496 LTI. MYnTACEyi:. 



imbricate, adnate at the base to the staminal-tiibe. Stanii'iis numerons, in 

 several rows, connate at the base into a ring or very sliort cup ; tilaiuents 

 iiliform, all antherit'erous ; anthers small. Disk annular, at the top of 

 the ovary bet\\een the stamens. Ovary ini'erior, 2-4-ceneJ ; ovules 

 2-8 in each cell, pendulous or horizontal ; style long, filiform ; stigma 

 small. IVuit fibrous or leathery, globose, ellipsoid, or quadrangular, 

 crowned with the calyx-limb, usually 1-seeded. Seed ovoid or ellipsoid, 

 exalbuminous ; embryo thick, fleshy, consisting of two concentric homo- 

 geneous layers ; cotyledons rudimentary, scale-like. — Distrib. Ti'opical 

 Asia, Africa, Australia and Polynesia ; species 25. 



On the structure of seeds of Barrlacjtonia and Careya, see Thomson, 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 2 (1858) p. 47. 



Leaves reaching 12 in. long ; fruit ovoid 1. B. racernoaa. 



Leaves reaching l» in. long ; fruit quadrangular 2. B. aciitangida. 



1. Barringtonia racemosa, Eoxh. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 52 ; FL 

 Ind. v. 2, p. 634, A glabrous tree often reaching 50 ft. high ; bark 

 grey. Leaves 4-12 by 2-5 in., membranous, obovate-oblong or ob- 

 lanceolate, shortly acuminate, slightly crenate-denticulate, glabrous, 

 base cuneate ; main nerves 10-20 pairs, spreading or ascending, pro- 

 minent beneath ; petioles ^V"t ^"- l^^g- Flowers 15-2 in. across, 

 distant, in pendulous many-flowered racemes 1-2 ft. long, terminal or 

 from the axils of fallen leaves ; buds globose ; pedicels slender, |-g in. 

 long ; bracteoles minute, caducous. Calyx turbinate ; tube funnel- 

 shaped in bud ; lobes 2-3, ovate, acute, |-| in. long. Petals 4, oblong- 

 elliptic, acute, |-1 in. long. Stamens very numerous ; filaments erect, 

 spreading, about 1 in. long. Style Ig-lf in. long. Fruit 2-2k by 

 l|-2 in., ovoid, circular in horizontal cross-section or very bluntly 

 4-lobed, nearly smooth, crowned with the persistent calyx-lobes ; 

 pericarp leathery. Seed solitarv, ovoid-ellipsoid, 1| in. long. PI. B. T. 

 V. 2, p. 507; Blume, in DC. Prodr. v. 3 (1828) p. 288; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 74 ; Wight, Icon. t. 152 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3831 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 94 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 189; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 171; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 402. — Flowers: Apr.-May. Veen. Nivdr; 

 Samudi'd-^Jial. 



KoNKAN : Stocks '., Nimmo ex Graham ; Severndrug taluka, Dahell ^" Gibson ; near 

 the coast, Talhot. Kanara : plentiful, Balzell cf" Gibson ; along rivers and nalas near 

 the coast of N. Kanara, Talbot. — Dis'irib. India (eastern and western sea-coasts) ; 

 Malaya, Polynesia. 



2. Barringtonia acutangula, Gccrtn. Fmct. v. 2 (1791) p. 97, 

 t. 101. A glabrous tree 25-50 ft. high ; young branches slender, pale- 

 grey. Leaves 2i-G by l-j-3^ in., obovate-oblong or elliptic-cuneate, the 

 apex rounded or subacute, the margins minutely denticulate or crenulate, 

 base much narrowed into the petiole; main nerves 10-13 pairs, spreading; 

 petioles \-\ in. long. Flowers fragrant, dark-scarlet, ^-h in. across, in 

 slender pendulous many-flowered racemes 6-15 in. long ; pedicels y^-g in. 

 long ; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, acute, caducous. Calyx i in. long ; 

 tube puberulous outside, about as long as the lobes ; lobes 4, oblong," 

 rounded, ciliolate. Petals 1 in. long. Filaments | in. long. Fruit 

 1}— 1| by |-| in., bluntly quadrangular, broadest in the middle, slightly 

 narrowed towards and truncate at each end, crowned by the small 

 persistent calyx. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 50^^; Grab. Cat. p. 74 ; Bedd. Flor. 



