МБ. 7. MIERS ON THE BARRINGTONIACE Ж. riri 
bus numerosis, imo breviter monadelphis; disco styloque ut in char. gen. ; ovario 
infero, turbinato, 4-loculari, ovulis pluribus axi suspensis. In Australia: v. 8. in 
hb. Mus. Brit. Lizard Island, New South Wales (Banks апа Solander). 
A very distinct species. Branchlets 1-2 thick, singularly marked with crowded 
cicatrices of the fallen leaves; leaves 5-7 in. long, 2-22 in. broad, on petioles 21-33 lines 
long; rachis of spike more than 8 in. long; flowers about 2 in. apart; pedicels 4 line 
long; calyx in bud globose, 4 lines in diameter, lobes very thin and brittle, obtusely 
oblong, little longer than ovary; stamens very numerous, not very long, all anthe- 
riferous. 
14. BuTONICA CEYLANICA, nob.: Barringtonia ceylanica, Gardn.: Barringtonia race- 
mosa, Thwaites (non Linn. nec Roxb.), Enum. 119 (excl. syn. et icon. Wight): 
Stravadium obtusangulum, Bl. in Van Houtte, Fl. Serr. vii. p. 24: ramis crassis, 
pallide brunneis, vel cinereis: foliis in ramulis brevibus congestis, oblongis, apice 
sensim acutis aut in acumen breve subito constrictis, imo cuneatis, crenato-serratis, 
dentibus заре aciculatis, curvatim subplicatis, flaecide chartaceis, supra fusco- 
viridibus, opacis, nervis tenuibus remotiusculis divaricatis еб valde arcuatim nexis, 
venisque transversis reticulatis prominulis, subtus flavide pallidioribus, nervis rufis 
venisque prominentibus ; petiolo subplano, fusco, limbo 24plo breviore: racemis ter- 
minalibus, mox pendulis, folio 2-3plo longioribus ; rachi tetragona, angulis rugosis, 
alternatim spicatiflora; pedicellis fuscis, tenuibus, calyce longioribus; calycis 
limbo ovali-globoso, integre clauso, demum in lobos 3 rotundatos rupto; petalis 4, 
triplo longioribus, oblongis, lateribus revolutis; staminibus, disco styloque ut in 
char. gen.; ovario infero, turbinato, tetragono, 4-loculari, ovulis in quoque loculo 2, 
suspensis: drupa immatura elongato-oblonga, utrinque subacuta, calyce coronata, 
abortu 1-loculari et l-sperma. Іп Indis penins. et Ceylon: v. в. in hb. Hook. et Mus. 
Brit. Ceylon (Thwaites 2682); in hb. Hook. Indis penins. (Rottler). 
This species, peculiar to Southern India and Ceylon, grows in moist situations at an 
altitude of 1500 feet. Its leaves аге 6-8 in. long, 23-3 in. broad, always acute at base, 
upon а broad stout petiole 3-4 lines long, and with about 15 pairs of nerves ; slender 
raceme 19-15 in. long; slight angular pedicels about 1— in. apart and 5-7 lines long ; 
calyx in bud 3-4 lines long ; petals 8-9 lines long, 5 lines broad, internal margin of disk 
more urceolate. The species is distinguishable from Butonica racemosa (to which it has 
been referred) by its smaller, more elliptic, less acuminated leaves, longer petioles, flowers 
smaller, on comparatively longer pedicels, an elongated fruit acute at both extremities : 
it is nearer Butonica intermedia. Mr. Thwaites makes two varieties of this species, 
principally because in the one the calyx is quite closed, and in the other slightly open at 
the apex. This appears to arise from the different ages of the raceme. In the younger 
buds the calyx is of course quite closed; in the more advanced stage the limb begins to 
Open in the apex, and the pedicel lengthens. The thickish limb of the calyx splits irre- 
Sularly nearly to the base into 3 or 4 lobes. Тһе fruit, in section, is seen in one of Mr. 
Thwaites’s specimens ; it appears quite smooth, obtusely oblong, 1$ in. long, + in. 
SECOND SERIES.—BOTANY, VOL. I. M 
