34 MR. BENTHAM's notes OS HOMALIUM. 



* Paniculata. Paniculis breviter divaricato-ramosis. 



1. H. Nepalense. Foliis (amplis) petiolatis ovatis crenato-dentatis 

 subraembranaceis glabris, paniculis divaricato-ramosis, floribus breviter 

 pedicellatis 6-7-meris, calycis segmentis linearibus petala oblonga to- 

 mentoso-ciliata subaequantibus. — Blackwellia Napalensis, DC. Prod, 

 vol. ii. p. 54; Wall. PI. As. Rar. vol. ii. p. 179. — Folia 3-5-pollicaria. 

 Flores parvi, fere H. paniculati. Styli 3-4. 



Hab, Nepaul, Wallich. 



2. H. PANicuLATUM. Foliis (amplis) petiolatis ovatis orbiculatis subob- 

 longisve integerrimis subdentatisque coriaceis glabris nitidis, paniculis 

 ramosis, floribus breviter pedicellatis 8-12-meris, calycis segmentis 

 petalisque linearibus subaequalibus plumoso-hispidis. — Blackwellia 

 paniculata, Lam., DC. Prod. vol. ii. p. 64. B. integrifolia, Lam. 111. 

 t. 412. f. 2 ; DC. I. c. ; et (forma angustifolia) B. fflauca,Yent. Choix, 

 t. 55 ; DC. /. c. — Folia bipollicaria et majora, novella tenuia, adulta 

 crasso-coriacea. Flores parvi eleganter plumosi. Styli 5, v. rarius 6 ? 



Hab. Mauritius, Bojer and others. 



3. H. RUFESCENS. Foliis (parvis) petiolatis obovatis oblongisve sub- 

 membranaceis nitidis glabris basi angustatis, racemis brevibus panicu- 

 latis, floribus pedicellatis 7-H-meris, calycis segmentis linearibus quam 

 petala oblongo-linearia ciliata paullo brevioribus. — Pythagorea ru- 

 fescens, E. Mey. PI. Dr. exs. Blackwellia rufescens, Am. in Hook. 



Journ. Bot. vol. iii. p. 149. — Flores parvi fere H. paniculati. Folia 

 multo minora et tenuiora, vulgo 1^2 poll, longa, f poll, lata, inte- 

 gerrima, v. sinuato-dentata. Styli 4-5. 

 Hab. Port Natal, Drege, Gueinzius. 



** Racemosa. E/acemis elongatis ad axillas solitariis v. ad apices 

 ramulorum paucis subfasciculatis v. laxe subpaniculatis. 



4. H. AXILLARE. Foliis subsessilibus ovalibus oblongisve subcrenatis 

 glabris, racemis elongatis, floribus (subsessilibus ? 7-meris ?), calycis 

 segmentis petalisque linearibus ciliatis subaequalibus. — Blackwellia 

 aceillaris. Lam. Diet. vol. i. p. 420; et 111. t. 412. f. 1. An etiam B. 

 gracilis, Blum. Mus. Bot. vol. ii. p. 26, floribus pedicellatis? 



Hab. Madagascar. I have seen no specimens ; nor had Blurae, it would 

 appear, seen any authentic ones, of the original plant ; and I strongly 

 suspect that the discrepancies which he found between Lamarck's 

 figure and the specimen he received from Paris, and which induced 

 him to publish the latter as new, are owing to inaccuracies of the 

 artist. 



5. H. TOMENTOSUM. FoHis subsessilibus late obovatis repando-subcre- 

 natis supra glabris subtus puberulis tomentosisve, racemis elongatis 

 tomentoso-villosulis, floribus parvis glomeratis subsessilibus 5-6-meris, 

 calycis tubo brevi, segmentis petala oblongo-linearia subaequantibus. 

 Blackwellia tomsntosa. Vent. Choix, t. 57 ; DC. Prod. vol. ii. p. 55. 



