicecia 
triandria, in his manuscript Flora Indica. “ Nageia: Male, calyx four-or five-leaved ; 
corol none. Female, calyx three-to five-leaved; corol none; germ superior, three- 
celled, cells two-seeded, attachment of the ovulum superior; styles two or three; 
drupe one-seeded, embryo inverse, and furnished with a perisperni.'* He very 
properly observes that, with regard to the structure of its fruit, the tree is nearly allied 
„ Myrica montan a, 
>\vmb. bof. 2. p. 99. has, according to tbi» author and Sir J. E. Smith, (in Rees's 
Cyclopaedia,) a strong affinity to Nagi; and AVilldcnow has placed it under Nageia in 
Ins edition of Spec, plant 4. p. 749. I am inclined to think it ought to be joined to 
Putranjrva , unles sthe original name Ihuus was meant to indicate the peculiar Rus- 
ntsltke stucture ol the leaves of Kaon piers tree, in which case is ought probably to be 
placed with (lie latter. J 
v TR1CVRT1S, Wall. 
Penanthium inferum, subcampauulatuin, hexaphjdluro; foliola exteriora tria 
T" gtbboso-saccata. Stamina longiludine porta.. ejusde.uo.te basi inserta. An- 
tharw antic®, nutantes. Stylus divaricato-trilobus. Stigmata sex, uucinata Can 
sula pnsmatica, trilocularis, poljsperu.a, apiee debiseens. Semina plana. ' 
A lassis Linneana. Uexandria monogynia. 
Ordo naturalis. Lilia , Juss. 
Habitus: Planta gracilis, erect.., caulc subsimplici, foliis cordatis, sessilibus 
amplexicaubbus. Flores ter.ninales, pauci, pulebri, basi gibberibus tribus. prou.ineu- 
tibus notut.i (unde nomen.) prommen- 
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