374 PHANEROGAMIA. 



recently characterized by Blame, and to bear most resemblance to 

 Bentham's Canarium asperum, from New Guinea. 



2. Canarium (Pimela) Luzonicum. 



Pimela Luzonica, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. p. 220 ? 



Canarium album, Blanco, Fl. Filip. p. 793, non Koeusch, ex Blume, 1. c. 



Hab. Vicinity of Baiios, Luzon. (An imperfect fruiting specimen.) 



2. EVIA, Gomm. 



1. Evia dulcis, Comm., Blume. 



Evia dulcis, Commerson Mss. ex Juss.; Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. p. 233. 

 Chrysomelon pomiferum, Forst. Mss. in Mus. Bot. Par. 



Spondias dulcis, Forst. Prodr. p. 34; DC. Prodr. 2, p. 75; G-uill. Zeph. Tait. p. 68. 

 Spondias Cytherea, Sonn. Itin. 2, p. 222, t. 123 ; Geertn. Fruct. t. 103. 

 Poupartia dulcis, Blume, Bijdr. p. 1161. 



Hab. Tahiti and Eimeo, Society Islands : common on the coast 

 and in the interior. Also cultivated at the Tonga and other islands. 

 The Vi apple, a well-known fruit. 



3. DRACONTOMELON, Blume. 

 1. Dracontomelon sylvestre, Blume. 



Bracontomelon sylvestre, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. p. 231. 

 Pomum Draconis sylvestre, Rumph. Herb. Amboin. 1, p. 159, t. 59. 



Hab. Planted at Rewa, Feejee Islands. 



This genus Blume distinguishes from Spondias by the imbricative 

 aestivation of the calyx, the united styles, and the remarkably de- 

 pressed, five-angled, and as if star-shaped, unarmed putamen of the 



