MYRTACE^. XXXIV. Jambosa. XXXV. Barringtonia. XXXVI. Stravadium. XXXVII. Gustavia. 



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21 J. Hardwickia; leaves sessile, cordate at the base, ellip- reddish brown ; the seeds of which, mixed with bait, inebriates 

 tic, obtuse; corymbs terminal; peduncles usually 3-flowered; fish in the same manner as C^ccw/m^ /W^'cm^. 



Shewy Barringtonia. Clt. 1785. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



2 B. RACEMOSA (Blum, in litt. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 288.) 

 racemes pendulous, very long ; leaves cuneate-oblong, acumin- 

 ated, serrulated ; fruit bluntly tetragonal, pyramidal, fj • S. 

 Native of Malabar, Moluccas, and Marianne Island, in humid 

 woods. Gaud, in Freyc. voy. part. bot. p. 483. t. 107. Sams- 

 travadi, Rheed. mal. 4. t. 6. Eugenia racemosa, Lin. spec. p. 

 673. Lam. diet. 3. p. 197. 



iJace/wo^e-flowered Barringtonia. Clt. 1822. Tree 30 to 40 ft. 



Cult. Most splendid trees, with large, shewy foliage and 

 flowers, but difficult to cultivate. They require to be kept 

 moist and warm, and the house in which they are grown 

 should never be allowed to fall below 60° of Fahrenheit. A 



flowers sessile on the peduncles ; calycine segments roundish ; 

 stamens exserted. H? . S. Native of the Mauritius. Perhaps 

 a species of Jossinia (v. s* in herb. Lamb.). 



Hardwick^s Rose-apple. Tree. 



22 J. ROTUNDiFOLiA ; corymbs terminal ; leaves roundish, 

 coriaceous, with re volute margins, reticulately veined, glabrous - 

 Tj - S. Native of the Isle of France. Perhaps a species of 

 Jossinia (v. s. in herb. Lamb.). 



Round-leaved Rose-apple. Tree. 



The Eugenia ohlata, E. lancecefoliai and E. lanceolana of 

 Roxb. hort. beng. p. 37. are probably re ferrible to this genus, 

 but they have not yet been described. 



Cult. A genus of fine trees, with large foliage, beautiful 



flowers, and eatable fruit. They thrive well in a mixture of mixture of sand, loam, and peat is a good soil for them. Cut- 

 sand, loam, and peat ; and flower freely when the plants are of tings, taken off" at a joint when the wood is ripe, planted in sand, 

 good size. Ripened cuttings strike root readily in sand, under with a hand-glass over them, root readily. The cuttings should 



a hand-glass. 



Trihe IV. 



not be stripped of any of their leaves. 



XXX VI. STRAVA^DIUM {Tsjeria Samstravadi is the Ma^ 

 labar name of one of the species). Juss. gen. p. 326. D. C. 

 prod. 3. p. 289. — Strav^dia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 30. Meteorus, 

 Lour. coch. — Manichea, Sonn. voy. guin. p. 139. tt. 92, 93. ex 



Juss. 



Lin. syst. 



tonia 



Monadelphiay Polydndria. All as in Barring- 



Ova- 



BARRINGTONIF^ (plants agreeing with the genus Bar- 

 ringtonia in important characters). D. C. diet, class, vol. 11. 

 not. 1826. prod. 3. p. 288. A genus of Lecythtdece^ Rich, et 



Poit. Lobes of calyx 4-6. Petals 4-6. Stamens innumerable, ^^^^^ ^^t,. wnxv^o xi. wiv. ^a**i^ v,* ..^.x. v.^* .. ^v... ^ ^.>- 



equal, disposed in many series ; filaments monadelphous a short rlum^emi-liiloc^^^^^ ^ Fruit oblong, tetragonal. 



way at the base. Fruit baccate or dry, valveless, many-celled. Perhaps only a section of Barringtonia, according to Gsertn. and 

 Cotyledons large and fleshy. — Trees. Leaves dotless, alter- 

 nate, or nearly opposite, or in crowded whorls, quite entire or 



serrated. Flowers in racemes or panicles.' 



XXXV. BARRINGTO^NIA (dediaated to the Honourable 

 Daines Barrington, F.R.S. A.S., &c. an active Fellow of the 

 Society of Antiquaries, and author of several papers in their 

 Transactions). Forst. gen. no. 38. D. C. prod. 3. p. 288. 

 Butonica, Lam. diet. 1. p. 515. Juss. gen. p. 326. — Commer- 

 sonia, Sonn. voy. guin. t. 8, 9. Huttum, Adans. fam. 2. p. 88. 

 — Mitraria, Gmel. syst. p. 799. but notof Cav. 



LiN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polydndria. Tube of calyx ovate ; 

 limb 2, rarely 3-parted ; lobes oval, obtuse, concave, perma- 

 nent. Petals 4, large, coriaceous. Stamens numerous, in many 

 series; filaments filiform, long, free, biit joined together into a 

 short ring at the base ; anthers roundish. Style filiform, length 



stigm 



Urceolus rising from the top of the 



ovarium, and sheathing the base of the style. Ovarium 4- 



Blume. 



1 S. a'lbum (D. C. prod. 3. p. 289.) leaves cuneate-oblong, 

 acuminated, obsoletely serrulated; racemes very long, pendulous; 

 drupe ovate. ^ . S. Native of the Moluccas, in woods on the 

 sea-shore. Rumph. amb. 3. p. 116. Strav^dia alba, Pers. 

 Flowers white. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from Barringtonia 



racemosa. 



White-fiowerei Stravadium. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



2 S. RUBRUM (D. C. 1. c.) leaves cuneate-oblong, acuminated, 

 obsoletely serrulated ; racemes very long, pendulous ; drupe 

 acutely 4-angled. T2 • S. Native of the Moluccas and Malabar, 

 in bogs and watery places. — Rumph. amb. 3. t. 115. — Rheed. 

 mal. 4. t. 7. Eugenia acutangula, Lin. spec. p. C73. Bar- 

 ringtonia acutdngula, Gaertn. fruct. p. 97. t. 111. Stravadia 



rubra, Pers. Flowers red. 



Red-dowered Stravadium. Clt. 1822. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



3 S. cocciNEUM (D. C. 1. c.) leaves ovate-oblong, subserrated ; 



celled ; cells 2-ovulate. Berry large, ventricose at the base, racemes very long, pendulous ; drupe bluntly octagonal. ^ 



pyramidal and tetragonal upwards, crowned by the limb of 

 the calyx, 1 -celled when mature; cell obversely pear-shaped, 

 fibrous, almost putamineous. Seed ovate-globose, pendulous, 

 attenuated upwards. Embryo exalbuminous (Blume), elliptic- 

 globose, having its radicle superior, and confused with the coty- 

 ledons, which are conferruminated, and the embryo is therefore 

 pseudo-monocotyledonous. — Large trees. Leaves crowded, op- \oyx%. 



Native of Cochin-china, in woods. Meteorus coccineus, Lour, 

 coch. p. 410. Flowers scarlet. F^ruit brown. Petals concrete, 

 with the tube of the stamens. 



^'carfeZ-flowered Stravadium. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



4 S. spica'tum (Blum, in litt. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 289.) 



posite 



posed 



in a terminal thyrse ; pedicels furnished with 1 bractea each 



1 B. sPEciosA (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 312.) flowers disposed in an 

 erect thyrse ; leaves shining, cuneate-oblong, obtuse, quite en- 

 tire ; fruit acutely tetragonal, pyramidal. ^ . S. Native of 

 the south of China, Java, Sumatra, the Moluccas, and of 

 the islands in the Pacific Ocean, at the mouths of rivers by the ^f ^^ Island of Nusa-Kambanga^ in woods on the sea-shore. 



:uneate-obIong, acute, serrated; spikes rilitorm, pendu- 

 \l . S.. Native of Java, in the province of Bantam, in the 

 lower woods. Barringtonia spicata, Blum, bijdr. p. 1097. Ca- 

 lyx 4-cleft. The rest unknown. 



Spike-doyiexed Stravadium. Tree. 



5 S. exce'^lsum (Blum, in htt. D. C. prod. 3. p. 289.) leaves 

 oblong, attenuated at both ends, finely serrulated; racemes 

 compound, terminal ; drupe oblong, tetragonal. Pj . S. Native 



sea-side. Blum, bijdr. p. 1096. Gaud, in Freyc. voy. part, 

 bot. p. 483. Butonica, Rumph. amb. 3. p. 114. B. Butonica, 

 Forst. gen. t. 38. Mammea Americana, Lin. spec. p. 737. Com- 

 mersonia, Sonn. voy. guin. 1. p. 14. t. 8. and t. 9. Mitraria Com- 

 tnersonia, Gmel. 1. c. Butonica speciosa, Lam. diet. 1. p. 521. 



Flower 



drupe 



Barringtonia excelsa, Blum, bijdr. p. 1097. Tree 80 feet high. 

 Calyx 4-cleft. The rest unknown. 



TaW Stravadium. Tree 80 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Barringtonia. 



XXXVIL GUST A'VIA (dedicated to Gustavus III. king of 



