70 MR. J. MIERS ON THE ВАВВГУСТОМТАСЕЖ. 
5. BuTONICA RUBRA, nob.: Butonica Tsjeria Saamstravadi, Rheede, Hort. Malab. part iv. 
р. 15, tab. 7: Eugenia acutangula, Linn. (in parte), Sp. Pl. 1. 471: Stravadium 
rubrum, DC. (in parte), Prodr. iii. 989: Stravadia rubra, Pers. (in parte), Ench. i. 
30: Barringtonia rubra, Bl. in Van Houtte, Fl. Serr. vii. 28: arbor alta, ramulis 
pallide brunneis, lignosis, angulatis, rugulosis: foliis approximatis, ellipticis, apice 
in acumen acutum subito constrictis, infra medium spathulato-angustatis, circa 
petiolum repente rotundato-truncatis, obsolete et obtuse serratis, chartaceis, supra 
seepe pallidissimis, albidule opacissimis, aut pallide viridibus, nervis patenti-divari- 
catis venisque transversim reticulatis vix prominulis, costa plana, tenuiter carinata, 
et imo subdilatata, subtus pallidis, opacis, costa striolata nervisque prominulis; 
petiolo latiusculo, supra plano, subtus convexo et striolato, limbo 20plo breviore: 
racemo terminali, longissimo, pendulo, remote plurifloro ; floribus tenuiter pedi- 
cellatis ; calycis limbo mediocri, globoso, demum in lobos 8-4 oblongos subcoriaceos 
parallele nervosos opace granulosos rupto; petalis 4, duplo vel triplo longioribus, 
oblongis, purpureis ; staminibus, disco styloque ut in char. gen. ; ovario infero, turbi- 
nato, 4-loculari, ovulis in quoque loculo 2 suspensis: fructu oblongo, utrinque rotun- 
dato, calyce coronato, sub-4-gono, angulis rotundatis, abortu 1-loculari et mono- 
spermo; pericarpio crassissimo; semine cylindrico. Іп penins. Ірі: v. s. in hb. 
Hook. Quilon (Wight 1064), Concan (Horter); in hb. Soc. Linn. hort. Cale. cult. 
(Wall. Cat. 3634 с). 
This is a second exclusively Indian species, sufficiently well described by Rheede, 
which has been strangely confounded with Rumphius’s B. terrestris from Amboyna and 
Java, and also with Stravadiwm acutangulum, by all botanists. The mistake originated 
with Linnzeus, who confounded Rumphius’s plant with Hermann’s, and was unacquainted 
with any of the plants mentioned by him as synonyms. It is, however, a well-marked 
species. Rheede describes it as a tall tree; but his drawing of a fruit-bearing branch, 
being reduced to half its due proportions, renders it difficult of recognition. It differs, 
however, from B. terrestris in its much shorter and much broader leaves; and its fruit, 
though somewhat similar, is longer and narrower. It differs from В. racemosa for the 
same reasons. It bears no resemblance whatever to Stravadiwm acutangulum. Its 
leaves, about 2 in. apart, аге 63—83 in. long, 31—4 in. broad, on petioles 4-5 lines long; 
the slender raceme is 28-86 in. long; the slender pedicels, 1 in. apart, are 3 lines long; 
the calycine limb is globular and entire in the bud, 5 lines in diameter, soon splitting 
into 3 equal lobes ; the petals are 9 lines long; the outer series of filaments are 11 lines 
long, the inner series being gradually shorter. The fruit, as shown іп Rheede’s drawing. 
when restored to its proper size, would be 32 in. long, 11 in. broad, of an oblong shape. 
rounded at both ends, quadrately cylindrical, with obtuse angles, with a thick pericarp 
enclosing a cylindrical nucleus, said to be of a sweetish taste at first, but afterwards 
having an unpleasant bitter flavour. Тһе fruit in its natural dimensions is shown in 
Plate XIV. fig. 2, the flower in fig. 1. 
6. Вотом1сА АТАТА, nob. : Barringtonia alata, Wall. Cat. (non Miq.); Griffith, Notule, 1 
iv. p. 636; Icon. Pl. Asiat. tab. 636. figs. 1-6 (in errore sub Barringtonia conoidea) : 3 
