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AQUILARIACE^.Nat.syst.ed. 2. ^7. 196.AQUILARIA.Calyx urceolate, 5-toothed ;teeth reflexed. Ten hairy scalesclosing up the orifice of the calyx. Anthers 10, sessile, alternatewith the scales, and inserted at their base. Stigma capitate;ovary half 2-celled, with a single suspended ovule in eachcell. Capsule 2-valved, 2-seeded.672. A. Agallocha Roxb. ind. ii. fl.422. Rayle illustr. t. 36.f. 1. Forests of Sylhet; Molucca; Cochin-china.An immense tree, perfectly free from hairs excepting on the youngleaves, twigs and flowers. Leaves alternate, subsessile, oval, acuminate,glossy, with fine, numerous, parallel veins, running in a gentlecurve from the midrib to the margin, very much in the way of anendogen ; stipules 0. Flowers small, in compact, simple, terminal andaxillary clusters. Fruit obovate, mucronate, reddish brown, 2-valved.This both Roxburgh and Professor Royle consider the true Calambac,Agallochum, Lign-Aloes, or Aloes wood of oriental writers ;afragrant substance contained in the interior of the trunk. It is regardedas a cordial by some Asiatic nations, and has been prescribed in Europein gout and rheumatism. Ainstie. Y 4

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