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C. 8emina peltata, ciliala, utriusque extremitatis ciliis 

 elongatis comosa. 



ALSTONIA. [Echiticlis sp. Linn. 



Char. Corolla hypocrateriformis, fauce tuboque esqua- 

 matis. 



Stamina inclusa. Anther ce lanceolatae, longitudinaliter 

 polliniferae, a stigmate liberae. 



Ovaria 2. Stylus 1, fiiiformis, apice dilatato. Stigma 

 subconicum. 



Squamulce nullae hypogynae, nee calycinae. 



Folliciili teretes. 



Habitus. Arbores ssepe proceras, lactescentes. 



Folia verticillata vel opposita, costata, glabra. 



CijmcB terminales, pariiculatse. Flores saepius albi. 



Folliculi plerumque longissimi. 



Patria. India Orientalis, Archipelago Malaica, et [76 

 Insube Societatis. 



Obs. Had Linnaeus examined the fruit of this genus, or 

 even attended to the figure given of it in the " Hortus 

 Malabaricus" (of which work, it is proper to observe, he had 

 not a copy), it is probable he would have distinguished it 

 from Echites, to which it has so little affinity. As it is, 

 I am happy in having it in my power to commemorate the 

 merits of Dr. Alston, the predecessor of Dr. Hope, by 

 so distinct and splendid a genus. The Alstonia of the 

 Younger Linnaeus, is, according to L'Heritier, a species of 

 Symplocos. 



1. A. scholaris, foliis verticillatis 5-7 obovato-oblongis 

 obtusis costatis venaque margini approximata cinctis, 

 cymis breviter pedunculitis, limbo corollae parum barbatis, 

 folliculis longissimis. 



Pala, Rheed. mat. I, p. 81, t. 45, optima. 



