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XXV. -DiPTEROCARPEiE. (W. T. Thiselton Djer.) [Valeria, 



hort caducous ferruginous tairs. Leaves 6-8 by 3 in., elliptic or oWong-lanceolate, 

 honly acuminate, base rounded, lateral nerves about 20 pairs, stout ; petiole 14 in. i 

 stipules J-1 in., linear-deltoid, attenuate. Panich terminal, 8 in., loosely coryml>ose, 

 bracteoles J in., ovate, obtuse. Flowers 1 in. diam., 1-ranked, erect ; pedicels i in. 

 Calyx ferruginous without, caiiescent witlrin. Fetals orbicular, acute, white. .^^J^^" 

 puberulous.^ {Fruit 4 in. long by 2^-3 in. broad.— Yields a green resm, used in unga- 

 lese superstitious ceremonies. Thwaites,) 



Sect. III. Stemonoporus, Thwaites. Stamens 15 ; anthers with the 

 external valves longer, broader and rolled inwards at the apex. 



Inflorescence 



3. V. ceylanioa, 



or retuse base rounded 



^piculate 



Stemonoporus WigMu 



Wight III i. 88 : leaves elliptic or oblong ^P™^ 

 d or slightly acute. Y. Wightii, Thivaiksjntm. 



403. Vatica Wightii, A. DC. Frodr. xvi. 2, 620. 

 Thwaites Enum. 37. 



Ceylon ; forests between Galle and Ratnapoora, and near ^^1^^^^^^^'*' ,^f^^*^^^^^^^^ 



A large tree; young branches glabrous. Leaves 5-11 by 3-5^ ^^ ' "^*|? .^^ v,„cr 

 - - - \ J -^ & . - . y . Panicles 3 in. long, 



yellow. Stamens with dilated slightly connate filaments ; anthers puberulous, con ^^^ 



pale, glabrous; lateral nerves 21 pairs, spreading ; petiole 2i in. Fanides 6 i»-^, ^; 

 lateral. Flowers fully 1 in. diam. Cahix dabrescent. FttaU elliptic, obtuse, suip" 



Calyx glab 



live with a short acute apex. Style subulate, acute. — I believe this to be tae p 

 intended by Wight. The only sheet in his herbarium with this name l^^^.^^^^^Y some 

 ticketed in error; it bears the inflorescence of F, acuminata and the fohage oi 

 indeterminate plant. 



4. V. Gardner!, Thwaites Enum. 403 ; leaves ovate <>l^ ^'^i^'^}^3 

 acuminate base rounded or cordate. Vatica Gardner!, ^. ^%: f 'i ^ /; ^8 

 2, 622. Stemonoporus Gardneri, Thwaites in Hook. Journ, of Bot \^^% ^' 

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Cevlon; Eambodde, Gardner; Adams Peak, Thwaites. . j^^^ral 



A large tree; young parts faintly puberulous. Leaves 3-5 by 2-24 in., ^^^^^ 

 nerves about 10 pairs, ascending ; petiole about | in. Fanides about 2 m. ^o."^' ij^^j, j 

 rou8, collected towards the ends of the branches, 5-7-flowered. Flowers 5 ^^ ^^^^^^ 

 pedicels \ in., decurved. Calyx-segments glabrous, ovate, acute. Pttals *^^^? J jg at 

 white. Stamens connate at the base ; external valves of the anthers rolled mw 

 the apex, connective not prolonged. Style acute. Fruit globose, 1 in. diam. 



jucunda 



leaves lanceolate or U near-lanceolate 



gradually acuminate base rounded. V. acuminata, Thwaues x./i»*"- ^ 

 {not o/Hayne). Vatica acuminata, A. DC. Frodr. xvi. 2, 622. 



Ceylon; Madaniabanewera, Ambagamowa, and Badalla districts, ^^*^^*^^*'3^2 in-* 

 A large tree ; young branches reddish-brown, glabrous. Leaves 4-7 ^J i ,^j,g^ 

 inidnb very stout, lateral nerves, about 12 pairs, ascending. J'^^ndes ik • .. 



teral, racemose, puberulous. Flmjoe 

 tals lanceolatfi, Ao.ufo nnlo irAll^nr 



fruit unknown. 



Calyx-segments ^anc^^oiaw. 

 style as in V. Gardn^n^-^^' 



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Peduncles few'fl(ywered. 



6. y. affinis, Thwaites Enitm. 403 ; leaves ovate-oblong <^^^^* '^giuis 

 nate base rounded lateral nerves depressed when dry. Stemonoporu^ . ^y 



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A. DC. Frodr. xvi. 2, 621. 



Ceylon ; Hunasgina district, alt. 4000 ^..Tlitcaiies. ' t_-e scaln^ 



A large tree. Leaves 3-4^ by 1^-2 in., glabrous, opaque, gl^ucescent aw^^' ^^^^ 



beneath; lateral nerves about 10 pairs, intervening spaces 



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