Tas. 4539. 
GORDONIA Javanica. 
Javanese Entire-leaved Gordonia. 
Nat. Ord. TeRNSTR@MIACEX.—POLYANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx persistens, nudus v. decidue bracteolatus, pentaphyllus, 
foliolis imbricatis, rotundatis, concavis, subzequalibus. Corolle petala 5, hypo- 
gyna, calycis foliolis alterna, basi subcoalita, obovata v. obcordata, wstivatione 
imbricata. Stamina plurima, hypogyna, pluriseriata, petalorum basibus adhe- 
rentia ; filamenta filiformia, libera v. inferne in fasciculos quinque subcoalita, 
anther introrse, biloculares, oblonge, basi v. supra basim aflixe, erecte v. 
versatiles, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium liberum, quadri-quinquelocu- 
lare. Ovula in loculis 3-5, angulo centrali biseriatim inserta, pendula. Stylus 
simplex, stigma quinquefidum. Capsula ovoidea v. subglobosa, quadri-quinque- 
locularis, loculicide quadri-quinquevalvis, valvis lignosis, medio septa inferne 
column seminiferee abbreviate cohzrentia gerentibus. Semina in loculis 2-4, 
compressa, biseriatim pendula, imbricata, superne in alam membranaceam, ob- 
longam, obtusam producta. Embryo exalbuminosus, rectus ; cotyledonibus ovatis, 
longitudinaliter plicatis ; radicula brevi, supera.—Frutices in Americe borealis et 
Asie tropice et subtropice alpibus indigent ; foliis alternis, breve petiolatis, coria- 
ceis, integerrimis v. crenatis ; pedunculis axillaribus, solitariis, unifloris. Endl. 
Gorponia Javanica; foliis breviter petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis 
glabris integerrimis penninerviis, pedunculis solitariis axillaribus unifloris 
folio brevioribus sub calycem bi-tri-deciduo-bracteato, bracteis spathulatis, 
calycis sepalis ovali-ellipticis concavis parce hirsutis, ovario hirsuto 5-locu- 
lari, stigmatis lobis rotundatis subfoliaceis, capsula pisiformi semi-5-valvi. 
Gorponta Javanica. Hort. Rollison. 
Our Garden is indebted to Messrs. Rollison, of Tooting, for 
the plant of which a specimen is here figured ; and, not being 
able to discover any published species to which it can be re- 
ferred, we retain Messrs. Rollison’s name. It was discovered 
by their collector in Java, probably in the mountains; and 
has much the general habit of Thea or Camellia, when its 
blossoms appear, in August and September. 
Descr. Our plant is about two feet high, branched, and 
generally glabrous. Branches terete. Leaves alternate, ellip- 
tical-lanceolate, coriaceous, evergreen, acuminated, entire, pemni- 
nerved, below tapering into a short petiole. Peduncles solitary, 
axillary, single-flowered, from the base of most of the upper 
OCTOBER Ist, 1850. 
