Saccopetalum.'] flora indica. 151 



8. M. velutina (Hi. etT.); foli is ovatis vel oblongis basi cor- 

 datis utrinque velutino-tomentosis, pedunculis extra-alaribus, pedicellis 

 eloiigatis dense tomentosis ebracteatis, floribus (hermapbroditis) extus 

 dense tomentosis, carpellis pubescentibus breviter pedicellatis. — TJvaria 

 velutina, Dunal, Anon. 91 ; DC. Syst. i. 484, Prod. i. 88. Uvaria 

 villosa, Roxb. Fl. hid. ii. 664. Guatteria velutina, Alph. DC. Mem. 42 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 6441 ! 



Hab. In sylvis siccis Bengaliae occidentalis et Baliar secus basin 

 montium, Roxb.! Ham.! ; Garkwal in sylvis prope Kheri seeus basin 

 Himalayas copiose, Edr/eworth ! ; et in Ava ad Taong Dong et secus 

 ripas fluminis Atran, Wall.! — (Fl. Mart. Apr.) (v. s.) 



Ardor, cortice pallido ruguloso. Hamuli dense tomentosi. Folia brevissime pe- 

 dicellate, parva, forma valde varia, acuminata, acuta vel obtusa, 3-6 poll, longa, lf-4 

 lata, petiolo -j^-pollicari, subtus densins velutina. Pedunculi ramosi. Pedicelli 3-6, 

 2-4 pollices longi, graciles. Sepala ovata, dense tomentosa. Petala exteriora se- 

 palis conformia ; interiora late ovata, \-% poll, longa, extus dense tomentosa, intus 

 atro-fusca, subglabra. Ovaria velutina. Carpella baccata, nigricantia, puberula, 

 sicca semipollicaria, pedicello i-poll. suffulta. Semina 1-2. 



Roxburgh says that the fruit much resembles black cherries. 



23. SAC COPET ALUM, Bennett. 



Sepala 3, parva. Petala 6 ; exteriora sepalis fere conformia ; in- 

 teriora inulto majora, velutina, marginibus cohaerentia, denique libera, 

 basi saccata. Torus stibglobosus. Stamina indefinita, multiserialia ; an- 

 therce subsessiles, dorsales, biloculares, conuectivo apiculatse. Ovaria 

 ovali-oblonga. Ovnla in axi biserialia, 6 vel plura. — Arbores late co- 

 mosce, deciducE, floribus ante vel cum foliis novellis nascentibtis, majusctdis. 



The genus Saccopetalum was established by Mr. Bennett in Horsfield's c Plantae 

 Javanicse Rariores' for a Javanese plant, a native of the southern coast of that island. 

 In that work Mr. Bennett clearly indicated the close relationship of Saccopetalum 

 to Miliusa and Hyalostemma, and pointed out that these three genera formed a well 

 marked section of the family, to which he omitted to give a name. Mr. Bennett at 

 the same time indicated Mitrephorea as the connecting link by which the Sacco- 

 petalece pass into the more ordinary state of the family. 



1. S. longiflorum (H.f. et T.) ; foliis ovali-oblongis vel oblongo- 

 lanceolatis acuminatis supra glabris subtus adpresse puberulis, floribus 

 breviter pedicellatis, petalis elongatis, stylis elongatis filiformibus apice 

 subclavatis.— Wall. Cat. 6443 ! 



Bengalia superiori ad Puraeah, Hamilton^ ex Wall 



verosimiliter 



(v. s.y 



Arbor forsan excelsa. Hamuli rugulosi, glabri, cortice cinereo vel albido, lenti- 

 cellis minutis asperato ; partes novelise pubescentes. Folia 8 poll, longa, 3 lata, 

 petiolo -^-pollicari, tenuiter coriacea. Flores ad axillaa foliorum delapsorum solitarii, 

 pedicellis Ipollicaribus incano-pubescentibus. Sepala oblonga, 2 lin. louga. Petala 

 iuUriura oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa, 1| poll, longa, tenuia, pubernla, basi subsaceata. 

 Toifs dense albo-villosus. Ovaria a' strigosa, uuwuiosa. Ovula circa 10. Styli 

 ovai'io fere duplo lougiores, gummi exudantes. Carpella subdefinita (iu spec. Herb. 



