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flora INDIOA. [Dilleniacece. 



apicem profundus sinuata. Petioli non dilatati, superne canalicular, 2-3-pollicares. 

 Bacemi 6-pollicares ; pedicelli superne clavati, glabri, pollicares. Sepala ovalia, 

 extos adpresse sericea. Petala 1 ^-pollicaria, obovata. Ooaria 5. 



In this species, as in W. Madafjascariensis and alata, the lateral foliaceous pro- 

 cesses on the petioles break off spontaneously, leaving a circular scar on the stem. 

 Oo the petioles of the youngest leaves they are occasionally somewhat persistent, 

 and at the apex of the branch there is a sheathing bract, (evidently a dilated petiole, 

 as it occasionally has the lamina developed,; in which the terminal bud is enclosed. 



4. W. pulchella (Jack, Mai. Misc. et in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 

 i. 221); foliis obovatis obtuse mucronatis integem'tnis, petiolis non 

 inargiiiatis, pedunculis unilloris. 



Hab. In Malaya ad Malacca, Griff.! — (v. «.) 

 Distrib. Sumatra, Jack. ' 



Arbor humilis. Folia 4-5 -pollicaria, petiolo fere pollicari, glabra, coriaeea. Pe- 

 dunculi oppositifolii, 1 J -2 -pollicares, ebracteati. Sepala late ovalia, glabra, polli- 

 caria. Foll'icul'i 5. 5 na pauca, arillo rubro pulposo. 



Griffith's specimens are very imperfect, but correspond in everything with Jack's 

 description. They are not in fruit ; we have therefore taken the character of the 

 seeds from the Comp. Bot. Mag. Jack describes the peduncles as axillary, but in 

 Griffith's specimens they are evidently leaf-opposed, aud only appear axillary in 

 consequence of several leaves growing close together towards the extremity of the 

 branchlet. 



5. W. retusa (H.f. et TV); foliis obovatis sinuato-dentatis sub- 

 truncatis et retusis, pedunculis oppositifoliis 1-3-floris. — Dill, retusa, 

 Thunb. in Linn. Tr. i. 200. t. 19; Lam. III. t 492. /. 2; DC. Prod. 

 i. 76 ; Wall. Cat. 6625 ! JF. ct A.! Prod. i. 6. 



Hab. In Zeylania, Thunberg. — (v. s.) 



Arbor, ramis glabris, junioribus puberulis. Folia 4-6 -pollicaria, petiolo 1— 14-poll. 

 Sepala ovalia, glabra. Petala obovata, pollicaria. Ovaria 5-6. 



6. W« bracteata (H.f. et T.) ; foliis ovalibus vel obovatis crenatis, 

 pedunculis plurifloris folia non sequantibus, pedicellis bibracteolatis. 

 Dillenia bracteata, Wight! Ic. t. 358. 



Hab. In montibus provincial Maisor, in regione "Balaghat" dicta. 

 Wight! (v. s.) 



Arbor, cortice cinereo rugoso, ramulis partibusque novellis sericeis. Folia ad 

 tpices ramorum conferta, 3-6 poll, longa, l£~3 lata, nervis obliquis crebris parallelis, 

 superne lucnla glabra, subtus pallida, adpresse pubesccntia, deniuin fere glabra. Ba- 

 cemi oppositifolii; hractece obovato-spathulatie. Sepala ovalia, dorso sericea. Pe- 

 tala obovata, 1£ poll, longa. Ovaria 5. Folliculi totidem, membranacei. Semina 



obovata, arillo parvo carnoso. 



This appears a very distinct species. Probably Roxburgh's Dillenia repanda 

 is the same, but his description is so imperfect that the point cannot be deter- 

 mined with certainty without the inspection of specimens. The locality assigned 

 by Roxburgh to his" plant is Hindostan,— that is to say, probably the mountains of 

 Behar, the vegetation of which is analogous to that of the hilly country of Maisor and 

 the Dekhan. 



7. W. integra (H.f. et T.); foliis obovatis obtusis subintegris, 

 pednuculis subsolitariis. — Dillenia Integra, Thunberg in Linn. Tr. i. 199. 

 /. 18 : Lam. III. t. 492./. 1 ; DC Prod. i. 76. 



