190 CXXIX. PROTEACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [Helicia. 
H. cochinchinensis (which this author describes as having a small ovate drupe with i» 
longitudinal furrow) in the very large broad fruit, and in being a mountain p p^ E 
I suspect that the “ Pundua Mt." (Khasia Mts.) specimens of H. attenuata o . 
Cat. 1040/2 are this, but without fruit it is impossible to say. 
2. H. attenuata, Blume in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2. i. 216; quite gh 
brous, leaves 3-6 in. elliptic-oblong acute at both ends narrowed A O0 & 
short petiole entire or obscurely serrate, racemes quite glabrous, V Loth 
scales connate, ovary glabrous, fruit 2 in. long ovoid narrowe C P dir 
ends obtusely 6-angled. Bennet Pl. Rar. Jav. 83; Meissn. in D g m 
xiv. 439. Rhopala attenuata, Jack Mal. Misc, i. No. 2. 10; Wall. Cat. 
1040. R. racemosa, Roxb. mss. 
PENANG, Jack. ? Kuasa Mrs., De Silva. . 
This is not distinguishable from H. erratica except by the fruit. 
3. H. nilagirica, Beddome in Madr. Journ. Lit. and Sc. 1864, wiih 
figure, and For, Man. 1878; quite glabrous, leaves broadly ovate elli ei 
or lanceolate acute base narrowed into the petiole coarsely acutely toothe 
submembranous, racemes shorter than the leaves, fruit spherical $ 1n. diam. 
Niteurrt HILLS; on Western slopes, alt. 3-4000 ft., Beddome. . fruit 
This again closely resembles H. erratica and attenuata, but differs in the that 
which from Beddome’s observations is spherical and very small.—It is remarkable : 
uo specimens of this exist in the collections of Wight or any other of the numerou 
collectors in the Nilghiris but Beddome's, and I have seen none. 
4. H. ceylanica, Garda. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. 453 ; quie 
glabrous, leaves 3—4 in. obovate-oblong obtuse or tip rounded quite entir 
narrowed into a petiole, racemes and ovaries quite glabrous, hypog. scales 
distinct tips subacute, fruit ovoid narrowed at both ends about 1 in. Jong. 
Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 438 (zeylanica); Thwaites Enum. 250; Beddom 
For. Man. 178. 
CEYLON; in the Central Province, alt. 2-4000 ft., Gardner, Thwaites. th a 
A middling-sized tree. Leaves 14-2 in. broad; petiole } in. Panicle wit à 
purple rachis. Perianth pale yellow, unopened 1 in. long. Fruit (not seen by m 
the size of a hazel-nut, black-purple.— This again is very near H. attenuata. 
5. HI. petiolaris, Bennet Plant. Rar. Jav. 84; quite glabrous, bee: 
5-7 in. broadly oblong or broadly cuneately obovate obtuse or subacute qu! 
entire, base suddenly narrowed and decurrent on the long petiole. Mote 
in DC. Prodr. xiv. 438. Rhopala moluccana, Jack Mal. Misc. i. No. 2 
{not of Brown); Wall. Cat. 1041. 
SINGAPORE, Wallich. (Cult. in Penang, Jack.) . Lin 
Leaves 5-6 by 3-3) in. firmly coriaceous; nerves spreading; petiole 15 the 
Racemes longer than the leaves, Flowers 1 in. long. —Very distinct from any of 
preceding species. 
6. H. terminalis, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 312; glabrous or nearly 8% 
leaves obversely oblong retuse with a mucro, base acuminate and taper nit 
into along slender petiole entire or somewhat waved, raceme at the end 9 
the branchlets slender glabrous much longer than the leaves. 
Ava; on the Kakhyen Hilis, Kurz. 
I have seen no specimens of this, which from Kurz’s description must be near. 
H. petiolaris, and differs from its congener in the terminal raceme; the leaves are 
3-5 in. long, the petiole 1-4 in., and the flowers about 3 in. 
tt Leaves sessil or subsessile base obtuse or retuse. 
