272 xxin. GUTTIFER2E. (T. Anderson.) [Calopkyllum. 



C. bancanura, Miquel Fl. Ned. Ind. Suppl. i. 498 and 499, and C. plicipes, ib. 

 (according to Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. etiyal, xxxix. pt. 2, 64). C. mesuae- 

 folium, Wall. Cat. 4850. 



EASTERN PENINSULA, Sincapore and Malacca. DISTRIB. Sumatra, Bancn. 



Branches slender, terete, shoots 4 gonal. Leaves 1-24 by j|-i| in., rigid, thin, ob- 

 tusely acuminate, base tapering acute ; veins slender on both surfaces ; petiole -4 in., 

 slender. Racemes from the axils of the oldest leaves, slender, glabrous, few-flowered ; 

 pedicels in., very slender. Sepals all equal, broadly ovate. Petals 0. Of Wailich's 

 C. mesucefoliurn only a branch with a few leaves are known. 



V,\R. oblong if olium ; leaves 1^-24 in. oblong, tip rounded. Malacca, Maingay (Kew 

 distrib. 173.) 



4. C. Burmanni, Wi<iht III. \. 129, Ic.i. 107, 188; leaves small (1-2 in.) 

 elliptic-ovate; tip rounded, racemes small axillary few-flowered glabrous. 



Planch & Trin n. M<m. (,'nttif. :.':{:* (not of tictma/ui Fl. Viti.} ; I'hwaitt* 

 Ei ni i 'ii. 52 ; Beddome Flor. SylvcU. f*'t-n. xxii. 



Hotter parts of CEYLON, at no great elevation. 



Young shoots 4-gonal, clothed with ferruginous toraentum. Leaves 1^-2^ by 1-1 .', in., 

 thinly coriaceous, tip scarcely emarginate, finely and equally veined on both surfaces; 

 petiole - in. Jtacemes slender. Fluii-erx scarcely \ in. diani., pedicels Lug slender, 

 i, orbieular-ovale. Petals 0. Fruit neai ly ;'} in. diam., sub-globose [reddish- 

 brown, Beddome]. Wight's var. /3 parvifolium pauses so gradually into the typical 

 form as hardly to deserve recognition as a distinct form. 



5. C. floribundum, II<><>k. /. ; k-aves 1-2 in. elliptic-lanceolate ob- 

 tusely acuminate margin thickened, petiole ^-^ in., racemes glabrous in 

 most of the axils, pedicels -] i". 



K \-i i.n.N I'I.MNSULA; Malacca, Mainfjini. (Ke\v distrib. 170, 172, &? 171.) 

 ^Inch-branched, everywhere glabrom ; brwichlel* 4-angled, strict. L<tive* coriaceooi, 



pale when dry. hardly shiniim\ nenrM ol<M6-se( unii'nrni on both surfaces. li>i>-i->n>',x 

 erecto-patent, about half as long as the l.-aves tl-s ilowered, jiedicels spreatling. / 

 i in. diam., opposite. /Sepals 4, outer broadly ovate, suKaciile, inner broadly obovat<% 

 tijis rounded, membranous, veined. Petalt 0. StOHtdU very numerous and style hardly 

 exceeding the sepals. Fruit unknown. J. D. H. 



6. C. retusum, Wall. Ct. 4s 4(' ; leaves 1-2 in. ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 tip rounded, petiole slurt downy, racemes axillary slender pubescent to- 

 wards the base. Choi*. G'uff/r./ttJ. 41 (cxcL tynonym] ; ./'/'///<//. *( TIKIH. Mem. 

 ff'fiffif. 237. C. amojiium, Wall. Cut. 4849. C. Burmaimi var. bracteatum, 

 WvgU III. i. 129. C. pisiferum, Planch. & Trian. I.e. 266. 



Iv\su-:i;\ lYxi.NsuLA, from Maitabau to Sincapore, Griffith, (Kew diatrib. 876, 881.) 

 An erect much-branched, densely-leafy shrub; shoots clothed with ferruginous down. 

 Leaves 1-2 by |-1 in., coriaceous; veins most prominent on the upper surface; petiole 

 - in., downy. Racemes in the axils of the lower and fallen leaves, few-flowered, slender, 

 erect : peduncle ferruginous towards the base. Flowers small, glabrous. /Sepals 4, ^in. 

 long, ovate-oblong. Petals U. Anthers minute, ovoid. Fruit pisiform, .deep yellow, 

 pericarp thin. 



** Flowers solitary or in pairs. 



1. C. microphyllum, T. Anders. ; leaves obovate or cuneate-obovate 

 obtuse or retuse, flowers few glabrous. 



EASTERN PENINSULA, near the top of Mt. Ophir, Griffith, Lolb, Maingay (Kew 

 distrib. n. 165). 



A glabrous shrub; branches many, short, slender, leafy; shoots 4-gonal. Leaves 

 |-1.\ by \-'\ in., tapering to the truncate base; veins prominent on both surfaces; 

 pciiulc i^- iu. Flowers in the upper axils, minute ; pedicels - in., slender, 



