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ON THE APOdlNE^. 



Patria. India Orientalis, Archipelago Malaica, 

 et Insulae 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 

 Linnceus, is, according to L'Heritier, a species 

 of Symplocos. 



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

 oblongis obtusis costatis venaque margini ap- 

 proximata cinctis, cymis breviter peduncula- 

 tis, limbo corollae parum barbatis, folliculis 

 longissimis. 



Pala, Reed. mat. x. p* 81. t. 45. optima. 



Lignum scholare, Rumph. amh. 2, />. 246. t. 82. 



quoad descriptionem, sed figura potius sequentis. 

 Echites scholaris, Linn, mant, 53. 

 Hab. In India Orientali et in Insulis Moluccanis. 



(v. s. in Herb. Banks). 



2. A. spectabiUs, foliis quaternis elliptico-oblongis 



sub-acuminatis costatis : margine simplicibus, 



