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C. Semina peltata, ciliata, utriusque extremitatis ciliis 

 elongatis comosa. 



ALSTONIA. [Echitidis sp. Linn. 



Char. Corolla hypocrateriformis, fauce tuboque esqua- 

 matis. 



Stamina inclusa. Anthera lanceolatse, longitudinaliter 

 polliniferse, a stigmate liberge. 



Ovaria 2. Stylus 1, filiformis, apice dilatato. Stigma 

 subconicum. 



SquamdcB nullse hypogynse, nee calycinse. 



Folliculi teretes. 



Habitus. Arhores aaepe procerse, lactescentes. 



Folia verticillata vel opposita, costata, glabra. 



Cyrna terminales, paniculatae. Flores ssepius albi. 



Folliculi plerumque longissimi. 



Patria. India Orientalis, Archipelago Malaica, et [76 

 Insulse Societatis. 



Obs. Had Linnaeus examined the fruit of this genus, or 

 even attended to the figure given of it in the " Hortus 

 Malabaricus" (of which work, it is proper to observe, he had 

 not a copy), it is probable he would have distinguished it 

 from Echites, to which it has so little affinity. As it is, 

 I am happy in having it in my power to commemorate the 

 merits of Dr. Alston, the predecessor of Dr. Hope, by 

 so distinct and splendid a genus. The Alstonia of the 

 Younger Linnaeus, is, according to L'Heritier, a species of 

 Symplocos. 



1. A. scholaris, foliis verticillatis 5-7 obovato-oblongis 

 obtusis costatis venaque margini approximata cinctis, 

 cymis breviter pedunculatis, limbo corollae parum barbatis, 

 foUiculis longissimis. 



Pala, Bheed. mal. 1, j». 81, t. 45, optima. 



