88 MR. BENTHAM’S NOTES ON HOMALIUM. 
ovatis inflexis quam petala obovato-oblonga accreta patentia dimidio 
brevioribus, staminibus ad petala subternis.—Folia 6-8-pollicaria. 
Racemi elongati cano-tomentosi. Bractex ovate concave quam in 
omnibus speciebus majores et diutius persistentes. Flores primo in- 
tuitu iis Н. grandiflori similes, sed paullo minores et petala nec calycis 
segmenta stellato-patentia, dum hæc uti petala Н. grandiflori supra 
ovarium inter petala arcte inflexa sunt. —Styli 4-5. 
` Hab. Philippine Islands, Cuming, no. 1109. 
21. H. canvoPHvLLAczuM. Foliis subsessilibus ovalibus obovatisve 
subcrenatis coriaceis glabris, floribus subsessilibus 5-6-meris, calycis 
íubo oblongo-turbinato, segmentis acutis quam petala oyali-oblonga 
vix brevioribus, staminibus ad petala ternis. — B/ackwellia caryophyl- 
lacea, Zoll. et Mor. Verz. p. 33.—Folia per anthesin pauca supersunt, 
novella nondum evoluta ex Мід. 3-pollicaria. ^ Racemi breves con- 
fertiflori. Flores 2 lin. longi. Ovarii pars libera tubo multo brevior. 
Styli 3-4. 
Hab. Java, Zollinger, no. 958. 
22. Н. conDvLANTHUS. Foliis breviter petiolatis ellipticis v. oblongis 
superné dentatis coriaceis glabris, floribus subsessilibus 3—6-meris, 
calycis tubo elongato, segmentis acutis quam petala ovali-oblonga 
paullo brevioribus, staminibus ad petala 3-4.—Cordylanthes frutes- 
cens, Blume, Mus. Bot. vol. ii. p. 28. t. 3. Blackwellia longiflora, Miq. 
Fl. Ned. Ind. vol. i. p. 715. 
Hab. Java, Blume. I have not seen this plant. From Blume's de- 
scription, it scarcely differs from the H. caryophyllaceum except in the 
still longer tube of the calyx. 
Species dubie v. excludende. 
ASTRANTHUS COCHINCHINENSIS, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 225 (Black- 
wellia cochinchinensis, Bl. Mus. Bot. vol. ii. p. 27), is probably not 
distinct from H. fagifolium. 
BLACKWELLIA MOLUCCANA, Bl. Mus. Bot. vol. ii. p. 27, founded upon 
the figure and description in Rumphius, Amb. vol. iii. p. 25. t. 11, 
appears to me scarcely to belong even to the order. 
PvTHAGOREA COCHINCHINENSIS, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 244, has 
been supposed to belong to Blackwellia, but nothing certain can be 
made out of his description. The “ germen medium inter calycem et 
corollam ” and “ Capsula 4-locularis polysperma ” are quite discordant 
with any Homalinee. 
BLACKWELLIA CERASIFOLIA, Vent., DC. Prod. vol. ii. p. 54, has an 
entirely free ovary, with the placentas extending to the base of the 
cavity. It cannot therefore remain in Homalium. It is probably the 
Madagascar genus with a free ovary, alluded to by Brown, 
