310 xxv. DIPTEROCARPE2E. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) [Hopea. 



7. H. Griffith!!, Kurz ms. ; branchlets slightly lepidote at length 

 glabrous, leaves lanceolate caudate-acuminate obtuse lateral nerves about 

 10 pairs evanescent, panicles axillary less than half the length of the leaves, 

 calyx-segments glabrous. 



TENASSKKIM ; Mergui, Griffith. 



Brandies dark-barked, with pale striae. Leaves 3-4 by 1-1 1 in., firm, base acute, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, midrib prominent below; petiole in., slender. Bracts 

 minute, -shorter than the pedicels, lanceolate, acute. Flower-buds ^ in., shortly pedi- 

 celled. Petals palely pubescent. Anthers suborbicular, appendage about twice as long. 

 Fruit unknown, 



8. H. micrantha, Hook.f. in Tr<m*. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 160; branchlets 

 dark-coloured minutely lepidote, leaves elliptic-ovate or lanceolate caudate- 

 acuminate obtuse lateral nerves very numerous evanescent, panicles terminal 

 or axillary less than .V the length of the leaves hoary-pubescent, calyx- 

 segments varnished. A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 634. 



MALACCA, Maingay. DISTRIB. Borneo. 



A very lofty tree. Leaves 2-24 by f-lj in., coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, 

 midri I) prominent above ami beneath; petiole 4 in., puberulent. Flowtrs -$ in., pt-di- 

 cels fully T 1 * in. Petals palely pubescent, .!/<///* suliorbicular, appendage about as 

 long. Nut conical ; bases of fruiting calyx-segments \ in. long with two gibbosities at 

 the bottom, \\ings 14 in. oblanceolate, obtuse, 'J-n. -rved. 



9. XX. discolor, Thwaites Eu.iim. 36 ; branchlets dark-coloured slightly 

 pruinose, leaves lanceolate caudate-acuminate obtuse reddish-lrmvii 

 beneath lateral nerves about 5 pairs depressed above, panicles axillary 

 sometimes 2-3 together about the length of the leaves, calyx-segments 

 glabrous. ^1. DC. Prodr. xvi. -2, (J33. 



CEYLON ; Saffragam and Ambagamowa districts, at no great elevation, Thwaites. 



A large tree. Leaves 2-3 by f-1 in.; petiole in. Pnide bright red; pedicels 

 ^y in. Petals yellow, palely puberulous. Antln rx snborbieular. appendages tlnx-e times 

 their length. Nut | in., conical, acute, ^lahnms ; hases oi' i'ruiting cal jz-segmdntl | in. 

 lanceolate; wings 14-3 by ^-\ in.; oblanceolate, obtuse, 7-nerved. 



10. K. racophloea, Dyer ; branchlets brown, leaves ovate shortly 

 caudate-acuminate base acute lateral nerves about 4 pairs oblique curved 

 about equally prominent on both surfaces with large axillary glands, 

 panicles terminal or axillary exceeding the leaves. 



MALABAR; Wynaad forests, alt. 2-3000 ft., Beddnn'. 



A large tree, the bark peeling oil' in adherent scales (Bcddome}. Leaves 4-4 by 

 2-24 in., firm, glabrous on both surfaces; petiole | in. slender. Bases of fruitiuy 

 (<i'//.i'x<,//i><')its minute, scarcely distinct, thickcnnl. ^ihboiis; wings 3 by 1 in., oblong, 

 tip truncate or rounded inconspicuously 10-iierved, reddish. Nearly allied to the Ceylon 

 H. jucunda. 



11. H, jucunda, Thwaites Enum. 403 ; branchlets dark purplish- 

 brown, leaves ovate or orbicular abruptly acuminate obtuse base rounded or 

 obtuse lateral nerves about 4 pairs oblique curved slightly depressed above 

 with large axillary glands, panicles terminal or axillary. A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 

 2, 633. 



CKYLON ; Hinidoon Pattoo, Pasdoon Corle, and Saffragam district, Thwaites. 



A large tree. Leaves 14~5 by 1-2^ in., firm, glabrous on both surfaces ; petiole in. 

 transversely rugose. Flower-buds % in. ; pecficels T a ^ in. Calyx-segments ovate, var- 

 nished. Petals palelj'-pubescent externally. Anthers with an appendage four times 

 their length. Fruit unknown. 



VAR, modesta, DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 633 ; leaves 1-2 in., branches of the panicle 

 filiibrni. 



