ACANTHUS voLUBILIS. Tab. 172. 
Fruticosa, volubilis, levis, inermis ; foliis oblongo-obovatis, integerrimis. 
Aquifolium indicum, femina, Rumph. Amb. vol. 6. p. 163. tab. 71. fig. 2. ? 
Crescit in æstuariis Gangis et fluminum Martabaniæ, ubi floret sub pluviis. Ad litora æstuariorum Java et insu- 
larum Moluccarum, Rumphius. 
Frurex 2-pedalis, levis. Rami subdichotomi, volubiles, cylindrici. Forra obovata, vel oblongo-obovata, obtusa, integerrima, basi 
attenuata, patentia, opposita, interstitiis longiora, inferiora subterna, 3—5-pollicaria, subcarnosa, suprà convexa, lucida, subtüs pallida, 
costa elevatà, nervis remotis, oppositis, subtransversis, ad marginem arcuato-anastomosantibus, subavenia. PerioLus unguicularis, suprà 
sulcatus. Spica terminalis. Frores magni, ex albo dilutissimè lutescentes, numerosi, oppositi, approximati, sessiles, spicam formantes 
terminalem vel axillarem oblongam, 6-pollicarem. PEDUNCULUS communis brevis, uti rachis cylindricus. Catyx 4-phyllus, inaequalis, 
suffultus bracted oblonga, ciliata, decidua; foliola lanceolata, acuta, concava. CorouLa pollicaris; tubus brevissimus, gibbosus; labium 
magnum, recurvato-patentissimum, 3-lobum ; lobi rotundati, parvi, intermedius lateralibus minor. Sramina didynama ; anthere magne, 
nutantes, loculis anticé cano-barbatis. 
Plate CLXXII. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx, dissected. 3. Corolla. 
PYRUS INDICA. Tab. 173. 
UmseLLULIS sessilibus, paucifloris ; foliis ovatis vel ovato-cordatis, (in juniore planta lobatis,) acutis, serrulatis, 
glabris; unguibus petalorum calyce brevioribus ; stylis basi villosis.—MSS. Colebr. 
Habitat in montosis Sillet Bengalæ orientalis confinibus, florens Martio, fructifera sub pluviis. 
Annon erecta, parva, cortice fusco. Rawr patentes. Fout sparsa, glabra, ovata, vel ovato-cordata, acuta, arguté serrulata, 2—3-pol- 
licaria, in plantis novellis lobata. PertoLus teres, villosus, semipollicaris. SriruLa filiformes, longitudine petiolorum. UMBELLE 
axillares, simplices, sessiles, pauciflore. Penuncuzx villosi, petiolis longiores, bracteis suffulti stipulis simillimis. FLores albi, 3 vel 4 in 
singula umbella. Lacmiæ perianthii 5-partiti ovatæ, acuminate, utrinque villosæ. PETALA ovata, patentia, unguibus calyce brevioribus. 
STAMINA 30—50, corollæ longitudine. Ovarrum ovatum, villosum. Sryur 5, basi villosi, ceeterüm glabri, clavati, omninò distincti. 
Pomum rotundato-ovatum, basi levitèr retusum, vertice vix depressum, glabrum, e viridi flavum, maculis aurantiacis conspersum, 
2-pollicare. 
For the above description, and for the drawing from which the engraving was made, I am indebted to Mr. Cole- 
brooke, who observes, that the fruit has an austere taste, in a less degree however than the crab-apple of England, 
with some flavour of the quince. 
Plate CLXXIII. Fig. 1. Ripe fruit. 2. 3. 'The same, opened. 4. Leaf of the young plant. 
QUERCUS SEMICARPIFOLIA. Tab. 174. 
Forns obovato-oblongis, obtusis, indivisis, integerrimis, undulatis, basi retusis, subtus stellato-pubescentibus, nervis 
costáque valdé exstantibus ; fructibus axillaribus terminalibusque, solitariis vel geminatis, subsessilibus, glande ovatå, 
umbonatà, levi, cupulá imbricato-squamosá, villosà dupló longiore. 
Quercus semicarpifolia, Smith in Cyclopædia Reesiana, in loco. 
Quercus Banja, Herb. Hamilt. e Napalia. | 
Nomina Napaliensia, Ghisee et Cusroo. 
Crescit in montibus altissimis. Napaliæ, florens mense Aprilis, fructifera Septembre. E Kamaon misit Robertus 
Colquhoun, Baronetus. 
This noble tree has been well described by the late illustrious President of the Linnean Society, from specimens 
collected by Dr. Hamilton; but as these had no fructification, I shall here add an account of it. “The male flowers 
form slender, crowded, flaccid and pendulous tomentose aments, occupying the apex of the new branches, and 
