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9. Varica PHILASTREANA, Lanessan, Pl. Utiles Col. Fr. (1886) 
299; Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. fasc. 15 (1890), t. 237. 
Cochinchina. 
Marked by the large reflexed segments of fruiting-calyx. 
According to Pierre the thick pericarp is fleshy and spongy, the 
ripe seed contains albumen ; hypocotyl short, not enclosed by 
the thin, but fleshy, somewhat folded, cotyledons. 
10. V. HARMANDIANA, Lanessan, Pl. Utiles Col. Fr. (1886) 
299 ; Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. fasc. 15 (1890), t. 239.—Har- 
mandia flavescens, Pierre, MS. in Herb. Mus. Brit. 
Laos, on the left bank of the Mekong river. 
Fruit not known, but flowers and leaves are those of V. pallida. 
Pierre states that the anatomy of the petiole is slightly different. 
If it were not for this statement I should have united them. 
V. lanceefolia, Bl., which Pierre also regards as nearly allied, 
differs widely by the long appendix of the connective as well as 
by the consistence and venation of the leaves. According to 
Pierre these 3 species have in common the small number (2-4) 
of resin-ducts in the petiole, but this is the case also in V. obscura, 
Trimen, and other species. In specimens of V. lanceefolia, 
collected by me in Assam in April 1879, I find in the petiole, at 
the base, on the outside a semicircle of 5 vascular bundles, each 
with one resin-duct, and in addition to these one resin-duct in 
the pith of the central halfmoon-shaped vascular bundle, total 
6 resin-ducts. For systematic purposes the structure of the 
petiole must be used with the greatest caution. 
11. V. THORELII, Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. fasc. 15 (1890), 
t. 238. 
Cambodia. 
Remarkable for the perfectly glabrous petals. Appendage of 
connective short, truncated. 
C. Sumatra, and other Islands of the Indian Archipelago. 
19. V. naMPowGa, Burck in Ann. Jard. Buitenz. vi. (1887) 
227, t. 29. figg. 3 a-3 d. 
Sumatra. f 
Connective prolonged into a short pointed appendage ; stigma 
conical, 3-lobed. 
