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6. DoxoMMA SUMATRANA, nob.: Barringtonia sumatrana, Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. i. Suppl. 
р. 315: foliis elliptico-oblongis, apice in acumen obtusulum vel acutum subito con- 
strictis, imo cuneatis, subcoriaceis, crenato-serrulatis, dentibus obtusis, заре mucro- 
niformibus, supra lucidis, costa nervisque subpatulis prominulis, subtus nervis 
parum prominulis; petiolo longiusculo, supra subplano, marginibus acutis: racemo 
cylindraceo, terminali, erecto : fructu oblongo, acute tetragono, apice sepalis 4 obtuse 
ovatis coronato, levi, pallido. In Sumatra: v. s. in hb. Hook. Sarawak (Beccari 
851, 1554). | ; 
A species, according to Miquel, distinet from D. Sarcostachys, though closely allied to 
it; the leaves are said to be 3-83 in. long, 13-28 in. broad, on petioles 2-23 in. long: 
no other particulars are given. I have referred here Beccari's specimen 851, from 
Sarawak, which agrees well with Miquel’s character as to the leaves, but differs in its 
shorter petioles : here the leaves are elliptic-oblong, with a narrow acumen at its apex 
near $ іп. long; they are gradually subcuneate to the base, crenately serrulate on the 
МАБ, the teeth sometimes nearly obsolete and mucroniform, they аге from 22-10 in. 
long, 13-21 in. broad, on semiterete petioles 2-14 in. long, with slender patent arcuated 
nerves ; and the rachis is stout, more than 7 in. long (broken off at the summit) ; the sepals 
rounded, somewhat acute, smooth, fleshy, entire, 4 lines long and broad, united in a short 
сар at their base; the petals are obovate, rounded ; the ovary is turbinate, rugulose, and 
sessile. In Beccari's 1554 the leaves are more lanceolate and paler. 
7. ЙохоммА NEO-CALEDONICUM, nob.: Barringtonia neocaledonica, Vieill. in Proc. Soc. 
Linn. Normand. viii. p. 10: arbor excelsa, ramis erectis; ramulis subtenuibus, 
арісе crebre foliiferis, inferne foliis delapsis cicatricatis: foliis lanceolato-oblongis, 
utrinque aeutis, ad marginem subrevolutum cartilagineum obsoletissime serratis, 
supra læte viridibus, nervis tenuibus adscendenti-divarieatis prominulis, valde reti- 
culatis, subtus flavide pallidioribus, glaucescenter opacis, nervis venisque prominenti- 
bus; petiolo subtenui, tereti, limbo 15-plo breviore: racemo terminali, pendulo, spicato, 
rachi cylindrica, erassiuseula, imo compressa, albide glauca, ereberrime multiflora ; 
floribus amplis, sessilibus, imo setaceo-bracteolatis ; calyce cupuliformi, fere ad basin 
in sepala 4 ovata obtusa glabra subimbricata diviso, sepalis coriaceis, margine late 
submembranaceis, ciliato-denticulatis, extus albide seabridulis ; petalis 4, oblongo- 
ovatis, erassis, albide roseis, sepalis 4plo longioribus; staminibus numerosissimis, 
pluriseriatis, imo in tubum brevem monadelphis, seriebus interioribus sæpe anan- 
theris; disco plano, margine exteriore tubum staminigerum fulciente, intus in urce- 
olum latum erectum producto, vertice hine cirea stylum concavo; ovario infero, ob- 
conico, ruguloso, alatim tetragono, alis rectis, angustis, 4-loculari, ovulis in quoque 
loeulo 4, suspensis: fructu oblongo, cylindrieo, calyce coronato. In Nova Cale- 
donia, in sylvis humilioribus: v. pl. s. in hb. Hook. Gatasse, Wagap ard 
2630) ; fructum non vidi. 
_ tall tree, 65-80 feet high, with leaves about 1 in. apart, 8-83 in. long, 28—28 in. broad, 
9n petioles 6-8 lines long: the raceme is more tkan 5 in. long, with a cylindrical straight 
rachis 3 lines thick, studded in many places with close cicatrices of the fallen flowers : 
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