Barringtonia.] lviii. myrtace^. 757 



sessile, 6 to 14 in. long, 3-5 to 7 in. wide. Panicles 4 to 8 in. long, 

 erect. Flowers 6 to 12, 2 in. long, 5 in. across, pedicelled. Calyx 

 2-lobed. Petals 4, white, 2-5 in. across. Stamens very numerous 

 and long. Fruit 3 to 5 in. long, fibrous, 4-angled, base broad, 

 4 in. or more through, narrowed to tip ; pericarp very thick, spongy. 

 Hab. Seashores in sandy places not very common. Singapore, 

 KampongGlam; Kranji. Bindings, Pangkor (Scortechini). Pulau 

 Jarak (Foxworthy). Penang (Curtis). Kedah, Pulau Song-Song 

 (Curtis). Adang Group, Pulau Rawei. Distrih. Indo-Malaya, 

 Polynesia. 



(2) B. conoidea Griff. Notuhe, Ic. 635, 636, fig. i ; King, I.e. 136. 



Large erect branched shrub about 12 to 15 ft. tall, thick- 

 branched. Leaves thickly membranous, oblong-lanceolate, base 

 narrowed, sub-cordate, edges often crenulate ; . nerves 9 to 13 pairs, 

 4*5 to 10 in. long, 2 to 4 in. wide ; petioles -2 in. long. Racemes 

 sub-erect about 4 in. long, few-flowered. Flowers an inch long 

 and as wide ; pedicels -5 in. long. Calyx-tube sub-cylindric with 

 8 processes at base, limb bilobed. Petals 4, fleshy, white. Stamens 

 white. Fruit green, conoid, the base with 8 fleshy semi-cordate 

 wing-like processes, 2-5 in. long, 175 in. wide at base. Hab. In 

 tidal mud by rivers and mangrove swamps. Singapore, Kranji ; 

 Chan Chu Rang. Malacca River (Griffith). Perak (Scortechini). 

 Distrib. Borneo, Burma. 



(3) B. racemosa Roxb. Hort. Beng. 52 ; King, I.e. 136. 



Shrub or small tree. Leaves membranous, oblong-obovate or 

 oblanceolate acuminate, base narrowed blunt, crenulate, 6 to 12 in. 

 long, 2 to 4 in. wide; petioles -i to -25 in. long. Racemes 24 in. 

 long, pendulous axillary. Flowers distant 2 in. across; pedicels 

 •2 in. long. Calyx obconic. Petals 4, white. Stamens white. 

 Fruit egg-shaped, green, smooth 3 in. long. Hab. Open country, 

 damp places near the sea or tidal rivers, common. Singapore, 

 Tanglin; Kranji; Blakan Mati. Johor, Kota Tinggi. Muar, 

 Sungei Pauh (Fox). Malacca, Kampong Mata Kuching. Pahang, 

 Pekan. Selangor, Belongkok Road, Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy). 

 Penang (Wallich). Pulau Tikus. Setul, Rajah Wang. Lankawi 

 (Curtis). Disirib. Indo-Malaya. Native name: Putat Kampong. 



(4) B. pauciflora King, I.e. 137. 



Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves thickly membranous, broad 

 oblanceolate, narrowed to petiole, abruptly caudate-acuminate, 

 3 to 4-5 in. long, 1-25 to 2 in. wide; petioles -4 to -8 in. long. 

 Raceme terminal, 1-5 to 2 in. long, with i to 3 flowers about 1-75 in. 

 long, white and pink. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped, 4-angled, red 

 mealy; lobes 4, ovate round blunt. Petals 4, ovate, oblong i in. 

 long. Hab. Rare. Open jungle at 1500 to 2000 ft. altitude. 

 Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 



(5) B. Scortechinii King, I.e. 138. 



Tree 50 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves thin coriaceous elliptic-oblong, 



