plant was given to us by Mr. Makoy of Liege. It is said 

 to be a native of Pulo Penang ; but I possess fruit-bear- 

 ing specimens, from which the accompanying capsule was 

 drawn, brought to me by Mr. Livingstone from China, 

 where, however, it is probably only cultivated. Much as 

 the general appearance resembles Camellia, the fruit is 

 quite different, and seems to justify Mr. Sweet in consti- 

 tuting a new Genus of it. Endlicher, indeed, refers it to 

 Gordonia, to which it has a near affinity. 



Descr. Shrubby, branched. Leaves alternate, oblong- 

 obovate, obtuse, coriaceous, dark glossy green above, paler 

 below, the margin quite entire, except some of the lower 

 leaves, which are more or less serrated. Petioles short. 

 Flowers clustered upon short, terminal branches, on which 

 the leaves appear to be reduced to foliaceous bracteas. 

 Calyx of five imbricated, ohcordate sepals, with two or 

 three scales at the base, green below, the rest dark brown. 

 Petals large, cream-coloured, broadly -obcordate, nearly 

 equal, with a sixth external and smaller one on the outside, 

 tipped with brown. Stamens numerous. Filaments yellow, 

 united by their bases among themselves, and to the petals. 

 Anthers yellow, oblong, two-celled, opening longitudinally, 

 orange-yellow as well as the pollen. Ovary nearly glo- 

 bose, silky, tapering into a thickened, angular style, as long 

 as the stamens, five-celled : each cell with two rows ot 

 ovules attached to the inner angle. Stigma lobed. Capsule 

 oblong-obovate, brown, marked near the top with five 

 obsolete furrows, very hard and woody, and though, in my 

 specimens, apparently mature, difficult to force open. Seeds 

 with a broad wing above. 



Fig. 1. Pistil. 2. Section of the Germen : magnified. 3. Capsule : nat. 

 size. 4. Seed : magnified. 



