96 MR. J. MIERS ON THE BARRINGTONIACE А. 
(the neorhiza), by the protrusion of both extremities, produced at one end the growing 
leafy stem, at the other end the root of the new plant. Other observations of Dr. Thom- 
son are of extreme importance, as explaining the progress of this growth. No doubt can 
now be entertained on this subject. Griffith gave several figures to illustrate the growth 
of a similar seed in a plant named by him Careya pendula, but which I have shown to 
belong to the genus Рохотта. The Australian species considered a variety of Careya 
arborea is Planchonia crenata. 
САВЕХА, Roxb. 
Calycis adnati limbus breviter cupuliformis, fere ad basin in sepala 4 rotundata divisus, hzc in esti- 
vatione subimbricata, in fructu persistentia. Petala 4, calyce multo longiora, cuneato-oblonga, 
expansa, unguibus tubo staminigero affixis et cum illo caducis. Stamina numerosissima, pluri- 
seriata, petalis longiora, imo in tubum brevem erectum monadelpha : filamenta filiformia, insequi- 
longa, seriebus exterioribus longioribus, interioribusque brevioribus anantheris, intermediis 
solummodo fertilibus ; anthere parve, subbilobz. Stylus tenuiter subulatus, staminibus zequilon- 
gus incurvus. Stigma obsolete 4-lobum. Discus pulvinatim annularis, margine externo tubum 
staminigerum fulciens, interno in urceolum erectum expansus. Ovarium inferum, turbinatum, 
4-loculare, vertice intra discum concavo; ovula in quoque loculo plurima, axi affixa. Fructus 
globosus, calyce persistente coronatus: pericarpiwm crasso-coriaceum, 4-loculare, dissepimentis 
mox evanidis; semina plurima, vaga, compresse ovata aut oblonga, in pulpam pannosam fibrillis 
interspersam immersa ; testa levis, pallide brunnea; chartacea, embryo exalbuminosus, elongato- 
oblongus, mesopodus, заре intra pericarpium germinans. 
Arbores frondose in India et Malacca indigene, rarius suffruticose : folia. sepe majuscula, oblonga vel 
orbiculata, serrata, petiolata : racemi terminales aut laterales subspicati ; flores speciosi, sessiles, imo 
sepius 2-bracteati. 
1. САВЕХА HERBACEA, Roxb. Pl. Согот. iii. 13, tab.'217; Fl. Ind. ii. 688; DC.iii.295; 
W. & A. Prodr. Fl. Pen. i. 335; Wight, Icon. t. 557; Griffith, Proc. Linn. Soc. i. 
280; Notul. pars iv. (excl. deser. pl. p. 660), tab. 684, cuj. figure 6 sistent (reliq. excl.) 
Miq. Flor. Ned. Ind. i. 494. In Ind. Or. : v. s. in hb. Mus. Brit. Nepal (Buchanan). 
A small half-herbaceous shrub, growing in the interior of Bengal and extending into 
Nepal. It has a ligneous perennial root, which throws out several short perishable 
branches. Its leaves are 4-8 in. long, 11-21 in. broad, cuneately obovate, acute at the 
apex, serrulate, smooth on both sides, on a petiole 4 lines long. It has short axillary 
racemes, bearing a few beautiful flowers, almost sessile, within 2 lanceolate bracts, which 
embrace the calyx; the calycine limb is 7 lines long, cup-shaped at the base, and divided 
halfway into 4 roundish lobes, which are distinct in the bud; the oblong pink petals 
аге 15 in. long, 5 in. broad; filaments closely many-seried, all agglutinated to the mona- . 
delphous tube, and falling off with the petals attached to its base, the exterior series bearing 
no anthers; ovary 4-celled, with 3 or 4 ovules in each cell. Fruit globular, less than an 
ineh in diameter, erowned by the persistent calyx, without any visible dissepiments, and 
filled with а greenish pulp, in which the seeds are enveloped; the seeds are oblong, 
compressed, 3 lines long, with a homogenous embryo, which often germinates within 
the fruit. | 
The description of Griffith, under the head of C. MEME bya mistake of the Editor, 
belongs to some Anacardiaceous plant. See my remarks under Doxomma pendulum 
(page 100). 
