BARRINGTONIA. MYRTACEX. 333 
meth. 3. p. 196 ; Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 483 ; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1067 ; Wall. ! 
L. n. 3611.—E. macrophylla, Lam. l. c.—Myrtus Malaccensis, Spr. syst. 2. 
p. 484.—M. macrophylla, Spr. l. c. p. 483.— Rheed. Mal. 1. t. 185 Rumph. 
Amb. 1. t. 37, and t. 38. f. 1. 
De Candolle, by some mistake, ascribes to this white flowers, referring the 
specimens with red to his J. purpurascens :. but the J. purpurea, W. & A., 
or Eugenia purpurea, Roxb. (fl. Ind. 2. p. 483, and in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1438), 
differs by the fruit being purplish and exactly oval, without any reference to 
the colour of the blossoms. 
IX. BARRINGTONIA. Forst. ; Gertn. fr. 2. t. 101.—Butonica.. Lam. ill. 
t. 590. and 591.—Stravadium. Juss.—Meteorus. Lour. 
Calyx-tube ovate: limb 2-3-4-partite; lobes ovate, obtuse, concave, per- 
sistent. Petals 4, coriaceous, attached to the ring at the base of the stamens. 
Stamens numerous, in several rows: filaments filiform, long, distinct, com- 
bined at the base into a short ring, all bearing anthers. Ovary 2-4-celled, 
surmounted by an urceolus sheathing the base of the style: ovules 2-6 in 
each cell. Style filiform. Stigma simple. Fruit: fleshy, more or less 4- 
angled, crowned by the limb of the calyx, 1-celled. Seed solitary. Embryo 
large, fleshy, not separable into cotyledons and radicle, formed of two con- 
centric homogeneous combined layers.—Trees. Leaves crowded about the 
ends of the branches, opposite or verticillate, obovate, quite entire or crenated 
or serrated, without pellucid dots. Flowers racemose. 
* 1036. (1) B. speciosa (Linn.:) leaves shining, cuneate-oblong, obtuse, 
quite entire : flowers (large) forming a lax simple raceme or thyrsus: pedicels 
elongated, several times longer than the flower, 1-bracteated at the base : 
calyx 2-3-cleft: ovary 4-celled, two of the dissepiments being often imper- 
fect in the middle: ovules attached to the inner angle of the cell, near its 
apex: fruit acutely 4-angled, pyramidal ; endocarp fibrous, resembling a pu- 
tamen, separating from the epicarp.— DC. prod. 3. p. 288 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 127 ; 
Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 636 ; Wall. L. n. 3632; Wight! cat. n. 1082.—Butonica 
speciosa, Lam. ill. t. 590. and 591. f. 1—Manmea asiatica, Linn. sp. p. 731. 
—Rumph. Amb. 3. t. 114. 
1037. (2) B. racemosa (Roxb.:) leaves cuneate-oblong, acuminated, serru- 
ted or crenulated: flowers (large) forming a long pendulous raceme: pedi- 
cels scarcely so long as the flower, 1-bracteated at the base: calyx 2-3-cleft: 
ovary 2-celled : ovules attached to the middle of the dissepiment : fruit ovate, 
bluntly 4-angled : endocarp scarcely separating from the epicarp.—Rowb. fl. 
Ind. 2. p. 634; DC. prod. 3. p. 288; Spr. syst. 3. p. 127 ; Wall. L.n. 3634.— 
v ien racemosa, Linn. sp. p. 673.—Rheed. Mal. 4. t. 6. — E 
character of the ovary and fruit is taken from Roxburgh and Rheede : 
perhaps, however, future observations may prove both to be the same as in 
B. speciosa, Careya macrostachya, Jack (DC. prod. 3. p. 295), appears to 
us to belong to Barringtonia, and to be very nearly allied to the present 
Species : its ovary is 4-celled. ei oi MR 
1038. (3) B. acutangula (Gsertn.:) leaves cuneate-obovate, serrulated : 
racemes lis peadatour! Sauce ae short: (flowers small): calyx 4- 
cleft : ovary 2-celled : ovules suspended from a placenta projecting from the 
iment close to the apex of each cell: fruit oblong, 4-sided, sharp- 
angled : endocarp firmly attached to the epicarp.—Gveertn. fr. 2. p. 97. t. 101; 
Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 635 ; Wight! cat. n. 1083.— Eugenia acutangula, Linn. 
sp. p. 673.— E. racemosa, Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 149.—Stravadium rub- 
Tum, Pers.; DC. prod. 3. p. 289; Wall.! L. n. 3635.—8. album, Pers.? ; 
DC.? 1. cs, coccineum, DC. l. e—Meteorus coccineus, Lour.; Spr. syst. 
3. p. 127.— Rheed. Mal. 4. t. 1 ; Rumph. Amb. 3. t. 116? (bad). 
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