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drupa ellipsoidea, levi. In Java: v. pl. s. in hb. Hook. in hort. Bogor. cult. (De 
Vriese), eodem loco ( Benedyk, sub P. undulata) ; fruct. non vidi. 
The leaves have а reddish hue; they vary in size, 3-81 in. long, 13—4 in. broad, on a 
decurrent petiole 2-4 lines long; they have about 20 pairs of closely parallel nerves. 
The ovary is 2 lines long, the sepals 3 lines long, the petals 9 lines long, 4 lines broad, 
the many-seried stamens somewhat longer. 
3. PLANCHONIA NITIDA, Bl. in Van Houtte, Fl. Serr. iv. p. 24 (exel. synon.) : foliis elliptico- 
oblongis vel ellipticis, apice acutis, acuminatis aut obtusis, imo cuneatis, margine 
insequaliter sinuato-serratis, chartaceis, supra nitidis; petiolo limbo 9-12plo breviore : 
inflorescentia ignota: drupa ellipsoidea, levi. Іп insulis Sundaicis: non vidi. 
This species must not be confounded with the Barringtonia nitida, Miq., which is a 
Stravadium. There is nothing in the above laconic description to show that it belongs 
to Planchonia. Its identity with Blume's original Gustavia valida cannot be admitted, 
as the more accurate Hasskarl has given so excellent a character of the latter plant. It 
must therefore be considered a very doubtful species of Planchonia. Blume says that 
its leaves are 3-84 in. long, 12—4 in. broad, on petioles 3-8 lines long. 
4. PLANCHONIA TETRAPTERA, nob: Gustavia alata, Spanag. in Linn. xv. 204: Myrtus 
alata, Zeppell, 2. e. 204: Barringtonia acutangula, Spanag. 1. е. 204: Planchonia 
timoriensis, var. alata, Miq. in Fl. Ind. Ned. i. p. 493: JPlanchonia timorensis, Bl. 
in Van Houtte, Fl. Serr. vii. p. 25: ramulis junioribus alato-angulatis; foliis majus- 
culis lanceolato-oblongis vel oblongo-ellipticis, apice in acumen breve obtusum 
apiculatis, imo cuneatis et in petiolo late decurrentibus, margine irregulariter 
crenatis, dentibus lateraliter mucronulatis; petiolo alato, marginibus in ramulo 
decurrentibus, limbo 8-12plo longiore: inflorescentia ignota: drupa ovoidea vel 
ellipsoidea, Ігеуі. Іп ins. Timor: non vidi. 
It is better to change the specific name alata, that the species may not be confounded 
with Barringtonia alata, Wallich. Blume referred this species to his Planchonia timori- 
ensis, which he considered to be the same as the Gustavia alata of Spanaghoe, from Timor, 
with which the Myrtus alata of Zippel was regarded as identical: we recognize the same 
species in Miquel’s var. alata of Blume’s Planchonia timorensis. The species is distin- 
guished by the broadly winged angles of its branches. The leaves, according to Blume, 
are 32-8 in. long, 2-31 in. broad, on petioles 6-18 lines long, some of the leaves growing 
to а length ‘of 17 in. according to Miquel. Miquel’s variety bimensis may probably 
be a distinct species. ы 
5. PLANCHONIA ELLIPTICA, nob.: ramulis brunneis, opacis, striolatis: foliis ellipticis, 
apice obtusis et in acumen breve subito constrictis, imo cuneatis, marginibus carti- 
lagineis inszequaliter crenulatis, rigide chartaceis, seepe conduplicatis, supra (in sicci- 
tate) fuscis, rubescenti-brunneis, lucidis, nervis parallele divaricatis tenuibus costaque 
tenui prominulis, subtus pallide brunneis, nervis venisque transverse reticulatis 
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