Hydnocarpusl\ xiv. BixiNE-aa. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 197 



or toothed, base round acute or subcordate ; petiole \-\ in. Flowers solitary or ra- 

 cemed, white. Sepals green, pubescent. Stamens villous at the base, equalling the 

 petals. Ovary densely pubescent. Fruit 2-4 in. diam.,. tomentose. /Seeds obtusely 

 angular. 



3. H. alpina, Wight Ic. t. 942 leaves elliptic oblong or more or less 

 lanceolate obtusely acuminate or subacute quite entire, flowers 1 in. diam. 

 racemed pentandrous, sepals equal, petals oblong-lanceolate glabrous equal- 

 ling the linear scales, $ flowers with linear oblong obtuse staminodes. 



Moist valleys of the NILGHIRI MTS., Wight; CEYLON, Thwaites. 



A tree 70-100 ft..; twigs glabrous or nearly so. Leaves very variable, young red, 

 old deep green, 47 by 1^-24 in-> glabrous; petiole | in. Flowers racemed on very 

 thick branched jointed peduncles and long pedicelled (in the Ceylon specimens), pedicels 

 1-14 "' Stamens shorter than the petals, Stigma 5-lobed. fruit globose, size cf 

 an apple, bro\vn tomentose. Seeds imbedded in white pulp, testa hard. Description 

 chiefly from Wight. 



4. K. octandra, Thwaites in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. vii. 197 ; Enum. 

 19 ; leaves elliptic or elliptic- or ovate- or oblong-lanceolate obtusely acu- 

 minate quite entire, flowers | in. diam. fascicled octandrous, sepals unequal, 

 petals twice as long as the rounded silky scales, $ fl. with imperfect stamens, 

 fruit 2-3 in. diam. 



Ambamagowa district, CEYLON, alt. 2500 ft., Thwaites 



A tree 40-50 ft. ; branchlets tomentose. Leaves 3-4^ by 1|-1| in., glabrous above, 

 puberulous beneath with stellate hairs and glandular dots ; petiole. J- in. f 'lowers 

 2-8 in a fascicle ; pedicels \-\ in. Sepals oblong, obtuse. Petals orbicular, concave, 

 ciliate. Stamens exceeding the petals. Ovary oblong ; placentas 4, each 6-ovuled ; 

 stigmas 4. Berry woody, subtomentose, few or many-seeded. 



5. K. castanea, //. /. & T. ; perfectly glabrous, leaves linear-oblong 

 acuminate red-brown when dry quite entire much reticulated, petiole f-1 in., 



? flowers f in. diam., sepals equal, scales Ungulate silky equalling the 

 linear-oblong petals, ovary ovoid beaked, fruit as large as an orange. 



King's Island, ANEKAMANS, by the sides of torrents, Heifer; MALACCA, Griffith. 



A middle-sized tree. Branches stout,, angular, smooth, black when dry. Leaves 

 8-14 by 2-3^ in., sides at base very unequal, one acute, the other rounded, thickly 

 coriaceous, shining, strongly veined on both surfaces, nervea 6-10 on each side ; petiole 

 f-1 in., much thickened at the top, quite glabrous. Flowers $ (only seen) apparently 

 solitary, axillary, sweet-scented ; peduncles | in., and orbicular concave sepals densely 

 ru^ty-pubescent. Petals longer than the sepals, concave, obtuse quite glabrous ; scales 

 subacute, rigid, narrower than the petals. Staminodes 5, erect, glabrous, oblong, lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, much shorter than, the scales. Ovary villous, contracted into a conical 

 beak ; stigma sessile. " Fruit size of an orange, globose, rugose, brown, angled at the 

 top, flesh granular hard, placentas several. Seeds large angular, testa double, outer 

 subcoriaceous cellular, inner as- thick." Griff, mss. 



There is a Burmese species apparently of this genus collected by Griffith, but in too 

 immature a state for description. 



ORDER XV. PITTOSPOREJE. (By Hook. f. & Thorns.) 



Erect or climbing trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or subverticillate 

 quite entire (very rarely toothed) ; exstipulate. Flowers usually herma- 

 phrodite terminal or axillary. Sepals 5, imbricate. Petals 5, hypogynous, 

 imbricate. Torus small. Stamens 5, opposite the sepals ; anthers versatile, 



