Bourea.~\ XLIX. CONNARACE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) 49 



8. XI. fulg-ens, Planch, in Linnaa, xxiii. 423 ; branches petioles leaves 

 beneath and panicles densely shortly pubescent, leaflets 12-20 pairs in. linear- 

 oblong rounded at the tip base oblique, racemes strict contracted. Oonnarus 

 fulgens, (Connaracea?) Wall. Cat. 8524. 



SINGAPORE, Wallich, Maingay. 



Pubescence, rusty when dry. Leaves 3-5 in., petiole rather stout; leaflets slightly 

 dilated or contracted at the base, opaque, reticulation very obscure. Racemes (very con- 

 tracted panicles) axillary, strict, shorter than the leaves ; pedicels very short indeed. 

 Flowers not seen. Capsule f in., much curved, obtuse. I do not see why Wallich 

 proposed the trivial name of fulgens for this ; in its dry state it is a remarkably lurid 

 plant. 



ft Leaflets glabrous beneath or nearly so. 



9. R. stenopetala, Hookf. ; petiole and midrib of leaflets beneath pubes- 

 cent, leaflets 6-10 pairs f-1 in. obliquely ovate or obovate 2-lobed at the tip, 

 racemes very short, pedicels slender. Onestis steriopetala (misprint for stenope- 

 tala), Griff. Notul. iv. 433, t. 611, /. 2. Rourea No. 23 indescripta, Planch, in 

 Linncsa, xxiii. 421. 



TENASSERIM, at Mergui, Griffith. 



Branches glabrous, branchlets pubescent. Leaves 2-4 in. ; petiole slender ; 

 leaflets contracted cordate and very oblique at the base, shining above and below, 

 nerves and reticulations obscure. Racemes apparently almost reduced to fascicles; 

 bracts ovate, ferruginous. Sepals lanceolate, acute, spreading, imbricate, pubescent at 

 the tip. Petals linear, very narrow, 2| times longer than the sepals. Ovaries pilose. 

 The flowers are described from Griffiths' Notulse ; the spreading calyx is anomalous 

 in the genus. 



10. R. Wallichiana, Planch, in Linncea, xxiii. 421 ; petioles and panicles 

 pubescent, leaflets 15-30 pairs \-\ in. linear-oblong rounded at the tip glabrous 

 on both surfaces, racemes slender, pedicels equalling or exceeding the calyx, 

 flowers in. diam. Connaracea, Wall. Cat. 8525. Oonnarus mimosoides, Vakl ? 

 Wall. Cat. 8526 D. 



TENASSERIM and MARTABAN ; Amherst, Wallich ; Tavoy, Gomez ; Moulmein, 

 'Falconer. 



Leaves 6-10 in. ; leaflets very uniform, always obtuse, base rounded or subcordate, 

 upper surface dark brown hardly shining, lower chocolate brown opaque ; nerves faint. 

 Racemes slender, much shorter than the leaves, villous, paniculal^ at the base, pedicels 

 very slender, exceeding the calyx. Sepals orbicular, ciliate. Petals in. long, linear, 

 glabrous. Capsule |-f in. long, curved. A specimen of this is mixed with Wallich' s 

 8526 B. 



11. XI. concolor, Blume Mus. Sot. i. 264; petioles and racemes pubes- 

 cent, leaflets 15-20 pairs | in. oblong rounded or retuse at the tip glabrous on 

 both surfaces, racemes slender, pedicels about equalling the calyx, flowers - in. 

 diam. R. parvifolia, Planch, in Linncea, xxiii. 420. Oonnarus mimosoides, Vahl ? 

 Wall. Cat. 8526 A.B. ? 0. mimosoides, Jack in Mai. Misc. 2, vii. 44. 



SINGAPORE, Prince ; MALACCA, Griffith. DIST. Borneo. 



^Branchlets finely pubescent. Leaves 26 in. ; petiole slender ; leaflets cordate at 

 the base, shining above, chocolate-brown and minutely reticulated beneath. Racemes 

 equalling or exceeding the leaves. Flowers the smallest of the Indian species: Sepals 

 orbicular. Petals twice as long, linear-oblong. Capsules^ in., pointed. There is a 

 "Wallichian specimen in Herb. Benth. under Wall. Cat. 8526 B. with the leaves 

 shining beneath. 



12. R. similis, Blume Mus. Sot. i. 264 ; petioles and racemes pubescent, 

 leaflets 8-12 pairs linear-oblong 2-lobed at the tip shining above, very sparsely 



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