710 Blume s Flora Java;. 



rupted by the entrance of the collet of the Raffles/a into its 

 substance, swells out into a cup-shaped process round about 

 the flower-buds of the Rafflesz'tf, 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. 



Brugmansz'tf ZippelzV Blume. Dr. Rlume ventures to apply 

 this generic term to this plant, because he considers that 

 Persoon's genus Brugmansz'a is not sufficiently distinct from 

 Datura L. The specific name ZippelzV compliments the 

 person who first found this plant growing on the roots of 

 Cissus tuberculata Blume, 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 generic character of Blume's genus Brugmansz'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 Brugmansza ZippelzV 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 Juglandese there are some species of 

 an interesting genus named Engelhardtz'a by Leschenault, the 

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

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

 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, 

 hamata, and suaveolens ; and several species of the genus 

 Polyalthia, are also presented in this order. In Magnolz'tfWe, 

 six species of Michelz'a are figured, four of Taulama, and two 

 plants to which the names Mangletz'a glauca (a shrub) and 

 Aromadendron elegans (a tree) are ascribed. The order 

 Dipterocarpese is elucidated by numerous details, derived from 

 full descriptions of six species of the genus Dipterocarpus ; 



