on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part IV. 245 



Rumphius is the Stilago Bumus of Willdenow, the N'oeli Tali should be ex- 

 punged from the synonyina, and we should refer it to his Antidesma alexi- 

 teria ; but then that would not be the Antidesma of the Flora Zeylanica, which 

 has five stamina; and as this also is quoted, it is impossible to say which 

 Willdenow meant. If, indeed, it were certain that the author of the Hortus 

 Kewensis was right in quoting the Tyeriam Cottam {Hort. Mai. v. 21. ^. 11.) 

 for Willdenow's yintidesma alexiteria, then this could neither be the Noeli 

 Tali nor the Antidesma of Linnaeus ; nor could it even belong to the same 

 natural order, as its flowers have petals. 



In the Hortus Bengalensis (71-) the Noeli Tali is quoted for the Stilago 

 Bnniiis, and I think that I have seen the female plant on the lower hills of 

 Nepal, where it is called Patleya Archal. This tree, however, cannot be the 

 Stilago Bunius of Willdenow, if he meant either the S. Bunius of Burman or 

 the Bunius sativus of Rumphius. It is, however, at least very nearly similar to 

 the Antidesma of the elder Burman, and should be, therefore, the A. zeylanica 

 of Willdenow (Sp. PI. iv. 763.) and M. Lamarck (Enc. 3Mh. i. 207.). On 

 this account, in the catalogue of dried plants given to the library at the India 

 House, I have called the specimens A. zeylanica. Here I shall describe it. 



Arbuscula ramulis pubescentibus. Folia alterna, oblonga, utrinque angustata, 

 sed basi nonnunquam obtusa vel etiam emarginata, apicem versus nunc 

 dilatata, tunc ibi quam prope basin angustiora, apice acuminata, margine 

 subrevoluto integerrima, glabra, costis depressis undulata, venis raris 

 reticulata, insipida. Petiolus brevissimus, compressus, canaliculatus, 

 nudus. Stipula? geminae, persistentes, lineares, acutse, petiolo longiores, 

 incurvse. 



Racetni fosminei axillares vel terminales, simplices vel ramosi, folio saepe lon- 

 giores, erecti. Pedicelli solitarii, sparsi, uniflori, flore breviores, rigidi. 

 Bractea; ad singulos flores solitariae, minutee. Flores minuti, herbacei. 



Calyx cyathiformis ore subquinquedentato. Germen calyce multo majus, 

 anceps, ellipticum. Stigmata duo acuta. 



Neque fructum, neque florem masculinum vidi. 



Before leaving this subject, I shall give an account of the Arbor Indica, 

 ovali folio, floscuUs plurimis in spicis summo ramulo dispositis, acinifera of 



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