Ilex.] XL. ILICINE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) 603 



long, base rounded ; petiole 4-1 in. MALE fl. in glabrous axillary branched cymose 

 umbellules, -^ in. diarn., greenish- whi te ; peduncle compressed, stout, 4~1 i n - '> pedi- 

 cels | in., slender. Calyx-lobes rounded. Petals broadly oblong, connate in both sexes. 

 Stamens short, inserted on the corolla in both sexes. FEMALE fl. umbellules in shorter 

 stouter simple or much-branched peduncles. Drupes red, crowded ; pedicels of about 

 their own diameter; stones 5-6, trigonous, with convex backs, rather thick. A very 

 distinct and handsome species. 



15. Z. Cardneriana, Wight Ic. t. 1217 ; glabrous, leaves 2-2^ in. 

 long-petioled ovate-lanceolate caudate-acuminate quite entire, umbellules 

 simple and panicled, flowers 5-merous. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; on the Nilghiri hills at Sisparah Ghat, Wight. 



A small tree or large shrub ( Wight). Leaves rather coriaceous, base rounded ; nerves 

 very faint beneath ; petiole J-f in., very slender. Flowers ^ in. diam., male only 

 seen, in simple solitary or fascicled peduncled slightlv pubescent umbels ; peduncles 

 shorter than the petioles ; pedicels slender, | in. Calyx-lobes broad, ciiiolate. Petals 

 oblong, obtuse, connate below. Stamens of $ equalling the petals, inserted on the 

 corolla in both sexes. A very distinct species, of which the fruit is unknown. 



16. I. Wig-htiana, Wall Cat. 4332 ; glabrous, leaves l|-4^in. elliptic 

 elliptic-oblong or -ovate subacute or u uminate quite entire softly coriaceous, 

 flowers usually 5-6-merous, <J and in peduncled simple panicled pu- 

 berulous umbellules, drape with 5-6 stones, stigma subsessile. Wight Ic. 

 t. 1216; Thwaites Enum. 183 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 142. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; Nilghiri hills, Wight, &c. ; CEYLON, in the southern and 

 central parts, ascending to 4000 ft., Thwaites. 



A large umbrageous tree, trunk 6 ft. in diam. at as high above the ground (Wight). 

 Leaves coriaceous, much larger in Ceylon than in Peninsular specimens, and more reti- 

 culated with rather distant nerves beneath, narrowed into a petiole |-g in. long. 

 Flowers minute, T V in. diam., white, umbellules subsessile in Peninsular specimens, on 

 peduncles ^-J in. long in Ceylon specimens. Calyx-lobes orbicular. Petals I oblong, 

 connate below in both sexes. /Stamens of 6 shorter than the petals, united to the 

 corolla in both sexes. Drupe \ in. diam., globose, smooth, stones with flat sides and 

 convex backs ; style very short indeed. The differences between the Peninsular and 

 Ceylon specimens are almost specific. 



VAK. peninsularis ; leaves l-2 in., nerves very indistinct beneath, umbellules sub- 

 sessile. 



VAR. zeylanica; leaves 3-5 in., nerves very distinct beneath, umbellules pedicelled. 



17. I. excelsa, Wall. Cat. 4328 (exsulca) ; glabrous, leaves 2-4 in. soft 

 elliptic-ovate or -lanceolate acuminate quite entire, nerves very oblique, 

 petiole slender, umbellules pubescent very shortly and stoutly peduncled, 

 flowers 4-5-merous, drupe \ in. diam. with 5 stones. Brandis For. 

 Flor. 76 (exd. syn. Ehretise). ? I. elliptica, Don Prodr. 189. Cassine ex- 

 celsa, Wall, in lloxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 376. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA ; from Kumaon to Nipal and Bhotan (exclusive of Sikkim), 

 alt. 4-6000 ft. ; KIIASIA MTS., alt. 4000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



A large shrub (or tall tree, Wallich). Leaves dark-green, shining above, paler be- 

 neath, rather flesh}', base acute ; petiole ^-1 in. ; stipules 2, minute. Flowers % in. 

 diam., about 12 in an umbel; peduncle |-4 in., stout, compressed; pedicels stout, 

 very short. Calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse, ciliate. Petals ovate-rotundate, crenulate, 

 united at the base in both sexes. Stamens equalling the petals, inserted on the corolla 

 in both sexes , filaments dilated at the base. Drupe globose, with 4 5 trigonous stones; 

 stigma 4-5 lobed. That the trivial name exsuka of Wall. Cat. is an oversight for excelsa 

 is evident from this being the Cassine e^cdxa of Wallich in Eoxburgh's Flora Indica, 

 where it is admirably described and stated to be a lofty tree ; no less than from the fact 



