102 Dr. Francis Hamilton's Commentary 



Gemma terminal is, imbricata, squamis quatuor vel sex coriaceis 

 obtusis, quibus retlexis prodit pedunculus unus crassus nu- 

 dus obtusangulus unitlorus, et ex hujus latere ramulum 

 foliosum foliis equitantibus post florescentiam explicatis. 

 Flores Dilleniœ speciosœ iis paulo minores, flavi. 



Calyx monophyllus, patulus, crassus, ultra medium 5 — 7-fidus 

 laciniis concavis, obtusis, margine tenuiore ciliato obliquis, 

 imbricatis. Fetala tot quot calycis lacinite obovatœ, calyce 

 multo longiora, plicata, venosa, ungue crasso in discum 

 hypogynum planum inserta. FUamcnta plura, indefinita, 

 subulata, disco inserta quorum exteriora erecta breviora, 

 interiora apice recurva ; antlierarum loculi discreti, mar- 

 gini utroque filamenti longitudinaliter adnati, ejusque plus- 

 quam dimidium occupantes, apice déhiscentes. Germina 

 octo vel novem, coalita in corpus ovatum glabrum, sulcis 

 interstincta. Styli totidem subulati, recurvi, supra sulco 

 exarati. Stigmata acuta, simplicia. 



Fructiis magnitudine Pomi minoris, lœvis, odore Mangiferai, tla- 

 vus, subrotundus, constans e capsulis baccatis tectis calyce 

 clauso, imbricato, carnoso, succo viscido scatente. Capsula 

 octo vel novem circa receptaculum commune centrale con- 

 fertae, parietibus mollibus baccata?, vix déhiscentes. Semina 

 nonnulla angulo interiori capsularum insidentia, obovata. 



I am uncertain whether or not this be the plant meant by 

 M. Poiret, as I have not at hand the Exotic Botany of our worthy 

 President, which contains a figure of the Dillenia aurea. 



3. Dillenia pilosa. Ilort. Beng. 43? 

 Daine Oksi Bengalensium. 

 Habitat in Camrupa? montibus. 



Arbor magna. Rami teretes, pubescentes, cicatricibus exaspe- 



rati. 



