68 MR. J. MIERS ON THE BARRINGTONIACE./E. 
3. Вгтохтса RuMPHIANA, nob.: Butonica, Rumph. Amb. v. сар. 29, р. 179, tab. 114 
Lam. Encyl. i. 521 (excl. synon.): Barringtonia speciosa, Gaertn. (non Forst.), 
De Fruct. ii. p. 96, tab. 101 (excl. synon.); Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 636; ВІ. (іп parte), 
Van Houtte, Fl. Serr. vii. p. 23: Barringtonia racemosa auct. (in parte): Com- 
mersona, Sonnerat, Voy. Guin. p. 14, tab. 8 et 9: Mitraria Commersoni, Gmelin, 
Syst. p. 799: Fructus peregrinus tetragonus, Clus. Exot. lib. 2. cap. 5: Stravadium 
rubrum, DC. (in parte), Prodr. iii. 289: arbor, ramulis cinereis, apice crebre foliosis; 
foliis majusculis, elongato-oblongis, apice sensim angustioribus et breviter acuminatis, 
infra medium gradatim angustioribus, et imo rotundiuscule truncatis, margine ser- 
rulatis, supra profunde viridibus, nervis tenuibus costaque subimmersis, subtus 
pallidioribus, costa nervisque valde prominentibus; petiolo semitereti, limbo 70plo 
breviore: racemo elongato, pendulo, pruinoso; floribus speciosis, sparsis; pedicellis 
subbrevibus, bractea foliosa valde caduca munitis; calyce mediocri, globoso, demum 
in lobos 2, dein in 4 rupto; petalis 4, duplo longioribus, oblongis, concavis, albis; 
staminibus, disco styloque ut in char. gen.; ovario turbinato, 4-loculari, ovulis in 
quoque loculo 2 appensis: drupa mitreeformi, infra medium obtuse 4-angulata, 
superne sensim angustata, imo truncata et umbilicata, extus rubra, aut sicca fla- 
vescente, nitida, lobis calycinis immutatis coronata. In insulis Archip. Asiat. et in 
Siam; v. s. pl. in hb. Hook. Siam (Schomburgk); v. fr. s. іп Mus. Brit. 
This is described by Rumphius as а lofty tree growing near the sea-shore, throwing out 
many spreading branches after the manner of Terminalia Сарра, with leaves 16-18 in. 
long, 41-6 in. broad, on a petiole 12 line long and half that breadth, all much reduced 
in his drawing. 
In Sonnerat's drawing the flowers expanded, 2 inches in diameter, are 3 lines apart, 
on a stout rachis 3 in. long, with bracts 1i in. long, 1 in. broad ; pedicels 3 lines long; 
lengthening with the growth of the fruits, when they bend backwards; calyx in bud 
globose, 6 lines in diameter, splitting into four persistent lobes; petals 8 lines long; 
stamens 1 inch long. 
The drawing of Rumphius agrees with that of Sonnerat as to the size n shape of the 
fruit, and is identical with that of the Barringtonia speciosa of Gaertner (non Forst.) in 
his plate 101; it 15 2} in. long, 21 in. broad, with quadrate sides, 4 obtuse angles, gra- | 
dually contracting into a narrow neck at the summit, where it is crowned by the per- - | 
sistent calyx. Rumphius describes the seed as germinating within the fruit as it lies 00 
the sea-shore, when a new shoot or stemlet first protrudes from the end, close to the pedicel, 
while a new rootlet is emitted from the apex, just as Roxburgh figures it in В. race- | 
mosa, He also mentions a kindred species from Celebes, where the fruit is the size of à | 
child’s head. Sonnerat, who gives a good account of this plant, which he found at Pulo 
Penang, says that its fruit is frequently found at sea, floating between the islands. 
_ Schomburgk’s specimens are referred to this species, because they agree in the size and | 
shape of its leaves, which are 7-103 in. long, 3-4} in. broad, on a petiole 1-14 line long; | 
the raceme is about 9 in. long, with flowers about 4 in. apart; the globular calyx in bud | 
is 5 lines in diam., splits first into two, then into 4 pom the petals are 9 lines long, the E 
ovary 4-celled. For the structural characters of this species see Plate XIII. 
