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distinction whatevever. This species differs from the preceding in little more than in 
its smaller and narrower leaves, which are 23-5 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, on petioles 1-9 
lines long; the raceme is 9 in. long, the pedicels 1 line, the ovary } line, the sepals 
1 line, and the petals 3—4 lines long. 
8. STRAVADIUM sPICATUM, Blume, in DC. Prodr. iii. 289, et in Van Houtte, Flor. Serr. 
vii. 24: Barringtonia spicata, Blume, Bydr. 1097 ; Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. i. 489; Vriese, 
Ned. Kruidk. Arch. iii. 41: ramulis rugosis, apice erebre foliosis: foliis longe 
ellipticis, apice sensim acutis aut breviter acuminatis, imo cuneatis, irregulariter 
crenato-serratis, dentibus obtusis aut subacutis, intus sepe acute mucronulatis, 
tenuiter chartaceis, supra viridibus, opacis, nervis tenuissimis divaricatis vix pro- 
minulis, venis reticulatis, subtus pallidioribus, opacis, costa striolata nervisque 
prominulis ; petiolo tenui, semitereti, limbo 20plo breviore: racemo terminali, lon- 
gissimo, pendulo, rachi tenui, angulata; floribus spicatis, suberebris vel spar- 
sioribus; pedicellis brevibus; sepalis parvis, ovatis, pallide membranaceis, den- 
ticulis rubellis acutis eiliolatis ; petalis 4, duplo longioribus, oblongis, unguiculatis, 
staminibus styloque ut in char. gen. ; ovario turbinato, tetragono, 2-loculari, ovulis 
in quoque loculo 2, pendulis: fructu (sec. cl. Blume) ellipsoideo, utrinque obtuso, 
tetragono, costato-rugoso. In Тау prov. Bantam, in sylvis paludosis: v. s. in hb. 
Hook. Java (Zollinger 534*), Java (De Vriese, sub Barringtonia spicata); fruct. 
non vidi. 
A species distinct from S. Horsfieldii and S. reticulatum. Its leaves are 3-5 in. long, 
15-2 in. broad, on petioles 4-6 lines long. Their dimensions agree with those given by 
Blume, who adds that they are sometimes (the lower ones ?) 8 in. long and 3 in. broad; 
the slender rachis is 12—15 in. long, with rather small flowers, either sparsely or more 
thickly spicated. Blume asks whether this is the same as the Carya macrostachya 
of Jack, which certainly it is not, as the latter presents a thiek cylindrical rachis, with 
much larger flowers, and belongs to the genus Дохопипа. Miquel, with his usual care- 
lessness, first copies the diagnosis of Blume as to the dimensions of the leaves, but 
afterwards, in contradiction, gives a much smaller size to the leaves—2 in. long, 11-2 in. 
broad, and therefore almost orbicular in shape. 
9. SrRAVADIUM HonsrIELDII, nob.: Barringtonia Horsfieldii, Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1. 489: 
ramulis tenuibus, ligneis, subfistulosis, rugulosis, axillis approximatis : foliis obo- 
vatis, apice rotundatis vel obtusatis et in acumen obtusulum breve latum subito 
constrictis, imo acute cuneatis, inzequaliter serrulato-dentatis, dentibus sepe breviter 
spinuloso-mucronatis, subchartaceis, supra lete viridibus, opacis, nervis tenuissimis 
patule divaricatis paullo prominulis, subtus pallidioribus, nervis venisque reticulatis, 
prominulis; petiolo tenuissimo, semitereti, limbo 8plo breviore : racemo in ramulis 
brevibus alaribus terminali, spicato, folio 6plo longiore; rachi tenui, flexuosa, griseo- 
puberula, pluriflora; floribus alternis, sessilibus, imo bracteola decidua munitis ; 
Sepalis 4, distinctis, rotundatis, subito acutis, denticulatis, puberulis; petalis 4, 
. Ovato-oblongis, marginibus crenulatis 4plo longioribus ; staminibus pluriseriatis, 
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