38 XLYI. ANACAEDIACE^I. (J. D. Hooker.) [Holigarna. 



coriaceous, shining above, pale and reticulated beneath ; nerves 20-30 pairs, very pro- 

 minent beneath ; petiole | in., spurs 1 or 2 on each side - in. Panicles terminal, 

 a foot long, much branched, clothed with ferruginous tomentum, <j> shorter. Flowers 

 clustered, $ about | in. diam. Styles 3. Drupe ovoid, glabrous, f in. long, upper 

 or % exserted. Kurz gives this as a native of Pegu, but the plants he sends to Kew 

 under this name are in part the true H. longifolia of Koxburgh, and in part H. albi- 

 cans. H. Grahamii differs from H. lengifdlia in the leaf being more triangular at 

 the top, not rounded and suddenly acuminate. 



6. XX. Beddomei, Hook. f. ; leaves 10-22 in. cuneate-oblanceolate some- 

 times much produced below acute or acuminate densely velvety beneath, young 

 membranous and ciliate,. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; Anamallay hills, Beddome. 



An enormous tree, Beddome. Leaves when old 10 in. long, coriaceous, densely 

 velvety, rufous ; nerves 18-22 pairs, stout, ferruginous, those of young plants 20 in. 

 long, membranous, ciliate with long hairs on the margin midrib and under surfaces ; 

 nerves slender 40-50 pairs, horizontal in the lower very elongated portion, more 

 arching above ; petiole short ; stipular spurs capillary, caducous. A very fine species 

 of which the leaves only are known. 



7. XX. albicans, Hook. f. ; leaves 6-16 in. oblanceolate-cuneate or oblong 

 coriaceous acuminate shining and reticulate above white beneath and glabrous 

 or very minutely pubescent in the midrib only laxly reticulate, panicle pubes- 

 cent as long as the leaf much branched, branches slender, <$ flowers shortly pe- 

 dicelled ^ in. diam., drupe broader than long oblique. H. Grahamii, Kurz in 

 Journ. As. Soc. Seng. 1872, ii. 205. 



PEGU, MAKTABAN, Kurz, McLelland, Scott. 



Branchlets as thick as the thumb. Leaves 2-4 in. broad, base not decurrent on 

 the petiole, obtuse; midrib stout faintly grooved; nerves 14-18 pairs all raised, 

 arched ; petiole ^-f in. Panicle of $ peduncled, rachis curved, branches very 

 slender, spreading ; of also much branched and spreading. Flowers $ only seen. 

 Sepals small. Petals obtuse, pubescent. Filaments very slender. Disk pubescent. 

 Drupe pedicelled, f in. diam. when dry, turgid, somewhat compressed, vqry oblique, 

 the exposed portion much smaller, convex, puberulous. Apparently a very dis- 

 tinct species, of which a large-leaved specimen from Kurz is marked H. Grrakamii, 

 Kurz (Semecarpus, Wight.) I find no trace of spurs on the petiole, but have seen 

 no very young leaves. Kurz describes this as beard-like. 



17. IVIELANOCHYLA, Hook. f. 



Trees. Leaves simple, very coriaceous, exstipulate, quite entire. Panicles 

 branched, axillary and terminal. Floivers small, unisexual. Calyx-tube per- 

 sistent, enlarged in fruit and adnate to the very base of the drupe, cupular, 

 lobes 5, erect. Petals 5, inserted on the edge of the disk, very coriaceous, per- 

 sistent, erect or suberect, villous in front, valvate. Disk lining the calyx-tube. 

 Stamens inserted on the edge of the disk, filaments stout, sometimes coherent at 

 the base with the petals villous ; anthers oblong. Ovary globose, 1-celled ; 

 style short, stigmas 3 ; ovule 1, pendulous from near the top of the cell. Drupe 

 globose, areolate at the base by the enlarged calyx, flesh full of black varnish ; 

 stone thick, hard. Seed oblong, testa thin; cotyledons amygdaloid, radicle 

 superior. DISTKIB. The following are the only known species. 



1. IMC. tomentosa. Hook. f. ; branchlets petiole panicle and midrib be- 

 neath velvety-tomentose, leaves oblong acuminate rounded or subcordate at the 

 base. 



