BARRING TO NIEÆ

(Lat.), n. f. pl, Ba?r-ri?ng-ton-i(i?)e?-e- (a3-e2), Fr. barring ton iées. The Barring ton i ads; a series [Baillon], tribe [De Candolle], or subtribe [Bentham ‘and Hooker] of myrtaceous plants, comprising Barring ton i a and other genera. According to Bentham and Hooker, who make it a subtribe of the Lecythideæ, it is characterized by its alternate, non-punctate leaves, its sub valvate or imbricate calyx, its regular androecium consisting of a broad, equal, annulate or cupulate staminiferous dis and its fleshy or fibrous, indehiscent fruit. According to Baillon, it includes also genera with an irregular andreecium and woody fruit, and thus corresponds to the B. and the Eutecythideæ of Bentham and Hooker. [B, 42, 267.]