Kkinhovea. monadelphia dodecandria. 141 



K. hospita. W'dld. ii. S71. 



Batti-iimius. Rnnip/i. Amb. \n.p. 177./'. 113. 



This tree was introduced into the Botanic garden from tlie 

 Moluccas, in 1798. In ten years, they have grown to be 

 trees of a large size, and blossom in September. 



Trunk very straight, /iar/ smooth, ash coloured. Brunches 

 numerous, spreading in every direction. The wood is white 

 and soft. Leaves alternate, petioled, broad cordate, from 

 three to five-nerved, entire, acuminate, of a very thin texture 

 and smooth on both sides, from six to twelve inches long. 

 Petioles nearly as long as the leaves, round, smooth. Sti- 

 pules ensiform. Panicles terminal, roundish, ovate, large, 

 and very ramous. Bracies ensiform, munerous, involucre- 

 like, at the divisions of the panicles. Flowers very numer- 

 ous, pretty large, of a pale, but lively rose-colour. Calyx five- 

 leaved ; leaflets lanceolate, villous, nearly equal, almost twice 

 the length of the corol. Petals five, unequal. The upper 

 one incumbent, sub-cylindric, perforated lengthways. The 

 next pair oblong, concave, pressing on the column of fruc- 

 tification laterally. Lower pair also oblong, but expanding* 

 more; all are inserted into the base of the column. A^ectary^ 

 a five-lobed ring round the base of the receptacle just with- 

 in the insertion of the petals. Filaments five, broad, fleshy, 

 inserted on the apex of the column round the germ, each 

 slightly three-parted ; a slender, short, sterile filament, be- 

 tween each of the large three-cleft ones. Anthers fifteen 

 pairs, one on each division of the five filaments. Germ supe- 

 rior, ovate, hairy, inserted on the apex of the declined, cla- 

 vate column, which is rather longer than the petals. Style 

 longer than the stamens. Stigma of five acute points. Cap- 

 sule inflated, membranaceous, turbinate, five lobed, five-cell- 

 ed, five-valved. Seed a single, small, round, tubercled one 

 in each cell, attached to the middle of the inner margin of the 

 partitions, obovate, somewhat tubercled. Integuments two. 

 Perisperm thin, of a firm, tough, fleshy texture and pearl 

 gray colour. Embryo conform to the seed, curved, pale 



