MR. J. MIERS ON THE BARRINGTONIACES. 113 
Blume makes this species a section (Anisostemon) of his Stravadium, distinguished by 
its peculiar inflorescence and its remarkably short interior stamens. 
Blume, in his Bijdragen, p. 1087, says that this plant is the same as the Barringtonia 
_ Friesii of Teysmann and Bennenden, which he suggests should be expunged. But Miquel 
does not accord in this view, and he quotes afresh the details given by the latter authors, 
that the inflorescence is an erect terminal raceme with dense flowers, seated upon sepa- 
rate pedicels bibracteolated at their base. He thinks it should be placed in a separate 
genus; but he confesses that he had not seen any specimen of it. I have referred it to 
the genus Doxomma. 
А drawing of this species (with its floral analysis) is shown in Tab. XVII. figs. 15 to 20. 
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. 
PLATE X. 
À leaf of Barringtonia speciosa, from Forster's own specimen. 
. A flower of the same in bud, showing its entirely closed calyx. 
‚ The flower expanded, copied from Forster's drawing. 
. The stamens of the same, combined in a monadelphous tube, which is cut open, and to which 
one of the petals is affixed by its claw: all nat. size. 
‚ One of the anthers: much magnified. 
. The ovary, with the persistent calyx, the disk, with its inner nectarial expansion, and style : 
nat. size. 
. À longitudinal section of the same, showing two of its four cells, with its suspended ovules, the 
epigynous disk, which supports the staminal tube on its outer margin, is crenately lobed in 
the middle, and with its outer margin expanded into a long tube, dentated at its apex, and 
surrounding the lower part of style. 
‚ The fruit crowned by the persistent calyx. : 
. The same, with half of the sarcocarp cut away transversely, to show the fibres surrounding the 
endocarp. 
. The endocarp, with its surrounding fibres. 
‚ А transverse section of the 4-celled endocarp, with one of the enclosed seeds shown. 
. The embryo of the seed: all nat. size. 
Prats ХІ. 
The flower, in bud, of Ayasta splendida, showing its entirely closed calyx. 
The same, with the calyx splitting into 2 lobes by the expansion of the petals. 
A flower expanded upon its pedicel, which has a foliaceous bract in its middle, copied from 
Parkinson’s drawing. E 
A longitudinal section of the ovary, calyx, staminal tube, seated on the outer margin of the 
 epigynous crenated disk, and style; two of its four cells are seen with the suspended ovules. 
À transverse section of its 4-celled ovary. 
À longitudmal section of the drupe, crowned by the persistent calyx and style, and its single 
large seed enclosed in its rather thick pericarp: all nat. size. 
