on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part IV. 245 
Rumphius is the Stilago Bunius of Willdenow, the Noeli Tali should be ex- 
punged from the synonyma, and we should refer it to his Antidesma alexi- 
teria; but then that would not be the Antidesma of the Flora Zeylanica, which 
has five stamina; and as this also is quoted, it is impossible to say which 
Willdenow meant. If, indeed, it were certain that the author of the Hortus 
Kewensis was right in quoting the Tsjeriam Cottam (Hort. Mal. v. 21. t.11.) 
for Willdenow’s Antidesma alexiteria, then this could neither be the Noeli 
Tali nor the Antidesma of Linnzeus; nor could it even belong to the same 
natural order, as its flowers have petals. 
In the Hortus Bengalensis (71.) the Noeli Tali is quoted for the Stilago 
Bunius, and I think that I have seen the female plant on the lower hills of 
Nepal, where it is called Patleya Archal. This tree, however, cannot be the 
Stilago Bunius of Willdenow, if he meant either the S. Bunius of Burman or 
the Bunius sativus of Rumphius. It is, however, at least very nearly similar to 
the Antidesma of the elder Burman, and should be, therefore, the 4. zeylanica 
of Willdenow (Sp. Pl. iv. 763.) and M. Lamarck (Enc. Méth. i. 207.). On 
this account, in the catalogue of dried plants given to the library at the India 
House, I have called the specimens 4. zeylanica. Here I shall describe it. 
Arbuscula ramulis pubescentibus. Folia alterna, oblonga, utrinque angustata, 
sed basi nonnunquam obtusa vel etiam emarginata, apicem versus nunc 
dilatata, tunc ibi quam prope basin angustiora, apice acuminata, margine 
subrevoluto integerrima, glabra, costis depressis undulata, venis raris 
reticulata, insipida. Petiolus brevissimus, compressus, canaliculatus, 
nudus. Stipule geminae, persistentes, lineares, acuta, petiolo longiores, 
incurvee. : 
Racemi feeminei axillares vel terminales, simplices vel ramosi, folio szepe lon- 
giores, erecti. Pedicelli solitarii, sparsi, uniflori, flore breviores, rigidi. 
Bractec ad singulos flores solitarize, minutae. Flores minuti, herbacei. 
Calyx cyathiformis ore subquinquedentato. Germen calyce multo majus, 
anceps, ellipticum. Stigmata duo acuta. 
Neque fructum, neque florem masculinum vidi. 
Before leaving this subject, I shall give an account of the Arbor Indica, 
ovali folio, flosculis plurimis in spicis summo ramulo dispositis, acinifera of 
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