Class and Order.
Polyandria Polygynia.
Generic Character.
Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Caps. polyspermæ, connatæ, pulpa repletæ.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
DILLENIA speciosa foliis oblongis rotundato-acutis denticulatis, pedunculis unifloris. Thunb. in Linn. Trans. 1. p. 200.
DILLENIA indica. Linn. Syst Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 507.
SYALITA Malabaris. Rheede Hort. Malab. tom. iii. p. 39. t. 38. 39.
The name of Dillenia was given by Linnæus to this genus of plants, in honour of John James Dillenius, Professor of Botany at Oxford, and the celebrated author of the Hist. Muscorum, Hort. Elthamensis, &c.