646 PLANTS JAVANICiE RARIORES. 



numerosa, simplici serie hypogyna, sequidistantia, distincta. 

 Filamenta subulata, glabra, omnia antherifera, Antherce 

 oblongse, obtusse, paulo supra basin emarginatam insertse ; 

 connective angusto ; loculis paralielis longitudinaliter dehis- 

 centibus. Pollen subglobosum, liispidulum. Ovarium 

 ovatum, sessile, pube stellata copiosa, 4-Ioculare; loculis 

 dispermis; ovulis erectis, coUateralibus, cuneato-obovatis. 

 Stigmata 3 — 4 (quandoque 5), indivisa, semiteretia, papil- 

 losa. Pericarpium evalve, pergameneo-crustaceum, subglo- 

 bosum, calyce aucto patulo, filamentis emarcidis, et diii 

 240] petalis elongatis sed calyce brevioribus cinctum, ruptile, 

 monospermum. Semen subspbseroideum, glabrum, irre- 

 gulariter sulcis nonnullis longitudinalibus lobatum,- umbilioo 

 nudo (nee strophiolato) prope basin lateris interioris. 



Dr. Wallich, with whom the wws\& Actinophora fragrans 

 originates, and with whose specimens the plant here 

 described and figured entirely agrees, has given 90 other 

 account than that it was introduced into the Calcutta 

 Botanic Garden in 1825, from the Isle of Prance. There 

 is, however, no sufficient reason to believe that Actinophora 

 is indigenous either in that island or in Bourbon or in 

 Madagascar, whereas it is certainly a native of Java, 

 Dr. Horsfield having found it in several districts, chiefly in 

 the medial and eastern parts of the island, in teak forests 

 in a rich soil, or in low ridges extending to the sea-shore. 

 He adds that the wood, which is very hard and durable, is 

 used for various domestic and mechanical purposes, and 

 that it is so ponderous as to be occasionally employed for 

 anchors of small native praoes and canoes. Its Javanese 

 name is Walli-JcooJcoon. 



With respect to the affinities of Actinophora, it certainly 

 does not belong to Buttneriacece as I originally defined it, 

 but this may equally be said of several genera at present 

 included in that order, and which like Actinophora are 

 more obviously referable to Tiliacece ; at the same time, as 

 I observed in proposing the separation of Buttneriacem, these 

 two families gradually pass into each other. 



From all the genera of Tiliacem at present described. 



