Plate 2401, 



VATICA EIDLEYANA, Brandis, 



DiPTEROCARPACE^. Tribe Vatice.e. 



V. ndleyana, Brandls (sp. nova) ; arbor pra^ter inflorescentiam 

 glaberrima, foliis coriaceis e]liptico-oblongis,costa cum iiervis secuiidai'iis 

 utrinque 5-7 prominentibus, nervis tertiariis arete reticulatis, floribus 

 longiuscule pedicellatis, petalis lineari-oblongis subfalcatis, staniinibus 

 15, iiiterioribus 5, episepalis, connectivo in appenclicem brevissimam pro- 

 ducto, ovario ornnino supero triloculari dissepimentis tenuissimis, ovulis 

 '6 breviter rostratis, stylo brevi, stigmate capitato, fructu elongato 

 verrucoso breviter et oblique rostrato basi caljce incrassato indiirato 

 vix tameii aucto fulto, cotyledonibus carnosis plano-convexis ad basin 

 bifidis amylo repletis. 



Hab. Singapore ; Changi (No. 2758a) by tlie stream Chandukay 

 (No. 4449), Ridlr'y. 



Folia 3-5 poll longa, 1^-2 poll, lata; petiolus \ poll, longus. 

 InJioresce)diw rami calyx petalaqueextus pilis stellatis minutis puberuli. 

 ^fnminum filamenta 5 interiora longiuscula, basi valde dilatata, 

 exteriora 10, brevissima. Fnictus 2 poll, longus, pericarpium crassum, 

 exocarpinm molle, endocarpiiun durum fere lignosum. 



A big tree in dense jungle, often near streams, tiuwering, like many 

 otber species of Vatka, before it has attained its full size. Flowers 

 wbite, fruit brown and iirni. Squirnls and monkeys eat the endocarp, 

 ^hich is of the consistence of soft bar 



A species remarkable for its long, obliquely rostrate, warty fruit. 

 The leaves are easily distinguished from those of F. Scortechini, 

 ^vhioh conies nearest, by the small number of secondary and the 

 absence of intermediate 'nerves. The inflorescence also, calyx and 

 petals, are more finely pubescent,— D. Bkaxdis. 



I'ipr. 1. Bnd. 2. Flower, tlie pf^ta^s and sepals in front remor^^d. 3. Petal. 

 4. Detached stununs and vertical section of ovary. 5. ]^m\{— all enlarged. 



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SKHIES IV. VOL. V. PART I. 



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