on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part III. 101 



nullse, nisi gemmarum squamas volueris. Flores odorati, 

 magnitudine tlorum j\Iali, flavi, ante folia vere prodeimtes. 



Calyx quinquepartitus, laciniis patulis, crassis, ovalibus,concavis, 

 obliquis, imbricatis, apice subciliatis. Fctala quinque, ca- 

 lyce duplo longiora, obovata, undulata, tenuia, caduca. 

 Filamenta plura, linearia ; exteriora indefinita, brevissima, 

 incurva ; interiora decern, elongata, apice recurva ; anthe- 

 rarum loculi bini lineares, apicibus filamentorum longitu- 

 dinaliter adnati. Germina quinque, conica. Styli totidem 

 subulati, recurvi. Stigmata simplicia, acuta. 



Fructus magnitudine Cerasi majoris, globosus, basi umbilicatus, 

 glaber, flavus, constans e calyce succulente, clause, imbri- 

 cate, capsulas tegente quinque conniventes, succulentas. 

 Semina in singulis capsulis duo vel tria, angulata. 



Like all the other species of this genus the young plants have 

 enormously large leaves, such as are well described by Rum- 

 phius in treating of the Songium. The only other genus, at least 

 among the Dicotiiledoncs, that is equally remarkable in this 

 respect, so far as I know, is the Artocavpas, in which the leaves 

 of the young plants are not only of an enormous size, but of quite 

 a dift'erent shape from those of the adult. 



2. Dillenia aurea. Enc. Meth. Sup. v. 145? 

 Dhengr H indice. 

 Habitat in INIithilœ sylvis ad Nepalte limites. 



Arbor magna ramis crassis cicatricosis, ramulis nudis. Folia 

 alterna, decidua, oblongo-ovata, basi sa?pius obliiiua, ner- 

 vorum apicibus productis denticulata, acuta, nervis paral- 

 lelis ultra medium simplicissimis costata, venis parallelis 

 reticulata : juniora utrinque pilis mollibus brevibus pu- 

 bescentia. Petiolus amplexicaulis, semiteres, margine acu- 



tissimo membranaceo auctus, non stipulaceus. 



Ge?nma 



