70 flora in Die a. v [Dilleniacece. 



A widely distributed plant, which is also much cultivated in the hotter parts of 

 India as an ornamental tree. It is, we think, doubtful whether the Songium of 

 Rumphius be meant for this species. It is at any rate so totally unlike, that it is not 

 desirable to quote it. 



Sect. 2. Colbertia, Salisb., DC — Flores flavi. Semina glabra. 



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2. D. ovata (Wall. Cat. 945!); foliis petiolatis ovatis margine 

 denticulatis superne glabriusculis vel ad nervos puberulis subtus cum 

 petiolis fusco-tomentosis, pedimculis coastaneis unifloris oppositifoliis. 



Hab. In insula Penang, Porter! — (v. s.) 



Folia 8 poll, longa, 5 lata, petiolo l-l-|-pollicari. Flos (a spec, discretus super 

 eandem ehartam affixus) majusculus. Sepala ovata, crasse coriacea, extus pube- 

 scentia, sesquipollicaria. 



This is seemingly very distinct from any other known species, but the specimen 

 in the Wallichian Herbarium is very imperfect. 



3. !>• aurea (Sm. Exot. Bot. ii. t. 92, 93); foliis petiolatis ovato- 

 oblongis vel obovatis remote crenato-denticulatis supra glabris subtus 

 molliter pubescentibus, floribus ante folia enatis ramulos laterales breves 

 terminantibus solitariis aureis. — DC. Prod. i. 76; Ham. in Linn. Tr. 

 xv. 101 ; Wall. Cat. 6624 ! D. ornata, Wall. Plant. As. Ear. i. 20. 

 t. 23, Cat. 947 ! Colbertia obovata, Blume? 



Hab. In sylvis densis secus basin Hiraalayae Nipalensis, Ham.! et 

 in Ava in provincia Martaban, secus ripas fluminum Attran et Saluen, 

 WalU—(¥L vere) (v. s.) 



Distrib. Java? 



Arbor excelsa, ramis cinereis. Folia approximata, pedalia, petiolo pollicari. Flores 

 magni, speciosi, odorati (diam. 3-4-poll., Wall., iis D. speciosce paullo minores, ex 

 Ham.). Fedunculus in ramo brevi terminalis, pollicaris, crassus, bracteis aliquot 

 parvis ovatis valde deciduis prope basin munitus. Sepala glauca, dorso villis lougis 

 sericeis cito deciduis vestita. Petala obovata, bipollicaria. Ovaria 8-12. Fructus 

 (cum calyce) magnit. Pomi minoris. Semina plura, glabra. 



There can be fettle doubt that the descriptions of Smith (or Hardwicke), Hamilton, 

 and Wallich, are all referable to one species, which will probably be found to extend 

 throughout the jungles along the base of the eastern Himalaya, and of the central 

 axis of the Malayan Peninsula. In the figure in 'Exotic Botany 3 the styles are 

 not well represented, but this is probably a mistake of the artist. 



4. D. scabrella (Boxb. Hort. Beng. 43, FL Ind. ii. 643) ; foliis 

 petiolatis ovali-oblongis denticulatis utrinque scabrido-piiosis subtus 

 pallidis, floribus ante folia enatis secus ramos ad cicatrices foliorum 

 delapsorurn fasciculatis, pedicellis 2-3-bracteolatis, carpellis 5-7. 

 Wall. PL As. Bar. i. 20. t. 22, Cat. 944 A! et B I (excl. folio magna, 

 quod verosimiliter ad D. auream referendum est). D. pilosa, Ham.! in 

 Linn. Tr. xv. 102, non lioxb. Colbertia scabrella, Don, Prod. Nep. 



226. 



Hab. In sylvis densis Assam ! et Silhet ! — {p. v.) 



Arbor 30-40 -pedalis, ramosa. Folia 6-10 poll, longa, 4-6 lata; petiolo |-1- 

 poll., pubescente, basi dilatato, semiamplexicauli. Flores suaveolentes, diam. sesqui- 

 pollicares ; pedicelli ssepius terni, tubcrculo insident . bipollicares ; bracteolae ob- 



