Vatica.] xxv. DIPTEROCARPE.E. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) 303 



olive-coloured, shining above, pale and opaque beneath; petiole ^ in., thickened. 

 Panicles 1-1 i in., mostly axillary. Calyx-segments narrowly-deltoid, acute, at length 

 deflexed, pubescent. Petals pubescent externally. Anthers apiculate. Ovary pubes- 

 cent; style 2* in,, stigma capitate, lobulate. Fruit unknown. Notwithstanding the 

 deflexed calyx this species appears to find its most natural position here. 



9. V. affinis, Thwaites Enum. 404 ; young parts nigrescent nearly 

 glabrous, leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate acuminate base rounded 

 lateral nerves about 6 pairs ascending curved, midrib prominent above. 

 A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 619. Isauxis Roxburghiana, Thwaites Enum. 37, not 

 of Wight. 



CEYLON ; at Hinidoon Pattoo and Pasdoon Corle, Thwaites. 



A large tree. Leaves 4^-5 by 2-3 in., both surfaces glabrous, shining above, paler 

 beneath; petiole 1 in. Panicles axillary and terminal, ^-\ the length of the leaves; 

 pedicels and buds pubescent. Calyx-segments lanceolate, acute, in fruit ovate 3-nerved. 



10. V. scabriuscula, A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 620; young parts with 

 tawny stellate pubescence, leaves oblong-lanceolate obtusely acuminate 

 base obtuse lateral nerves about 25 pairs spreading the alternate ones 

 fainter. Valeria (Stemonoporus) scabriuscula, Thwaites Enum. 404. 



CEYLON ; at Hinidoon Pattoo and Pasdoon Corle, Thwaites. 



A large tree. Leaves 4^-5^ by l-2 in., on young shoots 11 by 2^ in., glabrous 

 above, scabrid beneath, midrib channelled above, very prominent beneath ; petiole 

 J- in. Inflorescence axillary and terminal, racemose ; bracts caducous, ovate, acute, 

 palely tonientuse. Anthers with a few scattered hairs. Style cylindric, slender, trun- 

 cate. I have only seen immature flowers of this, but the anthers perfectly agree with 

 Vatica and are unlike those of Vateria. 



11. V. ? disticha, A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 620 ; young twigs with minute 

 tawny appressed pubescence, leaves oblong strongly acuminate base 

 rounded, lateral nerves about 10 faint ascending. Vateria (Stemonoporus) 

 disticha, Thwaites Enum. 404. 



CEYLON ; at Hinidoon Pattoo and Pasdoon Corle, Thwaites. 



A large tree. Leaves 5 by l-2 in., glabrous alove, glabrescent beneath, coriaceous, 

 lateral nerves slightly prominent, midrib channelled above ; petiole ^ in. Panicles 

 axillary and terminal, imbricate-bracteate when young; bracts ^ in., distichous, ovate, 

 ciliate, the lowest with appressed fulvous pubescence, the uppermost glabrous. The 

 stamens appear to agree with Vatica, and according to De Candolle are apiculate. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



V.? (ISAUXIS) CORDTFOLIA, TJiw. Enum. 404 and 39 (Monoporandra). Foliage only 

 known. Leaves 5-7 i by 2-4 in., oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acute, base obliquely cor- 

 date, lateral nerves about 7 pairs ; petiole 4~f in Ceylon ; Atakalan Corle, Thwaites. 



5. SHOREA, Roxb. 



Glabrous, mealy, or pubescent resinous trees. Leaves entire or subrepand, 

 feather-veined, with the intermediate reticulations often inconspicuous ; 

 stipules large coriaceous and persistent, or minute and fugacious. Flowers 

 in axillary or terminal lax cymose panicles ; bracts persistent, caducous or 

 0. Calyx-tube very short, adnate to the receptacle ; segments ovate or 

 lanceolate, imbricate. /Stamens 15 or 20-100 ; anthers ovate or oblong, 

 rarely linear ; connective subulate-cuspidate, rarely inappendiculate ; valves 

 obtuse, rarely cuspidate, equal or the outer slightly larger. Ovnry 

 3-celled, cells 2-ovuled ; style subulate, stigma entire or 3-toothed. Capsule 

 leathery, indehiscent (or 2-valved ?), usually 1-seeded, closely surrounded 



