Hopea.] xxv. DIPTEROCARPE^E. (W. T. Thisclton Dyer.) 309 



petals dilated and crisped, anthers suborbicular, appendage about half as 

 long again. 



MALABAR and S. CAKARA ; ascending to 3500 ft., Beddome. 



A large tree ; branchlets reddish-brown, slightly glaucescent. Leaves about 34 by 

 14 in., firm, base acute or rounded, margins slightly undulate, glabrous on both sur- 

 faces, nerves pale beneath ; petiole ^ in. .Flower-buds about J in., tomentose, very 

 shortly pedicelled, calyx-segments lanceolate, obtuse. Fruit unknown. 



3. H, longifolia, Dyer; leaves linear-lanceolate obtuse lateral nerves 

 about 10 pairs very oblique their axils often glandular, tips of petals crisped, 

 anthers suborbicular appendage about half as long again. H. parviflora, 

 Beddome Flor. Sylvat. Gen. xxvii., in part. 



SOUTH CARNATIC, near Tinnivelly, Beddome. 



A large tree ; branchlets brown. Leaves 5-7 by 1-1^ in., firm, base acute, margins 

 slightly undulate, glabrous on both surfaces ; petiole f in. Flower-buds -fa in., tomen- 

 tose, shortly pedicelled. Calyx-segments ovate, acute, fruit unknown. 



** Panicles glabrous (except sometimes in H. micrantha). 



4. H. Wig-htiana, Wall. Cat. 6295 ; branchlets pale softly pubescent at 

 length glabrous, leaves oblong-lanceolate obtuse or acute lateral nerves 

 about 10 pairs, panicles racemose axillary 1-6 together shorter than the 

 leaves, calyx-segments glabrous. W. & A. Prodr. 85; Wight III. t. 37 ; 

 A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 633. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, Wight; Concan, Stocks. 



Leaves 5-8 by lf-3 in., tirm, base acute rounded or emarginate, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, opaque above, nerves oblique, curved, rather prominent above ; petiole 4 in., 

 stout, pubescent. Bracts -^ in., lanceolate, acute. Buds about \ in., very shortly 

 pedicelled. Calyx-segments lanceolate, obtuse. Petals pubescent externally. Anthers 

 with an appendage 4 times their length. Nut 4 in., ovoid, apiculate, glabrous ; bases 

 of fruiting calyx-segments scarcely distinct, gibbous, wings lf-24 by 4~i in* linear or 

 elliptic-linear obtuse, about 9-nerved, usually tinged with red. The inflorescence is 

 often diseased and condensed into a globular mass ; this is Artocarpus lancecefolia, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 527, ex Miquel, in Herb. Hoheiiack. 796 a. 



5. H. glabra, W. & A. Prodr. 85 ; branchlets dark-coloured glabrous, 

 leaves lanceolate obtuse or shortly acuminate lateral nerves about 8 pairs, 

 panicles 1-3 together, racemes axillary about equalling the leaves, calyx- 

 segments glabrous. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, Wight; Southern Carnatic, at Tinnivelly, Beddome. 



Leaves about 4 by 1^ in., base acute or obtuse, glabrous and rather shining on both 

 surfaces, nerves oblique curved and prolonged parallel to the margins slightly prominent 

 above ; petiole 4 i n M rugose. Bracts nearly in., lanceolate, obtuse. Flower-buds 

 very shortly pedicelled. Calyx-segments ovate, obtuse. Petals pubescent. Anthers 

 orbicular, appendage about 3 times as long. Fruit unknown. 



6. H. oblpngifolia, Dyer ; branchlets pale compressed, leaves oblong 

 shortly acuminate lateral nerves about 10 pairs, panicles racemose axillary 

 (rarely two together) about half as long as the leaves, calyx-segments 

 glabrescent. 



TENASSERIM ; at Mergui, Griffith. 



Leaves about 7 by 24 in., firm, base obtuse, glabrous and rather opaque on both sur- 

 faces ; nerves oblique, scarcely curved, inconspicuous above ; petiole 4 m - glabrous. 

 Bracts minute, about equalling the very short pedicels. Calyx-segments ovate, acute. 

 Petals pubescent. Anthers orbicular with an appendage 4 mes their length. Fruit 

 unknown. 



