Dillenia.] flora indica. 69 



Hab. In Zeylania, Thunberg. 



Arbor. Folia integerrima vel a medio ad apicem obscure serrulata, subspitha- 

 meea, palmam lata. Petioli villosi, pollicares, eanaliculati. Sepala oblouga. Pe- 

 tala obovata, l|-pollicaria (ex icone Thunberg.). 



"We have not seen anything like this from Ceylon; in general character it ap- 

 proaches very closely to W. oblong a, Wall'., but that belongs to the first section. 



6. DILLENIA, L. 



Sepala et petala 5. Filamenta filiforraia, pluriserialia ; anther a li- 

 nearis, exteriores erectae introrsae, interiores recurvse extrorsse. Carpella 

 5-20, indehiscentia, cuin axi centrali in pseudo-baccam calyce per- 

 sistente involutam cohasreutia. Semina in palpa gelatinosa nidulantia, 

 cxarillata. — Arbores, foliis penninerviis, scepe maximis, floribus conspi- 

 cuts, albis vel Jlavis. 



The species of this genu9 are all Indian, and inhabit the dense tropical forests 

 among the mountains. One species skirts the base of the Himalaya to 28° N. lat. 

 Most of them flower before the expansion of the leaves, which are generally of great 

 size, and vary a good deal in shape. On this account the species are very difficult of 

 discrimination, and it is possible that we may have reduced their number too much. 

 We believe, however, that it is much more advantageous to science to limit our lists 

 to the species which are well known than to establish new species on insufficient 

 grounds; and we must leave to botauists in India who may have an opportunity of 

 observing these trees in their native forests or in cultivation, the task of ascertaining 

 the degree of variation to which they are subject, especially in size and shape of 

 leaves, and in the length of the petiole. 



1 



longis 



Sect. 1. Eudjllenia. — Flores albi. Semina margine pilosa. 



D. speciosa (Thunb. Linn. Tr. i. 200) ; foliis petiolatis ob- 

 is vel lanceolatis acutis argute serratis, floribus cosetaneis solitariis 



maximis, carpellis viginti polyspermis. — Sm. Exot. Dot. t. 2, 3 ; DC. 

 Prod. i. 76 ; Ham. in Linn. Tr. xv. 99 ; Roxb. Fl. Lnd. ii. 650 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 943 excl. C! W. et A.! Prod. i. 5 ; Wight! Lc. t. 823. D. ellip- 

 tica, Thunb. Linn. Tr. i. 200 ; DC. Prod. i. 76. D. Indica, L. Sp. 745. 



Syalita, Meed. Mai. iii. t. 38, 39. 



* Hab. In sylvis densis in regionibus raontosis ; Zeylania ! Malabar, 

 Meed., Wiqhtl Concan, Graham; Orissa, Roxb.; Behar, HP Clelland I 



secus basin Himalaya a Nipalia, Wall.! ad Assam ! in Silhet ! Chitta- 

 gong ! Ava ! et per'totam peninsulam Malayanarn, Griffith! — (FL Jun. 



Jul.) (v. v.) 



Distrib. Per totam Indiam tropicam. 



Arbor mediocris, late comosa. Folia oblonga vel lanceolato-oblonga (arborum 

 jimiorum basin versus longc angustata), acuta vel abrupte acuminata, 8-10 poll, longa, 

 3-4 lata, petiolo 1-2-poll., superne glabra, subtus ad nervos cum petiolis subpilosa. 

 Flores diametro 9-pollicares (Roxb.). Sepala fere rotnndata, crassissiraa, glabra. 

 Petala late obovata. Antkerce lineares, exteriores erects?, interiores flnva?, patentes. 

 Fructus calyce aucto inclusus, depresse subglobosus, diam. 3- poll., loculis caruosis circa 

 axin crassum carnosum dense verticillatis, ibique inter se et cum placenta spongiosa 

 partim coheerentibus, cceteriiua libera; seminibus in axi numerosis compressis margine 

 pilis simplicibus inarticulatis villosis, testa crassa granulata. 



