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fourth and last species in DC. Syst. Veg. is a New Holland plant, D. alata of Brown. 

 Of this we have seen no authentic specimen ; but a plant from Cape York collected 

 by Mr. Macgillivray during the voyage of the 'Rattlesnake' agrees perfectly with 

 the description given by DC. It has, however, the inner stamens elongated and re- 

 curved, as in many BiUenite, and in the genus Capellia of Blume, which is otherwise, 

 both in habit and character, identical with JFormia. It appears therefore unadvisable 

 to retain this genus Capellia. Jack had, indeed, some time before the publication 

 of the Bijdragcn, described Blume's Capellia as a genuine irormia, adopting the 

 same view of the limits of the genus that we now do, and making its characters 

 depend chiefly on the dehiscent fruit. We have, however, availed ourselves of the 

 character indicated by Blume, as a means of dividing the genus irormia. We have 

 included provisionally in the genus several species which have hitherto been referred 

 to Dillenia, but which have so entirely the aspect of the known species of Wormia, 

 that in all probability they will be found, when better known, to be members of it. 

 Except one Sladagascar and one New Holland plant, the species are all tropical Indian. 



Sect. 1. Capellia, Blume. — Stamina interiora longiora, patentim 

 reourva. 



1. W. excelsa (Jack, Mai. Misc. at in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 

 i. 221); foliis ovalibus acutis denticulatis, petiolis late marginatis, ra- 

 cemis oppositifoliis elongatis multifloris. — Capellia multiflora, Blume, 

 Bijdr. 5. — Cuming, No. 2858 ! 



Hab. In Peninsula Malayana ad Malacca ! et Singapur ! — {p. s.) 

 DiSTRiB. Java, Blume.' 



Arbor excelsa. Folia 4-12-pollicaria, in petiolum 1-2-polliearem late marginatum 

 seusim angnstata, glabra, subtus ad nervos sparse pilosa, juniora cum pedunculis et 

 omnibus partibns novellis sa^pe floccoso-tomentosa. Bacerni simplices, rarius sub- 

 ramosi, folia a;rjuantes vel superantes ; bractese lanceolatee, cito deciduEc. Pedicelli 

 alterni, apice clavati, ^1 poll, longi. Sepala late ovalia, glabra. Petala late obo- 

 vata, bipoUicaria. Stamina exteriora flava, interiora purpurea. Folliculi 6-8, li- 

 ueari-oblongi. 



2. W. oblonga (Wall. Cat. 9511); foliis ovali-oblongis integris 

 vel obscure crenatis, petiolis non marginatis, pedunculis oppositifoliis 

 2-5-floris paniculam terminalem formantibus. 



Hab. In PeninsulaMalayana : Penang, Wall.! Malacca, Griffith! — 

 {p. ,s.) 



Arbor? Folia 4-8-poll., petiolo l-i-pollicari gracili basi vix dilatato, glabra 

 vel subtus ad nervos puberula. Sacemi folia superantes, flexuosi, puberuli ; pedi- 

 celli clavati, apice pilosi. Sepala crassa, coriacea, fere orbicularia, cxtus adpresse 

 sericeo-pilosa. Fetala late obovata, ultra 3 poll, longa. Ovaria 8-10, multiovulata. 



Sect. 2. EuwoRMIA. — Stamina sequilonga. 



3. W. triquetra (Rottb. Nov. Act. Hafn. ii. 532. t. S) ; foliis 

 late ovalibus subtruncatis grosse repando-dentatis vel sinuatis, petiolis 

 (nisi supremis) non marginatis, racemis 5-6-floris folia subsequantibus. 

 —DC. Prod. i. 75. W. dentata, BC. Prod. i. 75; TF. et A. Prod. 

 i. 7 in adnot. Dillenia dentata, TJmnb. in Linn. Tr. i. 201. t. 20. 



Hab. In Zeylania ! — {v. s.) 



Arbor. Sami glabri, partes novellaj interdum tenuissime iucanse, eito glabre- 

 scentes. Folia glabra, coriacea, 5-8 poUices longa, 4-5 lata, basi rotundata, versus 



