MR. J. MIERS ON THE ВАВБВІХСТОМТАСЕ Ж. 67 
stravadi, Rheede, Hort. Mal. iv. р. 11, tab. 6; Willd. Sp. РІ. ii. 966 (excl. syn.); sine 
nomine, Hermann, icon. ined. tab. 212, 213 & 239: Barringtonia racemosa, Bl. 
(non Gaud.) in DC. Prodr. Ші. 288 (excl. syn.) ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 634 (exclus. syn. 
in parte); W. & A. Prodr. Fl. Ind. i. 133 (excl. syn.); Wight, Illustr. p. 19; Wight, 
Icon. tab. 152 (excl. fruct. fig.); Hook. Bot. Mag. tab. 3831; Wall. Cat. 3684 р; 
Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. (excl. var. 8), p. 119: arbor alta, ramosa, trunco recto ; 
ramis crassis, cylindricis, e foliorum lapsu crebre cicatricatis; ramulis tenuibus 
pendentibus : foliis lanceolato-oblongis, infra medium ad basin gradatim angustatis, 
apice sensim longe acuminatis, marginibus subrevolutis, crenulato-serratis, tenuiter 
chartaceis, supra viridibus, nervis subpateutibus arcuatim nexis prominulis, venis 
transversim reticulatis, costa plana, imo latiore, subtus flavide opacis, nervis promi- . 
nentibus ; petiolo latiusculo, supra sulcato, late marginato, rubro, limbo 60plo bre- 
viore : racemo terminali, pendulo, glaberrimo, rachi valida, longa, spicatim multiflora ; 
floribus speciosis, breviter pedicellatis; pedicellis imo bractea minuta caduca munitis ; 
calyce globoso, demum in lobos 3-4 rupto; petalis acute obovatis triplo longioribus, 
marginibus retroflexis, flavidis; staminibus rubris, disco, styloque ut in char. gen. ; 
ovario infero, turbinato, acute 4-gono, 2-3-loculari, ovulis plurimis in quoque loculo, 
ab axi radiantibus: drupa majuscula, obverse obovata, apice sensim coaretata, ubi 
4-suleata et calyce coronata; pericarpio crassissimo, extus viridi; mesocarpio albido, 
demum brunnescente, spongioso; endocarpio fibris lignosis tecto, abortu 1-loculari 
et monospermo; semine magno, oblongo, utrinque acuto, appenso, homogeneo, ab 
utraque extremitate germinante. In Indie peninsula: v. pl. s. in hb. Soc. Linn. 
Sundriban (Wall. Cat. 3634 A) ; hb. Finlayson (Wall. Cat. 3634 D). 
This is described by Rheede as a tree of vast size, growing in moist woods, and by 
Roxburgh as a lofty tree, with a head of many spreading branches; its trunk gives a 
dense wood of a yellowish white colour; its leaves are 3-15 in. long, 13-4 in. broad, on a 
broad petiole 3—4 lines long. Тһе rachis of the raceme is 2 feet long, and expands to 
a width of 11-2 in., with flowers 4—2 in. apart, on pedicels 3-6 lines long; calycine 
lobes after expansion 4 lines long; енің 9 lines long, 4 lines broad, white; filaments 
13 in. long, white, agglutinated at base into a tube 3 lines long. The drawing of Her- 
mann agrees with that of Rheede as to the size and shape of the fruit, which is 3 in. 
long, 21 in. broad; that in Roxburgh's figure is similar in shape, 2$ in. long, 2 in. broad 
below the middle, and shows the seed germinating within the регісагр, throwing out a 
young stem from the extremity near the pedicel, and a rootlet from the apex of the fruit— 
а development analogous to that described by Rumphius in Butonica Rumphiana; it 
Shows that the seed must be suspended, and that the plumular extremity of the neorhiza 
points to the base of the fruit. A very good representation of the plant is given by Sir 
William Hooker, drawn from a specimen cultivated in Liverpool, and received from Bom- 
bay. In three years’ time, when 8 feet high, it yielded flowers in a raceme 28 in. long. 
Linnzeus first described the species in his Ceylon Flora, on a plant not seen by him, 
upon the drawings of Hermann’s Ceylon plants, and again in his Sp. Plant. по. 5, where 
he considered it to be identical with Rheede's Malabar Saamstravadi, tab. 7. 
