MR. 7. MIERS ON THE BARRINGTONIACE Ж. 81 
2. STRAVADIUM OBTUSANGULUM, Blume, іп V. Houtte, Fl. Serr. vii. p. 24 (excl. syn.) : 
Barringtonia obtusangula, Miq. Flor. Ned. Ind. i. 491: Barringtonia acutangula, 
Thwaites (non Gaertn.) (in parte), Enum. p. 119: ramulis brunneis, remote lenti- 
cellatis: foliis oblongo-elliptieis, apice obtusis, raro vix acutioribus, imo sensim 
cuneatis, retuse serratis, dentibus obtusis, subrigide chartaceis, supra fusco-viridibus, 
costa tenui, nervis subadscendentibus venisque granulatis valde reticulatis prominen- 
tibus, subtus ferrugineo-opacis, costa nervisque prominentibus ; petiolo fusco, sulcato, 
late marginato, limbo 12plo breviore: racemo terminali, spicato, folio longiore; 
rachi tenui, subflexuosa, angulata, glauco-pruinosa; floribus subparvis, subapproxi- 
matis, pedicellatis ; sepalis 4, rotundatis, carnosis, margine membranaceo minute 
dentieulatis; petalis 4, oblongis; ovario infero, turbinato, acute 4-angulato, rugu- 
1050, fusco: fructu (sec. ВІ.) elongato-ellipsoideo, utrinque subattenuato, obtuse 
tetragono, angulis incrassatis. In Ceylonia: v. s. in hb. Mus. Brit. Thwaites, 1592: 
Sruct. non vidi. 
This species differs from the preceding in its longer, broader, more obversely elliptic, 
much darker, more glabrous leaves, of very different aspect. "They are 3-5 in. long, 
15-2 in. broad, on petioles 3—4 lines long; its raceme is 3-10 in. long; flowers 2-3 lines 
apart, sometimes more aggregated, upon pedicels 1-2 lines long; sepals $ line long; 
petals 2 lines long. Thwaites’s specimen agrees well with Blume’s description, drawn 
from a Ceylon plant collected by Royer. Miquel states in a haphazard way that it is iden- 
tical with the Planchonia valida of Blume, which, according to the former, is merely a 
form of Planchonia sundiaca. This cannot be admitted; but it offers another proof of 
the continual contradictions between Miquel and Blume which serve to mislead us. 
3. STRAVADIUM DEMISSUM, nob.: arbor demissa; ramulis tenuibus, pallide brunneis, 
» striatis, apice confertim foliiferis: foliis elliptico-oblongis, seepe subplicatim recur- 
vulis, apice obtusatim acutis, imo sensim cuneatis, margine cartilagineo vix reflexo 
leviter sinuato-serratis, dentibus obtusis intus mucronulatis, firme chartaceis, supra 
_ opace viridibus, sub lente minutissime granulosis, nervis remotiusculis subadscen- 
dentibus semiimmersis reticulatis, costa tenui, subtus pallidis, opacis, sepe de- 
albatis, costa, nervis venisque albescentibus et prominulis; petiolo semitereti, mar- 
ginato, imo sæpe crassiore, limbo 12plo breviore : racemo terminali, sæpe longis- 
simo, pendulo; rachi tenuissima, fusca, striolata, spicatiflora ; floribus pro genere 
majoribus, sparsis, pedicellis bractea longiore refracta cuneato-lanceolata acute 
denticulata membranacea glabra munitis ; sepalis 4, rotundato-ovatis, fuscis, sparse 
puberulis, marginibus membranaceis, ciliolatis; petalis 4, quintuplo longioribus, 
oblongo-obovatis, membranaceis, carneo vel pallide rubellis, extus subpruinosis. 
unguibus tubo staminigero extus adglutinatis ; ovario infero, turbinato, acute tetra- 
gono, 2-loculari, ovulis in quoque loculo 2, apice suspensis : fructu immaturo oblongo, 
imo obtuso, apice calyce coronato, acute quadrato, angulis subcrenatis, abortu 
1-loculari et monospermo. In Malacca et in insulis Malayensibus: v. s. in herb. 
Hook. Assam (Masters 363), Tenasserim et Andaman (Helfors 2422-2425) Ma- 
lacca (Griffith), Malay penins. (Griffith 74), hort. cult. Cale. (Griffith 2425), 
