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fourth and last species in DC. Syst. Veg. is a New Holland plant, D. alata of Brown. 

 Of this we have seen no authentic specimen ; but a plant from Cape York collected 

 by Mr. Macgillivray during the voyage of the * Rattlesnake' agrees perfectly with 

 the description given by DC. It has, however, the inner stamens elongated and re- 

 curved, as in many Dillenia, and in the genus Camellia of Blume, which is otherwise, 

 both in habit and character, identical with Wbrmia. It appears therefore {inadvisable 

 to retain this genus Capellia. Jack bad, indeed, some time before the publication 

 of the Bijdragen, described Blame's Capellia as a genuine Worwia, adopting the 

 same view of the limits of the genus that we now do, aud making its characters 

 depend chiefly on the dehiscent fruit. We have, however, availed ourselves of the 

 character indicated by Blume, as a means of dividing the genus Wormia. We have 

 included provisionally in the genus several species which have hitherto been referred 

 to Dillenia, but which have so entirely the aspect of the known species of Wormia, 

 that in all probability they will be found, when better known, to be members of it. 

 Except one Madagascar and one New Holland plant, the species are all tropical Indian. 



Sect. 1. Capellia, Blume. — Stamina interiora longiora, patentim 

 recurva. 



1. W. excelsa (Jack, Mai Misc. et in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 

 i. 221); foliis ovalibus acutis denticulatis, petiolis late marginatis, ra- 

 ceniis oppositifoliis elongatis multifloris. — Capellia multiflora, Blume, 

 Bijdr. 5. — Cuming, No. 2358 ! 



Hab. In Peninsula Malayana ad Malacca ! et Singapur ! — [v. s.) 





Distrib. Java, Blume! 



Arbor excelsa. Folia 4-12-pollicaria, in petiolum 1-2-pollicarcm late marginatum 

 sen si m angustata, glabra, subtus ad nervos sparse pilosa, juniora cum pedunculis et 

 omnibus partibus novellis stepe floccoso-tomentosa. Itacemi simplices, rarius sub- 

 ramosi, folia sequantes vel superantes ; bractese lanceolate, cito decidual. Pedicelli 

 alterni, apice clavati, ^-1 poll, longi. Sepala late ovalia, glabra. Petala late obo- 

 vata, bipollicaria. Stamina exteriora flava, interiora purpurea. Folliculi 6-8, li- 

 neari-oblongi. 



2. W. oblonga (Wall. Cat. 951 !) ; foliis ovali-oblongis integris 

 vel obscure creuatis, petiolis non marginatis, pedunculis oppositifoliis 

 2-5-floris paniculam terminalem formantibus. 



Hab. In Peninsula Malayana: Penang, Wall.! Malacca, Griffith! — 



Arbor!' Folia 4-8-poll., petiolo l|-pollicari gracili basi vix dilatato, glabra 

 vel subtus ad nervos puberula. Bacemi folia superantes, tlexuosi, puberuli ; pedi- 

 celli clavati, apice pilosi. Sepala crassa, coriacea, fere orbicularia, extus adpresse 

 sericeo-pilosa. Petala late obovata, ultra 2 poll, longa. Ovaria 8-10, multiovulata. 



Sect. 2. Euwormia. — Stamina aequilonga. 

 3. W. triquetra (Rottb. Nov. Act. Haiti, ii. 532. t. 3) ; foliis 



late ovalibus subtruncatis grosse repando-dentatis vel sinuatis, petiolis 

 (nisi supremis) non marginatis, racemis 5-6-floris folia subsequantibus. 



DC. Prod. i. 75. W. dentata, DC. Prod. i. 75; W. et A. Prod. 

 i. 7 in adnot. Dillenia dentata, Thunb. in Linn. Tr. i. 201. t. 20. 



Hab. InZeylania! — (v. s.) 



Arbor. Rami glabri, partes novelise interdum tenui ime incanse, cito glabre- 

 scentes. Folia glabra, coriacea, 5-8 pollices longa, 4-5 lata, basi rotundata, versus 



