SS8 Mcct-ei-ialsfor a iPlora 6f i^e Maintain F^ninmld. 



nations, tlte base cnneate or rounded, both surfaces g'labrons ; main 

 nerves 5 or 6 pairs, spreading, curving, prouiinent on -the lower sarf aoe ; 

 length 4 to 7 in., breadth 1-75 to 3-25 in., petiole "2 to 4 iu. Punides 

 axillary, cymose, pednncoia'te, nauch shorter ihan the leaves, pubei-nloiiB, 

 minutely bracteolate. Flowers 3 in. iu diam., on thin pedicels longer 

 than themselves. Calyx oa^pular, •pabei'xilous, with 5 broad shallow 

 obtuse teeth. Petals 5, much longer than the calyx, lanceolate, puber- 

 ulous ou the lower, glabrous on the upper sui^ace. Disc deep, fl^sJiy, -with 

 a broad ring of minute haiis ou its upper Imlf, deeply scooped out an 

 the upper surface to receive the small 3-celled ovaiy ; the 3 stamens 

 attached to the margin of the disc, their filaments flat and much re- 

 curved ; anthers small rowmded. Garpels nisually 2, flat, oblong, obtuse, 

 sometimes obovate-oblong and emarginate at the apex, stHate, 2"o to 4 

 in. long. Seeds 2 to 3 in. long, the wing large and thinly micmbranous. 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. B^.t. I, pt. 2, p. 509 : Kutz For. Fiona Bnrma, I, 257. H. 

 lanceolata, Fam. Wall Cat. 4214. H. grandiflora. Wall. Cat. 4215. H. 

 ohtusifolia. Laws, (in part but not of Roxb.) in Hook. £1 Fl. Br. Ind. I, 

 624. 



South Andaman : King's Collector. Perak : King's Collector. 

 Wray : common. Distbib. Burma, Chittagong, As.sam, Sikhim, Terai. 



Flowers of Chittagong and Assam specimens of this which I have 

 -dissected agree perfectly with Korthal's figure. Most of the specimens 

 from the other localities cited are in fruit only ; but their leaves agree 

 so absolutely with the flowering specimens from Assam as to leave no 

 doubt that they are eons pecific. Heifer's No. 905 (Kew Distrib.), and 

 perhaps Griffith's No. 911 from the Eastern Himalaya, belong to this. 

 H. Gumingii, Laws. resemble.s this both in flowers and leaves ; but the 

 petals in that are glandular-hairy on the upper surface, while in this 

 the upper surface of the petals is quite glabi qus. 



3. HippocRATEA CuMrNaii, Laws, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br, Ind. I, 624. 

 Scandent-; joung branches slender, brown when dry, jilabrons. Leaves 

 coriaceons, broadly elliptic, acute or shortly find obtusely cuspidatie, the 

 base rounded ; both surfaces glabrous, the lower reticulate. Panicles 

 axillary, sliorter than the leaves, dichotomonsly cymose, few-flowered. 

 Flowers '4!^ in. in diam., tlieir pedicels longer than themselves. Calyx 

 cupular, covered with minute deciduous tomentum, the ntouth with 5 

 shallow broad rather blunt lobes. Petals much longei' than the calyx, 

 linear- oblong, sub-acute, densely glandular-villous on the upper surface, 

 minutely tomentose on the lower. Disc broad, with a belt of hairs about 

 the middle. Fruit unknown. 



Malacca : Griffith, Disteib. — Pliilippines. 



An impeif eotly known species. 



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