Dillenia.} n. DILLENIACEJE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 37 



Leaves 6-8 by 2^-3 in., base acute, pilose on the nerves above, shortly hairy espe- 

 cially on the nerves beneath, nerves 16-18 on each side, oblique, terminating in short 

 sharp serratures; petiole 1 in., brown, hairy. Peduncles 1-14 i n -> densely clothed with 

 brown tomentum. /Sepals nearly 14 in., ovate. Only two specimens seen, with im- 

 perfect flowers. 



4. B. bracteata, Wight Ic. t. 358; leaves oblong crenate, flowers 

 racemed, sepals suborbicular silky. Wormia bracteata, H. f. & T. Fl. 

 2nd. 68. ? D. repanda, Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 652. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; mountains of Maisor. 



A tree, young branches silky-pubescent. Leaves densely fascicled, 3-6 by l|-3 in., 

 coriaceous, subacute, or obtuse, shining above, puberulous on the nerves beneath. Ra- 

 cemes 1-2 in., few-flowered, subterminal or leaf-opposed. Flowers 2^-3 in. diam. 

 Stamens all equal, anthers 2-porose. Carpels 5, membranous, indehiscent. Roxburgh's 

 description of D. repanda, a native of Hindostan, differs but little from the above in the 

 retuse repand smooth leaves, 5-7-flowered raceme, and villous calyx ; we know of no 

 specimen or drawing. 



5. D. retusa, Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 200, t. 19 ; leaves obovate- 

 oblong truncate or retuse quite entire or sinuate-toothed, flowers 1-3 on a 

 peduncle. Lamk. III. t. 492; DC. Prodr. i. 76; Wall. Cat. 6625 ; W. & A. 

 Prodr. 6 ; Thw. Enum. 5. D. integra, Thunb. I.e. 199, t. 18 ; DC. I.e. Wor- 

 mia integra, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 68. 



Warmer parts of CEYLON, up to 2000 ft. 



A tree ; branchlets hairy, soon glabrous. Leaves 4-6 by 2-3 in., coriaceous, glabrous, 

 base acute; petiole 1 in. Flowers subterminal, 3 in. diam., white; peduncle 2 in. 

 Petals obovate. Stamens all erect, anthers 2-porose. Fruit 14 in. diam., of 5 carpels. 



SECT. II. Colbertia, Salisb. (genus). Branchlets scabrid. Leaves deci- 

 duous. Flowers appearing before the leaves, yellow, axillary or from the 

 scars, solitary or panicled. 



6. D. aurea, Sm. Exot. Bot. t. 92, 93 ; leaves obovate-crenate, flower 

 solitary 4-5 in. diam., adult sepals glabrous glaucous. DC. Prodr. i. 76 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 6624; H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 70. D. ornata, Wall. PI. As. Rar. i. 

 21, t. 23 ; Cat. 947. D. speciosa, Griff. Notul. iv. 703. Colbertia obovata, 

 Blume Bijd. 6. 



Tropical forests along the base of the HIMALAYA from Bhotan to Nipal. EASTERN 

 PENINSULA, in Pegu, Martaban, Mergui and the Andaman Islands. DISTRIB. Java to 

 Borneo. 



A spreading tree, bark grey. Leaves 1 ft., tapering to the base, distantly crenate- 

 toothed, glabrous above, softly pubescent beneath. Flowers terminating axillary short 

 shoots ; peduncle 1 in. Sepals when young villous. Carpels 8-12. Fruit with the 

 calyx as large as a small apple. 



7. D. pulcherrima, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. Beng. 1871, 46; leaves 

 broadly obovate sinuate glabrous above, flowers 4 in. diam. solitary or 

 geminate, adult sepals silky. 



Tropical forests of PEGU, Kurz. 



A large tree ; bark grey; young parts silky. Leaves 9-18 by 6^12 in., orbicular or 

 cordate, rarely narrowed at the base, nerves ending in marginal points, glabrous above, 

 pale and sparsely pilose beneath ; petiole 1-2 in., 4- a i n plexicaul, deeply channelled. 

 JFlowers on short axillary shoots; peduncles 14-2 in., silky, ebracteate. Sepals elliptic. 

 Petals riarrow-obovate. Nearly allied to D. aurea, but leaves larger, nerves less close, 

 and petals narrower. 



