710 Bl limes Mora Jawc. 



rupted by the entrance of tlie collet of the Rafflt^s/a into its 

 substance, swells ont into a ciip-shaped process round about 

 the Hower-buds of the llaffles/V/, and this cuplike process 

 varies in diameter, according to the length of time which may 

 take place between the first rising of the flower-bud and the 

 ultimate fall of the flower itself and its remains. To illustrate 

 this extraordinary plant, a series of drawings, occupying four 

 folio pages, are presented : they show its progressive stages 

 of developement and its structure, and are admirably exe- 

 cuted. 



Brugmans/rt Zippul// Blume. Dr. Blume ventures to apply 

 this generic term to this })lant, because he considers that 

 Persoon's genus Brugmans/a is not sufticiently distinct from 

 Datura L. The specific name Zippel// compliments the 

 person who first found this plant growing on the roots of 

 Cissus tuberculata Bli/nic, in moist woods on the south-west 

 declivity of the mountain Salax, and at the height of from 

 1200 to 1500 feet above the level of the sea. The mountain 

 is situate in the province of Buitenzorg, on the west of Java, 

 and is sacred both to Vulcan and to Flora. 



The ireneric character of Blume's genus Bruijmiins/a are 

 these: — Perianth of one leaf, with the crown of the throat 

 interrupted, limb 5-parted; segments or partitions twice or 

 thrice cleft: the aestivation valvate induplicate; the central 

 column subglobose, hollowed above, and naked ; anthers mon- 

 adelphous, 2-celled, opening by two pores. Dr. Blume 

 states that Brugmtinsm Zippcl// possesses remarkably styp- 

 tical powers. 



In the other odd numbers which have come under our 

 observation, in the order Cupuliferae several most interesting 

 species of oak are figured and described: the foliage of some 

 of these is magnificent, and the cups and acorns are very 

 striking. In the order ./uglandoaj there are some species of 

 an interesting genus namtcl Kngelhardt/rt by Leschenault, the 

 nuts of which are furnished with wings somewhat in the man- 

 ner of our maples, and are disposed in catkins. In Anuudcccc 

 a beautiful species of Unona, called dasymaschala, to express 

 its having thick shoots, is figured, and has numerous ruby 

 blossoms. Three species of Artabotrys, viz., odoratissima, 

 hanijita, and suaveolens ; and several species of the genus 

 Polyiilthia, are also jiresentetl in this order. In ISIagnohV/Vi'tC, 

 six species of MichM/a are figured, four of Tatdama, and two 

 plants to which the names Manglet/a glauca (a shrub) and 

 Aromadendron elegans (a tree) are ascribed. The order 

 Dipterocarpeje is elucidated by numerous details, derived from 

 full descriptions of six species of the genus Dipterocjirpus ; 



