MYRTACE/E. XXXIV. JAMDOSA. XXXV. BARRINGTONIA. XXXVI. STRAVADIUM. XXXVII. GUSTAVIA. 80!) 



:21 J. HARDWICKIA ; leaves sessile, cordate at the base, ellip- 

 tic, obtuse ; corymbs terminal ; peduncles usually 3-flowerecl ; 

 flowers sessile on the peduncles ; calycine segments roundish ; 

 stamens exserted. Tj . S. Native of the Mauritius. Perhaps 

 a species of Josslnia (v. s. in herb. Lamb.). 



Hardwick's Rose-apple. Tree. 



22 J. ROTUNDIFOLIA ; corymbs terminal ; leaves roundish, 

 coriaceous, with revolute margins, reticulately veined, glabrous. 

 ^2 S. Native of the Isle of France. Perhaps a species of 

 Josslnia (v. s. in herb. Lamb.). 



Round-leaved Rose-apple. Tree. 



The Eugenia ob/ata, E. lancea-folia, and E, lanceolarla of 

 Roxb. hort. beng. p. 37. are probably referrible to this genus, 

 but they have not yet been described. 



Cult. A genus of fine trees, with large foliage, beautiful 

 flowers, and eatable fruit. They thrive well in a mixture of 

 sand, loam, and peat ; and flower freely when the plants are of 

 good size. Ripened cuttings strike root readily in sand, under 

 a hand-glass. 



Tribe IV. 



BARRINGTONIE'jE (plants agreeing with the genus Bar- 

 ringtonia in important characters). D. C. diet, class, vol. 11. 

 not. 1826. prod. 3. p. 288. A genus of Lecythidece, Rich, et 

 Poit. Lobes of calyx 4-6. Petals 4-6. Stamens innumerable, 

 equal, disposed in many series ; filaments monadelphous a short 

 way at the base. Fruit baccate or dry, valveless, many-celled. 

 Cotyledons large and fleshy. Trees. Leaves dotless, alter- 

 nate, or nearly opposite, or in crowded whorls, quite entire or 

 serrated. Flowers in racemes or panicles. 



XXXV. BARRINGTO'NIA (dedicated to the Honourable 

 Dailies Barrington, F.R.S. A.S., &c. an active Fellow of the 

 Society of Antiquaries, and author of several papers in their 

 Transactions). Forst. gen. no. 38. D. C. prod. 3. p. 288. 

 Butonica, Lam. diet. 1. p. 515. Juss. gen. p. 326. Commer- 

 sonia, Sonn. voy. guin. t. 8, 9. Huttum, Adans. fam. 2. p. 88. 

 Mitraria, Gmel. syst. p. 799. but not of Cav. 



LIN. SYST. Monadclphia, Polyandria. Tube of calyx ovate ; 

 limb 2, rarely 3-parted ; lobes oval, obtuse, concave, perma- 

 nent. Petals 4, large, coriaceous. Stamens numerous, in many 

 series ; filaments filiform, long, free, but joined together into a 

 short ring at the base ; anthers roundish. Style filiform, length 

 of stamens ; stigma simple. Urceolus rising from the top of the 

 ovarium, and sheathing the base of the style. Ovarium 4- 

 celled ; cells 2-ovulate. Berry large, ventricose at the base, 

 pyramidal and tetragonal upwards, crowned by the limb of 

 the calyx, 1-celled when mature; cell obversely pear-shaped, 

 fibrous, almost putamineous. Seed ovate-globose, pendulous, 

 attenuated upwards. Embryo exalbuminous (Blume), elliptic- 

 globose, having its radicle superior, and confused with the coty- 

 ledons, which are conferruminated, and the embryo is therefore 

 pseudo-monocotyledonous. Large trees. Leaves crowded, op- 

 posite, or in whorls, dotless, obovate. Flowers large, disposed 

 in a terminal thyrse ; pedicels furnished with 1 bractea each. 



1 B. SPECIOSA (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 312.) flowers disposed in an 

 erect thyrse ; leaves shining, cuneate-oblong, obtuse, quite en- 

 tire ; fruit acutely tetragonal, pyramidal. Fj . S. Native of 

 the south of China, Java, Sumatra, the Moluccas, and of 

 the islands in the Pacific Ocean, at the mouths of rivers by the 

 sea-side. Blum, bijdr. p. 1096. Gaud, in Freyc. voy. part, 

 hot. p. 483. Butonica, Rumph. amb. 3. p. 114. B. Butonica, 

 Forst. gen. t. 38. Mammea Americana, Lin. spec. p. 737. Com- 

 mersonia, Sonn. voy. guin. 1. p. 14. t. 8. and t. 9. MitrariaCom- 

 mersonia, Gmel. 1. c. Butonica speciosa, Lam. diet. 1. p. 521. 

 Flowers purple and white, large and handsome. The drupe is 



reddish brown ; the seeds of which, mixed with bait, inebriates 

 fish in the same manner as Cocculus I'ndicus. 



Shewy Barringtonia. Clt. 1785. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



2 B. RACEMOSA (Blum, in litt. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 2SS.) 

 racemes pendulous, very long ; leaves cuneate-oblong, acumin- 

 ated, serrulated ; fruit bluntly tetragonal, pyramidal. I? . S. 

 Native of Malabar, Moluccas, and Marianne Island, in humid 

 woods. Gaud, in Freyc. voy. part. hot. p. 483. t. 107. Sams- 

 travadi, Rheed. mal. 4. t. 6. Eugenia racemosa, Lin. spec. p. 

 673. Lam. diet. 3. p. 197. 



Racemose-fiowereA Barringtonia. Clt. 1822. Tree 30 to 40 ft. 



Cult. Most splendid trees, with large, shewy foliage and 

 flowers, but difficult to cultivate. They require to be kept 

 moist and warm, and the house in which they are grown 

 should never be allowed to fall below 60 of Fahrenheit. A 

 mixture of sand, loam, and peat is a good soil for them. Cut- 

 tings, taken off at a joint when the wood is ripe, planted in sand, 

 with a hand-glass over them, root readily. The cuttings should 

 not be stripped of any of their leaves. 



XXX VI. STRAVA'DIUM (Tsjeria Samstravadi is the Ma- 

 labar name of one of the species). Juss. gen. p. 326. D. C. 

 prod. 3. p. 289. Stravadia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 30. Meteorus, 

 Lour. coch. Manichea, Sonn. voy. guin. p. 139. tt. 92, 93. ex 

 Juss. 



LIN. SYST. Afonadelphia, Polyandria. All as in Barring- 

 tonia, but differs in the limb of the calyx being 4-parted. Ova- 

 rium semi-bilocular ; cells biovulate. Fruit oblong, tetragonal. 

 Perhaps only a section of Barringtonia, according to Gaertn. and 

 Blume. 



1 S. A'LBUM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 289.) leaves cuneate-oblong, 

 acuminated, obsoletely serrulated; racemes very long, pendulous; 

 drupe ovate. ^ S. Native of the Moluccas, in woods on the 

 sea-shore. Rumph. amb. 3. p. 116. Stravadia alba, Pers. 

 Flowers white. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from Barringtonia, 

 racemosa. 



White-Ro\\-cred Stravadium. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



2 S. RU'BRUM (D. C. I. c.) leaves cuneate-oblong, acuminated, 

 obsoletely serrulated ; racemes very long, pendulous ; drupe 

 acutely 4-angled. Jj . S. Native of the Moluccas and Malabar, 

 in bogs and watery places. Rumph. amb. 3. t. 115. Rheed. 

 mal. 4. t. 7. Eugenia acutangula, Lin. spec. p. 673. Bar- 

 ringtonia acutangula, Gaertn. fruct. p. 97. t. 111. Stravadia 

 rubra, Pers. Flowers red. 



/Jt-rf-flowered Stravadium. Clt. 1822. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



3 S. COCCINEUM (D. C. 1. c.) leaves ovate-oblong, subserrated ; 

 racemes very long, pendulous ; drupe bluntly octagonal. Ij . S. 

 Native of Cochin-china, in woods. Meteorus coccineus, Lour, 

 coch. p. 410. Flowers scarlet. Fruit brown. Petals concrete, 

 with the tube of the stamens. 



Scarlet-flowered Stravadium. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



4 S. SPICA'TUM (Blum, in litt. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 289.) 

 leaves cuneate-oblong, acute, serrated ; spikes filiform, pendu- 

 lous, fj . S. Native of Java, in the province of Bantam, in the 

 lower woods. Barringtonia spicata, Blum, bijdr. p. 1097. Ca- 

 lyx 4-cleft. The rest unknown. 



Spike-flowered Stravadium. Tree. 



5 S. EXCE'LSUM (Blum, in litt. D. C. prod. 3. p. 289.) leaves 

 oblong, attenuated at both ends, finely serrulated ; racemes 

 compound, terminal ; drupe oblong, tetragonal. 1? . S. Native 

 of the Island of Nusa-Kambanga, in woods on the sea-shore. 

 Barringtonia excelsa, Blum, bijdr. p. 1097. Tree 80 feet high. 

 Calyx 4-cleft. The rest unknown. 



Tall Stravadium. Tree 80 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Barringtonia. 



XXXVII. GUSTA'VIA (dedicated to Gustavus III. king of 



