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Hab. In India orientali, praesertim in niontosis Indiae centralis et borealis 

 a Bombay usque ad Khasya, frequens. 



3. V. leioc arp A (Benth.Fl. Hong-Kong). Glabra, norum fasciculis ax - 

 illaribus v. summis paucis apbyllis, floribus glabris, fructu glaberrimo 

 nitido in media nuee calycis limbo prominente annulato. — V. made- 

 raspatana, Benth. in Kew Journ. Bot. iii. p. 42, non Gaertn. 



Hab. In Chime australis ins. Hong-Kong; in Malacca, Griffith; in 

 Africa occidentali tropica ad num. Niger, Barter. 



Among the remaining published species, V. denticulata, Willd., 

 appears to be founded on those specimens of V. rnadera&patana (or 

 V. calyculata ?~) which have toothed leaves. V. oblongifolia, Bl., is 

 too imperfectly described to be recognized ; V. viminalis, Hook., 

 from Australia, is a very distinct species. V. bombaiensis, Dalz, 

 cannot be determined for certain without the fruit ; from inspec- 

 tion of his specimens, I am led to suspect that they may have been 

 taken from side-shoots of V. calyculata with the inflorescence ab- 

 normally axillary. V. lanceata, Tul., from the Seychelles and V. 

 leptadenia, Tul., from Madagascar, appearto be, from his characters, 

 both very distinct. V. cernua, Tul., from the Eawack Island (in 

 the Moluccas), seems, from his description, to agree in some re- 

 spects with my V. leiocarpa, but, as the fruit is not known and the 

 station is somewhat distant, I have not ventured to refer my plant 

 to it. V. vitiensis, A. Gray, may also be a good species; but here 

 again the fruit is unknown, and until that has been seen there 

 must remain some doubt about it. "We have, also, a distinct un- 

 published broad-fruited species from Mergui ( Griffith) ; but the 

 specimens are too incomplete to be described accurately. 



4. The Memecyla of Cuming's collections. 

 Having had occasion to examine the Memecyla collected by 

 ("uming in the Philippine Islands and Malayan Peninsula, which 

 bave been published independently, first by Presl, and, since 

 him, by Naudin, I am induced to subjoin their synonymy, for the 

 guidance of those who possess the collection : — 



No. 2322 (Malacca, not Philippines).=M. cceruleum, Jack, Malay PI. p. 

 166.— M. cordatum, Wall. Catal, no. 4100, C, D and E, from Singapore 

 and Burma (4100, A and B, together with 4101, being correctly re- 

 ferred by Naudin to M. amplexicaule, Roxb.).— M. lutescens, Presl. 

 Epimei. Bot. p. 208.— M. manillanum, Naud. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, 

 v. xviii. p. 2/6". 

 No. 760 and 889.=M. Cumingii, Naud. Ann. 1. c, p. 273.— M. umbelfa- 

 tum, Presl, Epimei. Bot. p. 208, non Bhune. 



