76 MR. J. MIERS ON THE BARRINGTONIACEJE. 
tonia speciosa. From the resemblance of the former, in the form and size of the leaf and 
the size of the flowers, we may infer that it is a made-up drawing, with its details bor- 
rowed from that of Gaudichaud. Тһе analysis of the flower and the fruit are shown in 
Plate XIV. figs. 20-25. 
12. BuroNICA EDULIS, nob.: Barringtonia edulis, Seem. Fl. Vit. p. 82: arborea: foliis 
elliptico-oblongis, apice sensim acutis, infra medium cuneatim angustatis, imo 
rotunde truncatis, marginibus cartilagineis subserratis cum punctis nigris in 
sinibus, flaccide chartaceis, supra pallide viridibus, nervis divaricatis fere recte 
adscendentibus paullo prominulis, venis tenuiter reticulatis, subtus subconcoloribus, 
nervis prominentibus, costa tenui striolata ; petiolo late planato, brevissimo : racemis 
elongatis, pendulis, cinereo-tomentosis; rachi subangulata; floribus sparsis pedi- 
cellatis; calycis limbo primum globoso, clauso, apice mucronulato, cinereo-tomen- 
toso, demum in lobos 3 vel 4 convexe rotundos longitudinaliter nervosos rupto; 
petalis 4, oblongis, utrinque attenuatis, glabris, albis; staminibus petalis longioribus ; 
disco styloque ut in char. gen.; ovario infero, turbinato, 4-loculari, ovulis plurimis 
ab axi superne funiculis suspensis: fructu elongato-oblongo, utrinque obtuso, 
ambitu rotundo (пес 4-gono), eduli. In insulis Oceani Pacifici: v. s. in hb. Mus. 
Brit. et Hook. Fiji, Vutu-kana (Seemann 150), Viti (Seemann); v. fr. in Museo 
Kew. (Seemann). 
A species near B. intermedia, differing in its broader leaves, with dissimilar nerves, its 
tomentose raceme with larger flowers. It is a tree 80-40 feet high, of erect growth; its 
leaves are 9-14 inches long, 34-5 in. broad, on petioles 1-2 lines long and broad; the 
raceme is about 10 in. long; rachis 1 line thick; flowers 1-1 in. apart ; pedicels 2 lines 
long; calycine limb in bud 4 lines in diameter; petals 11 in. long, 5 lines broad ; stamens 
14 in. long: the fruit in Seemann’s specimen is 23 in. long, 14 in broad, crowned by the 
persistent calyx, and distinctly rounded, not acutely 4-gonous, as in the two other 
species growing in the island; the largest he saw, ina more mature state, was 4 in. 
long, 15 in. across, Тһе seed is eaten by the natives either when cooked or in the raw 
state, while in the other species it is poisonous. Seemann wrongly describes the calyx 
to consist of 4 rounded sepals, and did not notice that it is at first globose and entire, 
afterwards splitting into 3 or 4 lobes. It is called vutu-kana or vutu-kata. 
13. Buronica cALYPTRATA, В. Br. MSS., in Benth. Austr. р. 287: ramulis crassis, 
cortice rimoso, e foliis lapsis cicatricibus majusculis creberrimis signatis: foliis 
superioribus mediocribus, reflexis, elongato-oblongis, apice ovatis aut rotundato- 
obtusis, imo sensim angustioribus, late acutis, marginibus tenuibus plicato-undulatis 
vix crenulatis, flaccide chartaceis, supra luride viridibus, in areolis glauco-opacis, 
nervis tenuibus rufulis prominulis reticulatis, subtus ferrugineo-pallidioribus, opacis, | 
_ costa striolata nervisque paullo prominentibus; petiolo compresso, limbo 24plo | 
| breviore: racemo vix terminali; rachi crassiuscula, angulata, striata; floribus | 
brevissime pedicellatis ; calycis limbo primum globoso et integre clauso, rugose | 
costatim nervoso, in lobos 2, dein in 4 rupto; petalis subparvis oblongis; stamini- | 
