Doona.] xxv. DIPTEROCARPE^E. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) 313, 



10. D, venulosa, Thwaites Enum. 402 j leaves oblong or ovate-oblong 

 obtusely abruptly acuminate with close and prominent venation above. 

 A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 628. 



CEYLON ; south of the Island, Thwaites. 



A large tree ; branchlets turning black when dry. Leaves 2-3 by 1-1^ in. ; lateral 

 nerves about 7 pairs ; petiole 5-5 in. I have taken these particulars from Thwaites as 

 I have seen no specimens. 



8. VATERXA, Linn. 



Glabrous tomentose or furfuraceous resinous trees. Leaves entire, firm 

 or leathery, feather-veined ; stipules deciduous or inconspicuous, rarely 

 large and persistent. Flowers in terminal lax corymbose or lateral racemose 

 panicles, or 1-3 on axillary peduncles. Calyx as in Shorea. Stamens 15, 

 rarely about 50 ; anthers linear or oblong, connective rarely prolonged or 

 minutely apiculate, external valves equal, or longer, or longer and broader 

 and rolled inwards at the apex. Ovary as in Shorea. Capsule ovoid or 

 globose, leathery or fleshy, 1 -seeded, indehiscent, or 3-valved, supported 

 by the refiexed scarcely accrescent calyx. Cotyledons large, fleshy, unequal, 

 usually lobed, inclosing the superior radicle. DISTRIB. of Sfiorea ; species 

 about 17. A. De Candolle transfers the sectitfn Stemonoporus, which is 

 endemic in Ceylon, to Vatica. The species, however, have an imbricate 

 calyx which in fruit completely agrees with that of Vateria. 



SECT. I. Fcenoe. A. DC. Stamens about 50 ; anther-cells adnate to 

 the apex of the acuminate connective, external valves much the longer. 



1. V. indica, L. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 602 ; COT. PI. iii. t. 288 ; W. & A. 

 Prodr. 84 ; Wight III. i. 88, t. 36 ; Wall Cat. 3670 ; Gcertn. f. Fruct. iii. 

 29, t. 4. V. malabarica, Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 29 ; A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 624 ; 

 Beddome Fl. Sylvat. t. ^.Rheede Hort. Mai. iv. t. 15. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; from Canara to Travancor, Wight, &c. 



A large tree ; young branchlets and inflorescence stellately canescent. Leaves 5-8 

 by 2-34 in., oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse or minutely acuminate, base rounded or 

 emarginate, lateral nerves 14 pairs, slender; petiole 1^ in.; stipules 4 in., obliquely 

 lanceolate, acute. Panicle 6-8 in., terminal, loosely corymbose, branches spreading. 

 Flowers | in. diam., 1-ranked, erect ; pedicels 4 in. Calyx-segments lanceolate, obtuse, 

 canescent on both surfaces. Petals elliptic-oblong, obtuse, white. Anthers glabrous. 

 (Capsule 2% by 1^ in., oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, fleshy, 3-valved. Roxb.} Linnaeus 

 clearly intended his name Vateria indica to apply to Kheede's plant. He identified 

 with this an imperfect specimen in the 4th volume of Hermann's Herbarium now in 

 the British Museum. What appears to be this specimen is perhaps indeterminable, 

 but certainly does not belong to liipterocarpece. The evidence appears to show that 

 V. acuminata, Hayne, was unknown to Linnaeus, and has therefore no claims to be 

 identified with V. indica. 



SECT. II. Hemiphractum. Turcz. Stamens about 50; anther-cells 

 distinct at the apex, acuminate, valves equal, connective not pro- 

 longed. 



2. V. acuminata, Hayne Arzn. xi. 5 ; A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2 (not of 

 Thw.). V. indica, Thwaites Enum. 37 ; Beddome Flor. Sylvat. t. 84 ; Blume 

 Mus. Bot. ii. 29, t. 4 (not of L.\ Elseocarpus copalliferus, Retz. Obs. iv. 27. 

 Hemiphractum oxyandrum, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Mosc. 1859, i. 262. 



CEYLON ; common in the hotter parts of the Island, ascending to 2000 ft., Thwaites. 

 A large handsome tree ; young branches and inflorescence densely covered with 



