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А large handsome tree: but there are probably two species here; for Mueller states 
that in one variety the larger perspicuous bracts are wanting, but the minute mem- 
branaceous rounded scales remain. Тһе leaves are 21—51 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, on 
petioles 3—4 lines long; the slender graceful raceme is 18 in. long, with flowers 2-3 
lines apart; pedicels 6 lines long ; bracts 4 lines long, 2 lines broad; sepals 3 lines long ; 
petals 7 lines long; ovary 3 lines long; fruit 11 in. long, $ in. broad, pedicellated, of а 
brownish eolour when dried. 
12. STRAVADIUM RETICULATUM, Bl. in Van Houtte, Flor. Serr. vii. p. 24: Barringtonia 
reticulata, Miq. Fl. Ind. i. 494: Barringtonia acutangula, Korth. (non Gaertn. 
nec Roxb.) in Kruidk. Arch. i. p. 296: ramulis pallide brunneis, opacis, striolatis : 
foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, apice sensim vel breviter acuminatis, imo cuneatim at- 
tenuatis, argute serratis, subcoriaceis, nervis utrinque circa 12 divaricato-adscen- 
dentibus, venis valde reticulatis, costa prominente, subtus pallidioribus ; petiolo sub- 
tenui, supra plano, limbo 10plo breviore: racemo terminali, longe spicato, pendulo, 
folio 4plo longiore ; floribus subapproximatis, pedicellis tenuibus, angulatis ; sepalis 4, 
ovatis, membranaceis, denticulatis, medio crassioribus, pube brevissima asperatis ; 
petalis 4, obovatis, 3plo longioribus, membranaceis, coccineis, integris, unguibus 
tubo staminigero adglutinatis, cæteris ut in char. gen.; ovario ovato, infero, rufulo, 
rigide puberulo, 2-loculari, ovulis in quoque loculo 2, dissepimento pendulis : 
fructu ellipsoideo, calyce coronato, acute 4-angulari, costis rugulosis. Іп Borneo 
in uliginosis et ins. Philippinis : v. s. in hb. Hook. Barmassing (Motley 53, 582, 
120), ins. Phillipin. (Cuming 1835). 
It is described as a small tree, with long slender racemes adorned with scarlet flowers. 
The fruit, which I have not seen, is said to be edible. The leaves are 5—64 in. long, 13-2 
in. broad, on petioles 6-9 lines long; the raceme is 18 in. long, with a slender subcom- 
pressed rachis, slender pedicels 3 lines long ; the sepals are 1 line long ; petals 3 lines 
long; stamens 4 lines long: the disk on its inner margin has a-sharp elevated edge. 
In Blume’s account there is a mistake in the length of the petioles, which are 3-3 in., 
as Miquel rightly states. 
13. STRAVADIUM SERRATUM, nob.: Barringtonia serrata, Miq. ТІ. Ned. Ind. i. р. 488; 
Walp. Ann. iv. 851: foliis lanceolato-oblongis, apice in acumen breve obtuse acutum 
constrictis, imo cuneatis, marginibus imum versus repando-dentatis, summum versus 
subremote et argute spinuloso-serratis, flaccide chartaceis, nervis inferioribus tenui- 
oribus patulis, reliquis validis et erecto-patulis, venis reticulatis : racemis elongatis, 
subpendulis ; pedicellis sepalorum longitudine dupla; sepalis obtuse rotundatis et 
denticulatis ; petalis flavido-roseis; ovario turbinato, tetragono, angulis prominulis. 
In Java,prov. Tjimarra : non vidi. 
The leaves are 12-17 in. long, 31—44 in. broad, on petioles 13-2 lines long; length of 
raceme not given; pedicels 6 lines long; sepals 3 lines long; number of cells in ovary 
not stated. From its ciliated sepals, we may infer that it belongs to Stravadium. 
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