38 MB. bentham's notes on homalium. 



ovatis iuflexis quam petala obovato-oblonga accreta patentia diraidio 

 brevioribus, staminibus ad petala subternis. — Folia 6-8-pollicaria. 

 Racemi elongati cano-tomentosi. Bracteae ovatse concavaj quam in 

 omnibus speciebus majores et diutius persistentes. Flores primo in- 

 tuitu iis H. grandijiori similes, sed pauUo minores et petala nee calycis 

 segmenta stellato-patentia, dum haec uti petala H. grandijiori supra 

 ovarium inter petala arete inflexa sunt. — Styli 4-5. 

 Hab. Philippine Islands, Cuming, no. 1109. 



21. H. CARYOPHYLLACEUM. Foliis subscssilibus ovalibus obovatisvc 

 suberenatis coriaceis glabris, floribus subsessilibus 5-6-meris, calycis 

 tubo oblongo-turbinato, segmentis acutis quam petala ovali-oblonga 

 vix brevioribus, staminibus ad petala ternis. —Blackwellia caryophyl- 

 lacea, Zoll. et Mor. Verz. p. 33. — Folia per anthesin pauca supersunt, 

 novella nondum evoluta ex Miq. 3-pollicaria. Racemi breves con- 

 fertiflori. Flores 2 lin. longi. Ovarii pars libera tubo multo brevior. 

 Styli 3-4. 



Hab. Java, Zollinger, no. 958. 



22. H. coRDYLANTHus. Foliis breviter petiolatis ellipticis v. oblongis 

 superne dentatis coriaceis glabris, floribus subsessilibus 3-6-meris, 

 calycis tubo elongate, segmentis acutis quam petala ovali-oblonga 

 paullo brevioribus, staminibus ad petala 3-4. — Cordylanthes frutes- 

 cens, Blume, Mus. Bot. vol. ii. p. 28. t. 3. Blackwellia longiflora, Miq. 

 Fl.Ned. Ind. vol. i. p. 715. 



Hab. Java, Blume. I have not seen this plant. From Blume's de- 

 scription, it scarcely differs from the H. caryophyllaceum except in the 

 still longer tube of the calyx. 



Species dubice v. excludendce, 



AsTRANTHUS cocHiNCHiNENSis, Lour. Fl. Cochiuch. p. 225 {Black- 

 wellia cochinchinensis, Bl. Mus. Bot. vol. ii. p. 27), is probably not 

 distinct from H. fagifolium. 



Blackwellia moluccana, Bl. Mus. Bot. vol. ii. p. 27, founded upon 

 the figure and description in Rumphius, Amb. vol. iii. p. 25. t. 11, 

 appears to me scarcely to belong even to the order. 



Pythagorea cochinchinensis. Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 244, has 

 been supposed to belong to Blackwellia, but nothing certain can be 

 made out of his description. The " germen medium inter calycem et 

 coroUam " and " Capsula 4-locularis polysperma " are quite discordant 

 with any Homalinece. 



Blackwellia cerasifolia. Vent., DC. Prod. vol. ii. p. 54, has an 

 entirely free ovary, with the placentas extending to the base of the 

 cavity. It cannot therefore remain in Homalium. It is probably the 

 Madagascar genus with a free ovary, alluded to by Brown. 



