Hex.} XL. ILICINE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 605 



A tree about 15 ft. high (Maingay}. Branches stout, bark grey; shoots quite gla- 

 brous. Leaves rigid, light brown when dry, shining above, paler beneath, with about 

 6-8 rather distant prominent ascending nerves, sparingly reticulated ; petiole short, 

 stout, -^ in. Cymes more or less effuse, with short subscorpioid many-flowered 

 branches ; peduncles |-f in., rather slender, glabrous or minutely puberulous ; pedicels 

 as short as the flowers, sometimes umbellulate. Calyx-lobes orbicular. Petals 

 broadly oblong, obtuse, rather shorter than the stamens ; of the $ 4-6, united at the 

 base, of ? often 6, unequal and free. /Stamens inserted on the corolla iu the <J, hypo- 

 gynous in the $ . Drupe of two forms ; one perfect, globose, | in. diara., with a sessile 

 stigma and 6-8 much compressed acutely 3-gonous stones ; the other (imperfect) 

 smaller, with a distinct but very short style and empty cells. The Tenasserim speci- 

 mens doubtfully referred to this species have smaller very coriaceous leaves, 2-3 in., 

 with more narrowed bases and tips, and glabrous cymes. A specimen of apparently 

 the same plant is amongst Maingay 's Malacca collections, its fruit is unknown. 



21. I. IVIaing-ayi, Hook.f.; quite glabrous, leaves 4-5 in. elliptic or 

 narrowly elliptic-oblong obtusely acuminate very coriaceous rather glaucous 

 beneath, nerves nearly horizontal, flowers subumbellate in stout much 

 branched cymes 4-6-merous, drupe \ in. diam. with 6 stones, style distinct. 



PENANG, Maingay (Kew distrib. 1021). 



A tree about the size of a Guava (Maingay) ; branches woody, bark dark grey, shoots 

 quite glabrous. Leaves very coriaceous, dark brown opaque and subglaucous beneath 

 when dry, blacker brown and shining above, midrib stout, narrowed into a stout petiole 

 J-^- in. Cymes almost racemose, 1-2 in. long, peduncle and pedicel stout quite gla- 

 brous, black when dry. Flowers crowded on very short stout pedicels, ^V in. diam. ; 

 $ cymes very short judging from the fruit. Calyx lobes orbicular, not ciliate. Petals 

 rather coriaceous, broadly oblong, in the $ 4, rather shorter than the stout filaments ; in 

 the 6, inserted below the ovary free. Stamens inserted on the corolla in the $ , hypogy- 

 nous in the $ . Drupes on stout pedicels shorter than themselves, subtended by the 6- 

 lobed calyx, rather longer than broad ; pulp very scanty ; stones trigonous, thickly coria- 

 ceous ; stigma tumid, subsessile. Near /. macrophylla, but the nerves of the leaf are 

 more numerous and almost horizontal. 



22. X. cymosa, Blume Bijdr. 1149 ; branches with white bark, 

 leaves 3-5 in. elliptic or elliptic-oblong obtuse or obtusely acuminate rather 

 membranous, nerves beneath very slender, flowers in lax open cymes 

 4-8-merous, drupe % in. diam. with about 8 trigonous stones, style stout 

 distinct. I. singapuriana, Wall. Cat. 6526. Prinos cymosa, Hassk. 

 Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. x. 140 ; Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 595. Leuco- 

 deris javanica, Planch, mss. 



EASTERN PENINSULA ; from Tenasserim to Malacca, common. DISTRIB. Sumatra, 

 Java, Borneo. 



A small tree ; quite glabrous ; bark of branches snow-white, with the epidermis 

 flaking off. Leaves usually membranous, variable in shape ; nerves few or many, 

 spreading, very slender, sometimes quite faint, pale fbrown when dry, shining above, 

 narrowed into a rather stout petiole |-g in. long. Flowers r \ in. diam., in small cymes 

 or irregular umbellules which are collected into a spreading cyrnose lon^-peduncled 

 panicle; peduncle ^-1^ in. ; pedicels slender | in. ; $ 4o-merous, with equal oblong 

 obtuse spreading petals; ? with a 5-merous calyx and 6-8 unequal small erect concave 

 petals. Calyx-lobes orbicular. Drupe | in. diam., rather longer than broad, grooved 

 when dry, with very little flesh, and usually 8 trigonous compressed stones ; stigma on 

 an evident stout short style. The white bark is very conspicuous in this plant, which 

 has a more open pauicled cyme and longer style than any of its Indian congeners. 



23. I. Wallichii, Hook. f. ; branches with white bark, leaves 4-5 in. 

 elliptic or elliptic-ovate obtuse quite entire thinly coriaceous, drupe in. 

 diam. with about 12 compressed stones, stigma sessile. Ilicinea?, Wall. 

 Cat. 9012. 



