300 xxv. DIPTEROCARPE^:. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) [Ancistrocladus. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; from the Concan to Travancor. 



Leaves 6-11 by 2-3 in., sessile, elliptic-oblong, subacute, rather abruptly narrowed 

 below, lateral veins remote and inconspicuous with loose reticulations between. Enlarged 

 calyx-lobes in fruit 14 in., spathulate, with numerous subparallel nervules. 



4. A. pinanglanus, Wall. Gat. 1054 ; panicle repeatedly 2-chotomous, 

 divisions slender, calyx-tube furrowed exceeded by the conical apex of the 

 fruit lobes decurrent. Planch, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, xiii. 318; A. DC. 

 Prodr. xvi. 2, 603. 



PENANG, Porter; MALACCA, Maingay. DISTRIB. Banca. 



Leaves 5-11 by 2-3 in., sessile, obovate-oblong, subobtuse, rather abruptly narrowed 

 below, upper surface faintly reticulate. Bracts lanceolate. Calyx-lobes oblong- 

 cuaeate, obtuse, sparingly nerved. 



** Leaves more than 4 times as long as wide. 



5. A. Wallichii, Planch, in Ann. tic. Nat. ser. 3, xiii. 319 ; panicle ter- 

 minal or on short slender lateral branrlik-ts 2-3 times 2-chotomous, bracts 

 solitary ovate acute denticulate. A. DC. I'md,-. xvi. -2. CA\ A. cxtensus '? 

 in j)aH Wall. Cat. 1052(2). A. stelligerus, Wall. Cat. 1053 ; A. DC. I.e. 1:03. 



PEGU and TENAHSEKIM. \\'nllich, &c. SILHET, Da Silva. CHITTAGONG, //./. & T. 



Brandies tortuous. Leave* 9-12 by 1^-1$ and 10-13 by 2-3 in., sessile, linear or 

 linear-elliptic, obtusely acuminate or acute, gradually narrowed to the snbauricled base, 

 lateral veins remote, midrib j)roniineiit beneath. Panicle about 3 in. long. Enlarged calyx- 

 lobes in fruit subequal, about in. long, oblong-ovate, obtuse, spreading. Planclion mis- 

 took the lateral branchlets in imperfect specimens for peduncles. To this species I 

 refer foliage specimens collected by Drs. Hooker and Thomson in ('hittagong. 



6. A. Griffith!!, Planch, in. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, xiii. 318 ; panicle ter- 

 minal repeatedly 2-chotomous divisions ascending slender flexuous, bracts 

 in pairs linear acute. 



TENASSERIM, Griffith, Heifer. 



Branches tortuous. Leaves 7-9 by 1-1 4 in., linear-obovate, obtusely acuminate, 

 tapering below into a flat petiole about $ in. long. Panicle about 7 in. long. 



7. A. attenuatus, Dyer; panicle terminal repeatedly 2-chotomous 

 with stout divaricate divisions the ultimate ones recurved, bracts solitary, 

 deltoid acute. 



TENASSERIM and ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 724). 



Leaves 12-15 by 1^-lf in., cuneate-linear, sessile, gradually acuminate, midrib pro- 

 minent, lateral nerves remote and inconspicuous. CaJyx-tubt in fruit furrowed, 2 lobes 

 enlarged, in. long, narrowly elliptic, obtuse, the rest half as long. 



A. SAGITTATUS, Wall. Cat. 1055, A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 603, is a Tetramerista. 



,3. ANISOFTERA, Korth. 



Resinous trees. Leaves coriaceous, entire, feather-veined and finely reti- 

 culate ; stipules small, fugacious or inconspicuous. Flowers in lax terminal 

 panicles. Calyx-tube very short, adnate to the base of the ovary, segments 

 imbricate, then subvalvate. Stamens oo ; anthers ovoid with a long subulate 

 connective, outer valves larger. Ovary 3- (rarely 4-5-) celled ; style fleshy, 

 ovoid or oblong, with an attenuate 3-5-fid apex ; ovules 2 in each cell. 

 Capsule adnate to the calyx-tube, indehiscent, 1 -seeded, crowned by the 

 accrescent calyx-segments, of which 2 form linear wings. Cotyledons fleshy, 



