314 xxv. DIPTEROCARPE.E. (W. T. Tliiselton Dyer.) [Vateria. 



short caducous ferruginous hairs. Leaves 6-8 by 3 in., elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 

 shortly acuminate, base rounded, lateral nerves about 20 pairs, stout; petiole 1 4 in. ; 

 stipules f-1 in., linear-deltoid, attenuate. Panicle terminal, 8 in., loosely corymbose; 

 bracteoles | innovate, obtuse. Flowers 1 in. cliam., 1-ranked, erect; pedicels ^ in. 

 Calyx ferruginous without, canescent within. Petal* orbicular, acute, white. Anthers 

 puberulous. (Fruit 4 in. long by 2^-3 in. broad. Yields a green resin, used in Cinga- 

 lese superstitious ceremonies. Thwaites.} 



SECT. III. Stemonoporus, Thwaites. Si a mens 15; anthers with the 

 external valves longer, broader and rolled inwards at the apex. 



* Inflorescence panicled. 



3. V. ceylanica, Wi<jht III. i. 88 ; leaves elliptic or oblong apiculate 

 or retuse base rounded or slightly acute. V. Wightii, T/nvatf<-x E-nnm. 

 403. Vatica Wightii, A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 620. Stemonoporus Wightii, 

 Thwaites Enum. 37. 



CEYLON ; forests between Galle and Ratnapoora, and near Palmadoolla, Thwaites. 



A large tree; young branches glabrous. Leaves 5-11 by 3-5i in., both surfaces 

 pale, glabrous ; lateral nerves -Ji pairs, spreading : petiole 2^ in. ~J\ini<-l # ;> in. long, 

 lateral. Flir< rx fully 1 in. diain. fali/.r glabresrent. Petal* elliptic, obtuse, sulphur- 

 yellow. ^ffiiitf-nx with dilated slightly connate filaments ; antbers puberulous, connec- 

 tive with a short acute apex. Style subulate, acute. I believe this to be the plant 

 intended by Wight. The only sbert in his herbarium with this name lias clearly been 

 I in error; it bears the inflorescence of I', acuminata and the foliage of some 

 indeterminate plant. 



4. V. Gardner!, Thwaites Ennm. 403 ; leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 acuminate base rounded or cordate. Vatica ( Jurdnri i, J. J)(.'. L'nxlr. xvi. 

 2, c>2-2. fc)tciiioiiopt)nis Gardner!, Tliwaitrs in Hook. Journ. of Hot. 1854, 68, 

 t. 2 A. 



CI.VLON; Eambodde, Gardner: Adams Peak, Tlnraites. 



A large tree; young parts faintly puberulous. Leaves 3-5 by 2-2 in., lateral 

 nerves about 10 pairs, aM'eudiim ;; ]>i'tiole about ^ in. Panicles about '2 in. long, nume- 

 rous, collected towards the en-Is of the branches, 5 7-llowered. h'loircrx ;',' in. diam. ; 

 pedicels \ in., decurved. Cn!i/.i-->-</iii<'iitx glabrous, ovate, acute. I'>t(il.* broadly ovate, 

 white. Stameru connate at the base: external valves of tbe anthers rolled inwards at 

 the apex, connective not prolonged. /Style acute. Fruit glubose, 1 in. diam. 



5. V. jucunda, Thwaites ms. ; leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate 

 gradually acuminate base rounded. V. acuminata, Thwaites Ennm. 403. 

 (not of II ay ne}. Vatica acuminata, A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 622. 



CEYLON ; Madamahanewera, Amba^amowa, and Badalla districts, Thwaites. 



A large tree ; young branches reddish brown, glabrous. Leaves 4-7 by f-2 in., 

 midrib very stout, lateral nerves about 12 paiis, ascending. Panicles 1\ in. long, 

 lateral, racemose, puberulous. Flowers f in. diain. (7///.'-*< v///, /<, lanceolate, acute. 

 1\ tals lanceolate, acute, pale yellow. iStarnens and style as in V. Gardner!. Mature 

 fruit unknown. 



** Peduncles few-flowered. 



6. V. affinis, Thwaites Enum. 403 ; leaves ovate-oblong caudate-acumi- 

 nate base rounded lateral nerves depressed when dry. Stemonoporus affinis, 

 Thwaites in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1854, 68 ; Enum. 38. Vatica Thwaitesii, 

 A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 621. 



CEYLON ; Hunasgiria district, alt. 4000ft.,27ite*. 



A large tree. Leaves 3-4 by 1^-2 in., glabrous, opaque, glaucescent above, scabrid 

 beneath; lateral nerves about 10 pairs, intervening spaces irregularly builaie 



