HarptilHa.'] Sapiiidacea. 3 1 1 



Also in Andaman Is., Malacca, and Malay Archipelago, and perhaps 

 not distinct from P. pinnata, Forst. of the Pacific Islands. 



A very handsome tree, much planted for shade. Grows to a gigantic 

 size in the wet forests. Wood pale yellowish-red, rather light, with large 

 pores. 



Kurz's name, adopted in Fl. B. India, is several years later than that 

 here given. 



9. KARPUXiI.XA,* ^<7;r^. 



Trees; 1. pinnate; fl. large, polygamo-dioecious ; sep. 5, 

 distinct, much imbricate; pet. 5, with long claws, imbricate; 

 disk small, 5-lobed; stam. 5, inserted on the disk; ov. 2-celled, 

 with 2 superposed ovules in each cell, style very long, stigma 

 long, spirally twisted ; fruit an inflated, 2-celled, dry, locu- 

 licidal capsule, with i or 2 seeds in each cell ; seed with a 

 small cup-shaped aril at base, cotyledons large, thick. — Sp. 6; 

 I in Fl. B. Ind. 



K. imbricata, Thw. Eman. 56 (1858). Na-imbul, Fun- 

 dalu, S. 



Sh-eptostigma viridiflorum, Thw. in Kew Journ. Bot. vi. 298. C. P. 605. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 692 {H. cnpanioides). Kew Journ. Bot. vi. t. 9 A. Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 158. 



A large tree, with an erect straight trunk and pale smooth 

 bark, young parts finely fulvous-pubescent; 1. pinnate, rachis 

 6-10 in., cylindrical, pubescent, Iflts. 8-10, opp. or alt, on 

 short thick stalks, articulated, 3-6 in., lanceolate, acute and 

 unequal at base, acuminate, obtuse, entire, glabrous and 

 shining, bright light green, thin, with veins conspicuous 

 beneath, upper ones largest; fl. large, |in., on long puberulous 

 ped. on very lax, drooping or pendulous, axillary panicles 

 2-12 in. long, bracts linear-lanceolate, leafy, shorter than ped.; 

 sep. broadly oblong-oval, very obtuse, pubescent; pet. erect, 

 I in., recurved at top, veined, claw long, blade oblong-spathu- 

 late, obtuse, cordate and inflexed at base ; stam. in male fl. 

 exceeding pet., in bisexual fl. much shorter, anth. versatile ; 

 ov. compressed, densely pubescent, tapering, style 3 or 4 times 

 as long, stigma exserted, long, spirally twisted ; capsule 

 pendulous, inflated, didymous, i in. long, i|-if in. wide, 

 somewhat compressed, tipped with persistent style, pubescent, 

 becoming glabrous, bright orange, pericarp chartaceous; seed 



* From the Bengali name used in Chittagong. 



