on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part III. 103 
rati. Folia alterna, oblonga, apicem versus latiora, utrin- 
que acuta, costarum apicibus productis denticulata, costis 
et nervis parallelis ad angulos rectos se intercipientibus re- 
ticulata, utrinque. scabra, subpubescentia.  Petiolus basi 
dilatatus, compressus, supra planus, marginatus, brevissi- 
mus, pubescens, non stipulaceus. 
Pedunculi uniflori, e gemmulis anni præteriti lateralibus sæpius 
ternati, teretes, glabri, flore breviores, quorum unus saepius 
longior, medio foliolis oblongis obtusis duobus vel tribus 
bracteatus, infra bracteas pilosus. Flores Calthi magni- 
tudine, flavi. 
Calyx quinquepartitus, laciniis oblongis, obtusis, concavis, paten- 
tissimis, apice subciliatis, duplice serie positis. Petala 
hypogyna, patentissima, unguiculata, calyce duplo lon- 
giora, tenuia, undulata, oblonga, obtusa, obliqua. Fila- 
menta plura, quorum exteriora patentissima, decem inte- 
riora erecta. Anthere lineares, utrinque dehiscentes, ex- 
_ teriores assurgentes, interiores stellatim patentes. Ger- 
mina supera quinque. Styl totidem breves. Stigmata 
antherarum interiorum situ et magnitudine similia. 
Capsule quinque, tectæ calyce clauso cerasiformi, intus humore 
crystallino scatente. 
I only judge this to be the Dillenia pilosa of Dr. Roxburgh 
from its having been brought from Goyalpara by Mr. R. Kyd, 
who in 1810 was, on my representation, sent to examine the 
forests in that vicinity, and who was especially directed to inquire 
after the Daine Oksi, as specimens of its timber which I had 
sent to Calcutta were found to possess valuable qualities. It is 
likely, therefore, that he would send growing plants to the 
Botanical Garden. 
The genus Dillenia is one of the most natural and well-defined 
that 
