on the Horius Malabar iciis. Fart III. 103 



rati. Folia alterna, oblonga, apicem versus latiora, utrin- 

 que acuta, costarum apicibus productis denticulata, costis 

 et nervis parallelis ad angulos rectos se intercipientibus re- 

 ticulata, utrinque scabra, subpubescentia. Fetiolus basi 

 dilatatus, compressas, supra planus, marginatus, brevissi- 

 mus, pubescens, non stipulaceus. 



FeduncitU unitlori, e gemmulis anni prœteriti lateralibus seepius 

 ternati, teretes, glabri, tlore breviores, quorum unus sa^pius 

 lonsior, medio foliolis oblonois obtusis duobus vel tribus 

 bracteatus, infra bracteas pilosus. Flores Caltlii magui- 

 tudine, tlavi. 



Cali/x quinquepartitus, laciniis oblongis, obtusis, concavis, paten- 

 tissimis, apice subciliatis, duplice série positis. Petala 

 hypogyna, patentissima, unguiculata, calyce duplo lon- 

 giora, tenuia, undulata, oblonga, obtusa, obliqua. Fila- 

 menta plui'a, quorum exteriora patentissima, decern inte- 

 riora erecta. Antherœ lineares, utrinque déhiscentes, ex- 

 teriores assurgentes, interiores stellatim patentes. Ger- 

 mina supera quinque. Styli totidem breves. Stigmata 

 antlierarum interiorum situ et magnitudine similia. 



Capsuhe quinque, tectaî calyce clauso cerasiformi, intus humore 

 crystallino scatente. 



I only judge this to be the Dillcnia pilosa of Dr. Roxburgh 

 from its having been brought from Goyalpara by Mr. R. Kyd, 

 who in 1810 was, on my representation, sent to examine the 

 forests in that vicinity, and who was especially directed to inquire 

 after the Daine Oksi, as specimens of its timber which I had 

 sent to Calcutta were found to possess valuable qualities. It is 

 likely, therefore, that he would send growing plants to the 

 Botanical Garden. 



The genus Dillenia is one of the most natural and well-defined 



that 



