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girt at the base or middle by the adhering calyx-tube, prolonged above into 

 a linear or linear-oblong coriaceous wing, 1 -celled, 1-seeded. Seed sub- 

 globose, exalbuminous. DISTRIB. Species about 10, scattered over the 

 tropics of Asia, Africa, America, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. 



1. V. madraspatana, Gcertn. Fruct. i. 223, t. 49, f. 2 ; flowers in slender 

 simple or paniculate spikes, fruit l|-2 by f in., nut girt at the base. 

 W. & A. Prodr. 164 ; Wight Ic. 163 ; Watt. Cat. 4268 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 48 ; Thwaites Enum. 74 ; Brandis For. Fl. 96. V. bracteata, Wall. 

 Cat. 4269. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, from the Concan southwards; TENASSERIM, at Moulmein and 

 Mergui, Griffith, &c. ; 'CEYLON, common in hot dry places. DISTRIB. Java. 



Young branches and leaves glabrous or only slightly pubescent. Leaves 2-4 by 

 1-1 \ in., oblong-lanceolate to ovate, acute or subacuminate, crenate or entire ; costal 

 nerves 6-8 pair. Calyx slightly puberulous outside, glabrous inside. Ovary with 

 a few white hairs at the base ; styles nearly straight. 



2. V. calyculata, Tidasne in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, viii. 124 ; flowers 

 in densely pubescent paniculate spikes, fruit 1| 2 by f in. pubescent, 

 nut girt round the middle. Brandis For. Fl. 96. V. denticulata, Wittd. 

 Nov. Act. Ber. iii. 417; DC. Prodr. ii. 38. V. macrantha, Tulasne in Ann. 

 Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, viii. 123. V. madraspatana, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 629 ; Cor. 

 PI. i. 55, t. 76; Wall Cat. 42686; W. & A. Prodr. 164 not of Gcertn. 

 V. silhetiana, Smithiana, and sulphurea, Tulasne in Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 Ser. iv.-viii. 125. 



Throughout the hotter parts of India, from the KUMAON HIMALAYA and NIPAL, to 

 BHOTAN, SILHET, TENASSERIM, and throughout the WESTERN PENINSULA. DISTRIB. 

 Java. 



Leaves pubescent, 3^-6 by \,-^k i n -> va te or ovate-elliptic, crenate-serrate, with 

 about 6 pairs of costal nerves. Calyx densely pubescent without, hairy within on the 

 disk. Ovary densely pubescent ; styles longer than in V. madraspatana and more 

 diverging. Fruit yellow, often densely pubescent, at length nearly glabrous. A vari- 

 able plant so far as the size of the leaves and amount of pubescence go. 



3. V. Blaing-ayi, Laws. ; flowers in long filiform simple or compound 

 spikes, fruit 3 by f in. glabrous girt below the middle. V. Sp.; Or if. 

 Notul. iv. 492. 



TENASSERIM, Heifer, at Mergui, Griffith; MALACCA, Maingay. ^ 

 Leaves 4-7 by 1-2 in., oblong-lanceolate, entire, coriaceous, with about 10 pairs ot 

 costal nerves. Nut % in. diam., blackish, veined. 



4. V. leiocarpa, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 77 ; flowers in small 

 axillary clusters or cymes, the upper often forming leafless panicles, fruit 

 glabrous 1|-2| in., nut girt round the middle. V. madraspatana, Bentli. 

 in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 42. 



BIRMA, Griffith; TENASSRIM, Heifer; MALACCA, Maingay. DISTRIB. Hongkong. ^ 

 Leaves ovate to oblong acuminate, crenate serrate or entire, coriaceous, shining, with 



about 6 pairs of costal nerves. Fruit |-J in. diam. 



?VAR. ; leaves larger ovate or elliptical obtuse, costal nerves about 10 pair. 



Malacca, Maingay ; Trop. Africa. Without the fruit it is impossible to be certain that 



this is not a distinct species. 



5. V. bombaiensis, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. 36 ; young 

 branches and flowers covered with fulvous tomentum, flowers fascicled in 

 the axils of the leaves. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 48 ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 

 t, 114. 



