66 MR. J. MIERS ON THE BARRINGTONIACEJE. 
e foliorum lapsu cicatricatis: foliis majusculis, elongato-oblongis, apice sensim aut 
repentius acuminatis, infra medium subeuneatis, imo acutis vel circa petiolum 
anguste rotundato-truncatis, marginibus cartilagineis undulato-revolutis, crenato- 
serratis, chartaceis, supra viridibus, opacis, sub lente impresso-rugulosis, nervis 
tenuibus arcuatim nexis prominulis, reticulatis, subtus pallide brunnescentibus, 
minutissime granulatis, costa striolata imo sensim crassiore, nervisque pallidissimis 
prominulis; petiolo crasso, semitereti, limbo 12—20plo breviore: racemis elongatis, 
pendulis, minute velutinis, floribus speciosis subsparsis, pedicellis imo articulatis et 
2-bracteolatis; calycis limbo subparvo, globoso, demum in lobos 3-4 rupto; petalis 
4, fere triplo longioribus, oblongis, lateribus retroflexis, carnosulis, albis ; staminibus, 
disco styloque ut in char. gen.; ovario infero, subcylindrico, 8-sulcato, 4.-loculari, 
ovulis in quoque loculo 2 apice suspensis: fructu ovali, utrinque rotundato, obsolete 
4-сопо, calyce coronato, abortu 1-loculari et monospermo ; pericarpio viridi, crassis- 
simo; endocarpio coriaceo, extus fibris lignosis tecto; testa tenui, cum raphe ramosa 
parallele nervosa; embryone mesopodo, solide eburneo, 4—8-suleato. Іп Malacca et 
ins. Archipel. Asiat. in fluviatilibus : v. s. in hb. Hook. Mergui (Griffith), Malacca 
(Maingay 760); in hb. Soc. Linn. Sincapore (Wall. Cat. 36328), Penang (Wall. 
Cat. 3684 в et 3634 D), in hort. Sundriban cult. (Wall. Cat. 3634 A). 
The above specimens agree well with the description by Rumphius of his Butonica 
alba, the drawing of which in his plate 116 is on a scale so reduced as to give little idea of 
its character, all the parts being diminished to one fifth of their natural size. Griffith’s 
plant quite accords with the description; but in his plate the leaves and flowers are 
reduced to half their natural size; his manuscript details are very good and ample, and 
the analysis of the flower in its natural size is quite complete; his figs. 18—17 show sec- 
tions of the ovary, much magnified. Rumphius says Из. leaves are 18 in. long, 5-6 in. 
broad, with obsoletely crenulate margins, pallidly fuscous below, with raised white nerves; 
racemes 2—3 feet long; calyx divided into lobes; white petals, white stamens, red- 
dish at base; fruit pome-shaped, 3 in. long, 2 in. broad, deep green colour, marked by 
areolar impressions; nucleus white, not edible. 'The above diagnosis is framed upon 
Griffith's specimen and drawing; here the leaves are 102—121 in. long, 4-5 in. broad, on 
thick petioles 3-4 lines long (shown half size in his drawing); raceme 1-2 feet long, 
slender pedicels 4-6 lines long ; bracts nearly 1 in. long, very caducous; calyx globular in 
the bud, and 4 lines in diam., splitting at first into 2, then into 4 lobes; petals 10 lines 
long, 5 lines broad; the oval fruit is 3 in. long, 2 in. broad, with a pericarp 2-3 lines 
thick; seed oblong, tapering to its suspended summit, 15 lines long, 10lines broad. This 
seed appears represented in some of the figures of Griffith's plate 634, there being no 
room for it in his plate 635 (see under Careya spherica). In the memorandum attached 
to his specimen, he says the solitary seed is suspended, with a very thick coriaceous 
integument, is sulcate outside; its embryo is homogeneous, agreeing with the figures 
above mentioned. Its analysis is shown in Plate XIII. 
JTONICA RACEMOSA, Juss. Gen. 326 (excl. syn.) : Eugenia racemosa, Linn. Sp. РІ. 673; 
n так 191 me syn); Lam. Dict. iii. 197 (excl. syn.): Jambos sylvestris Saam- 
