4 % JO xxx. MALPIGHIACE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) [Aspidopterys. 



surrounded with a broad oblong or orbicular wing. Seeds oblong, subterete ; 

 embryo straight, cotyledons equal, radicle short. DISTKIB. Species about 

 15 ; all tropical Asiatic. 



* Leaves glabrous beneath, or nearly so. 



1. A. Roxburg-hiana, A. JHSS. in Arcli<>. J///j*. I/ inf. Xnt. iii. 511 ; 

 .shoots usually glabrous, inflorescence nisty-tonu-iitose, leaves ovate or 

 elliptic-ovate acuminate, midrib beneath glabrous or pubescent, ovary 

 hairy, samara linear-oolong, nucleus not <!orsally winded or keeled. 

 Hiraea indica, Roxb. Hort. Beny. :n : /'/. //,,/. ii. 448 ; Cor. PI. ii. ico ; )\'<>((. 

 PL An. Rar. i. 13. Aspidopteris oxypiivlla, A. Juw. Lc. 510. Hira^a oxy- 

 phylln, Wall. Cat. 7264 (a more slender form). 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, MisHMiand KIIASH Mi^.. ah. l-">nun (t.. I'.IKMA, Saliu-n river, 

 \Vallich; WESTKKN PENINSULA, C\i:\ MM < uaai, an ; 



A slender climber. !.><, 3-4 in., variable in bn-.-i'lth. acute or rounded at the 

 base, nnderanrfocti when VITV young slightly pubescent, when old ijuite glabro<u or 



the centre only; petiole \-^ in., ^iabnms ..] juil,.^. -CMI. I'uxlclix i-llii><-, rusty- 

 ^ in. di 



ttimentose. Flowers ^ in. diani. I ruit variable, inudi n;iiTn\vci- in tiir 

 llian in the I'-'ii-al specimens. I have given the I'.ombay lialdtat on the authority of 

 :.liay Klnra. 



YAI:. 1. Samara V.' by \ m. sides nearly parallel. Western Peninsula. 



\'.\i:. % J. Samara 1.^-2 by ^-1 in. nmre rliij>tie->hlon<; often narrowed either above 

 or below. A. dabriuacnl*, A. Juts. Ijc. 511 ; Hirjea glabriuscula, H'ull. Cut. ].. i';i. 

 (5626 Khasia .Mis., Sikkim. 



VAK. 3. Leaves mop- rounded, samara li by .'_, -; in. A-sam. 



.Inssicn d.-seribrs the ovary of Yar. '_' as ^lubn-us. but it is clothed with deciduous 

 haii-s, as in all the vars. Wallieh's Assam r-jjeeiineu under this name is referable to 

 A. nutans. 



2. A. concava, A. Juss. in Ar<-lti>\ J///.N-. ///'.< J\'uf. iii. 509 ; shoots 

 glabrous, leaves ovate obtuse or oUusely-aeiniiiuate <|iiite glabrous, buds 

 rusty-toinentose, samaras orliieular very niriiilirauous trausjiarent very 

 concave, nucleus winged in the concavity. Hi raja concava, Wall. PI. J*. 

 Jfffi: i. 13; Cat, ln(;i. 11. Merguensis, Wtght 111. L 139. 



I.IKMA, at Martaban, Wallich; I'KNA.-.-ILKIM, at Me-LTui, <!r(ijith. 



1 have seen only import'eet njwc-imens, \\ allieh's are in \oimg bud only; Griffith's 

 in old fruit. J.irex 3-4 in. ; petiole quite glabrous. Fruit on very lon^r capillary 

 pedicels, 1-1^ in. diam., buautilullv hyaline with radiating veins. I do not observe the 

 plication of the leavts descrihe.d by .hissk-u, who suspected that this was P)liin.e's 

 < H'ljitifii ; hut that is described as having much larger samaras, with a dorsal crest 

 <; 7 lines long. 



3. A. canarensis, Dah. in Hook. Keiv Journ. Bot. iii. 37 ; glabrous 

 almost throughout, shoots stout woody, leaves ovate or elliptic-lanceolate 

 obtusely acuminate, inflorescence reduced to axillary fascicles, ovary 

 {Uabrate, samara suborbicular very membranous, nucleus with a dorsal 

 wing. A. glomerata, Wujht Ic. t. 1986. 



Western Peninsula : CANARA, Dalzdl ; MALABAR and MYSORE, Wiglit. 



fillet* ilexiious, hard, with furrowed bark. leaves 3-4 in., sometimes elliptic- 

 ohovate, base acute or rounded, rather coriaceous, pale; petiole ^ in. Pedicels slender, 

 i in., srlabrous, bracteolate towards the base, crowded on very short, simple or divided, 

 pubescent axillary pedui cles that are clothed with minute bracts. Flowers ^ in. 

 diam (Sbmorcw 1|-14 in. diam., margin even or lobed towards the apex. A very re- 

 nmi-kable and distinct species. 



