78 MR. J. MIERS ON THE BARRINGTONIACE.JE. 
broad, with a pericarp 1 line thick, very different in size and shape from that of 
В. racemosa. 
15. BuronicA CAFFRA, nob.: Barringtonia caffra, E. Mey. MSS.: Barringtonia race- 
mosa, Oliv. (non Bl.) in Flor. Afr. ii. 438 : ramulis crassiusculis, striolatis, fistulosis : 
foliis late vel elliptico-oblongis, apice sensim aut breviter acuminatis, infra medium 
gradatim angustioribus subcuneatis, marginibus cartilagineis subrevolutis, aut 
integris et crenulatis, vel punctis callosis obsolete dentatis, chartaceis, supra lote 
viridibus, nervis tenuibus patentim divaricatis et arcuatim nexis, subtus palli- 
dioribus, costa valida, deorsum sensim incrassata, nervis venisque reticulatis pro- 
minentibus; petiolo semitereti, latiusculo, brevi: racemo terminali, longiusculo, 
pendulo; тасы subtenui angulata, striata; floribus spicatis, speciosis, subsparsis, 
pedicellis brevibus; calycis limbo primum globoso et integre clauso, demum in 
lobos seepius 4 rupto; petalis 4, duplo vel triplo longioribus, oblongo-ovatis; sta- 
minibus, disco styloque ut in char. gen.; ovario infero, turbinato, subtetragono, . 
ruguloso, 4-loculari, ovulis in quoque loculo 2 suspensis : fructu ovato-oblongo, lobis 
calycinis immutatis coronato, obsolete tetragono. In Africa australi: v. s. im Ab. 
Hook. fluv. Zambesi (Miller), fluv. Rovuma (Miller), fl. Luaba (Kirk), Zanguebar 
(Kirk 78), S. Africa (Drége) ; v. fruct. in Mus. Kew. (Kirk 78). 
A large tree, according to Miller, who found it growing along the banks of the Rovuma 
over an extent of twenty miles. It is very distinct from the Indian species В. racemosa. 
The branches are closely covered at the extremities by large leaves, which soon fall off 
and leave large cicatrices at the points of their insertion 3 lines apart; the leaves are 
8-17 in. long, 23-43 in. broad, on petioles seldom more than 1 line long and broad, and 
have about 18 pairs of rather straight divaricating nerves; the raceme is 18-30 in. 
long, the pedicels about 2 in. apart and 2—8 lines long; the calycine limb is globular and 
entire in the bud, is 3—4 lines in diameter, the petals about 9 lines long. Тһе fruit col- 
lected by Dr. Kirk is oval, slightly narrowing at each extremity, obsoletely 4-angled, 
erowned by the unchanged calycine lobes, is 2 in. long, 11 in. broad, and contains а 
single seed, as in other species of this genus. The leaves in Drége’s specimen are longer 
and broader than in the others, and probably may be regarded as a variety. 
16. BuTONICA APICULATA, nob.: ramulis crassiusculis, rugosis, striatis, summo стерге 
foliosis : foliis oblongis, apice in acumen breve acutum subito constrictis, imo cuneatis, 
obtuse et breviter serratis, chartaceis, supra viridibus, nervis tenuibus utrinque 
circiter 10 cum aliis brevioribus interjectis, prominulis, costa tenui, subtus paullo 
pallidioribus, subopacis, costa prominente ; petiolo limbo 15-20plo breviore : racemo 
terminali, brevi; rachi angulata, compressa, striata, opaca ; floribus approximatis, 
breviter pedicellatis ; calyce globoso, integro, demum in lobos 4 rupto ; ovario infero, 
4-loculari, ovulis 2 in quoque loculo suspensis : fructu immaturo oblongo, 4-angulari, 
utrinque subaeuto, lobis calycinis 4 coronato. Іп Madagascar: v. s. in hb. Hook. 
loc. cit. ( Pervillé). 
A species collected by Capt. Pervillé in Madagascar. It is distinguished from the 
