MR. J. MIERS ON THE BARRINGTONIACEA. 13 
lari: fructu oblongo-ovato, utrinque angustiore, 4-gono, obtuse angulato, breviter 
stipitato, calyce coronato; pericarpio roseo, carnosulo, abortu monospermo ; semine 
ovali, apice acutiore, funieulo brevi sub apicem suspenso; testa parallele pluri- 
nervoso; embryone valde oleaginoso, eduli. In insulis Philippinis et Formosa: v. 
pl. sic. іп hb. Mus. Brit. Formosa (Oldham 115). 
This is described by Sonnerat as a tree growing in moist places at Sambouangue and 
elsewhere. Oldham's specimen from the adjoining island of Formosa agrees well with 
Sonnerat's drawing in plate 92, where the plant is represented in one third of its natural 
size, judging from the comparative dimensions of the calyx there shown—and in his plate ` 
93, where it and the fruit are drawn in their proper dimensions. The leaves in Oldham's 
plant agree in shape and size with those of Sonnerat, restored to their full size: these 
are 83-9 in. long, 23-3 in. broad, on shortish petioles. Тһе raceme, restored to its due 
size, is 9 inches long, bearing about 12 alternate flowers, on slender pedicels 6 lines long ; 
the lobes of the calyx are 4 lines long, 21 lines broad. Тһе fruit, shortly stipitate, is 31 
in. long, 2 in. in diameter, with a rose-coloured subfleshy pericarp; its single seed is 21 
in. long, 11 in. broad ; according to Sonnerat, it is very oleaginous and edible, forming 
one of the best fruits of the island, where it is called Jam rosata. The fruit is shown 
in Plate XIV. fig. 17. 
9. BUTONICA INTERMEDIA, nob.: Barringtonia intermedia, Vieillard, Bull. Soc. Linn. 
Normand. vol. x. p. 4: Barringtonia racemosa, Seem. (non Bl.), Flor. Viti. p. 683: 
Eugenia racemosa, Forst. (non Linn. пес DeCand.), Prodr. Fl. Austr. 39; Vieillard 
l.c. p. 9: arbuscula: foliis summo ramulorum dense confertis, lanceolato-oblongis, 
apice acutis, infra medium spathulato-angustatis, ad basin arctatam truncato-rotun- 
datis, margine grosse crenatis vel obtuse serratis, conduplicatis, glabris, supra pallide 
viridibus, nervis subpatentibus paullo prominulis intra marginem arcuatim nexis, 
costa tenui, deorsum sensim incrassata, subtus pallidioribus, nervis cum aliis inter- 
mediis brevibus venisque valde reticulatis prominentibus, costa valida in petiolum 
brevissimum latum desinente: racemo terminali, pendulo, folio 3-4plo longiore; 
raehi subtenui, angulata, striata, pruinosa, basin versus bracteolata, mox sparse 
florifera; floribus mediocribus; pedicellis tenuibus, 4-gonis, nutantibus, imo brac- 
teola lineari-lanceolata caducissima munitis; calycis limbo primum globoso, mucro- 
nato, integre clauso, demum in lobos 3—4 inæqualiter rupto; petalis 4, crassiusculis, 
albido-violaceis; staminibus numerosissimis, imo monadelphis, interioribus вере 
anantheris; ovario infero, turbinato, 4-gono, 4-loculari, ovulis in quoque loculo 4, 
pendulis: fructu oblongo, utrinque subalatim 4-angulato ; pericarpio coriaceo, sub- 
tenui. In insulis Neo-Caledonia et Vitiensibus : v. 8. in hb. Hook. Масар (Vieillard 
2239), Kanalak (De Planche 86,87); in hb. Mus. Brit. New Caledonia (Forster 
sub Eugenia racemosa), New Caled. (Anderson sub Е. racemosa), Fiji ins. Taviuni 
(Seemann 149). 
А tree 10-20 feet high, according to Vieillard, found in maritime places or in running 
streams on the sea-coast (Seemann). The leaves in all the above specimens resemble 
each other in their shape and venation, varying from 10 to 15 in. long, 24-34 in. broad, on 
