Vistylium.~\ LY. HAMAMELIDE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 427 



1. D. indicum, Benth. in Herb. Griff. No. 3377; leaves 3-4 in. more 

 or less stellately pubescent beneath, petiole ^ in,, unripe fruit $ in. long densely 

 stellate tomentose. 



KHASIA MTS.; Griffith. 



Griffith's specimens are all in half-ripe fruit. Bark lenticelled, the end of the 

 twigs and stipules with rusty stellate pubescence. Spikes 1-3 in. long, with stellate 

 pubescence, each bearing 2-4 fruits, pedicels f-1 in. long. The calyx seems to have 

 been early deciduous. Styles very long. This species appears near the typical D. 

 racemosum, Sieb. & Zucc. but has larger leaves not glabrous and much larger fruits ; 

 the ripe fruits in D. racemosum do not exceed \ in. long. D. racemosum is a tree 

 25 ft. high. 



3. SYCOPSIS, Oliv. 



A tree (or shrub). Leaves alternate, petioled, entire, coriaceous, lanceolate j. 

 stipules minute, early deciduous. Flowers unisexual, in small close axillary 

 spikes, both sexes in the same spike. MALE : calyx very small ; petals ; sta- 

 mens 8 (of which number several appear abortive) ; rudimentary ovary 2-fid. 

 FEMALE : calyx-tube adnate to the ovary for f its height ; petals ; ovary 2- 

 celled ; styles 2 separate ; ovules solitary in each cell pendulous. 



1. S. Griffithiana, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 83 with a -figure \ 

 Benth. $ H. f. Gen. PI. i. 666. 



KHASIA Mrs. ; Griffith. 



Boughs much branched with lenticular bark. Leaves 2-3 in. with stellate pubes- 

 cence when young but soon glabrous ; petiole \ in. long. Spikes less than 1 in. 

 stellately pubescent (and with sheathing bracts Benth. $ H. /.). Young fruits in. 

 diam., white-tomentose with close matted stellate hairs. Anthers dehiscent longi- 

 tudinally. Specimens imperfect. 



4. CORVZiOFSZS, Sieb. $ Zucc. 



Shrubs in habit leaves and inflorescence resembling hazels. Leaves alternate, 

 petioled, ovate or oblong, serrate, deciduous ; stipules large, deciduous. Flowers 

 appearing before the leaves in pendulous racemes, each flower nearly sessile 

 with a large sheathing bract. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, limb of 5 val- 

 vate lobes. Petals 5, perigynous, obovate-spathulate. Stamens 5, perigynous ; 

 anthers separated by a somewhat broad connective, dehiscing longitudinally 

 laterally. Scales 5, alternate with the stamens, or 10-15 irregularly placed. 

 Ovary half-inferior, 2-celled ; styles two, soon divaricate ; ovules 1 in each cell,, 

 pendulous. Capsule woody, endocarp horny, separating from the exocarp. 

 Seeds narrowly ellipsoid, testa black shining. DISTBIB. Species 4, extending 

 from East Bengal through China to Japan. 



1. C. Kimalayana, Griff, in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal,xzm. 642, with 

 a figure wherein the name is changed to C. grata ; twigs petioles and peduncles- 

 stellate-tomentose or pubescent, bracts and calyces silky, racemes dense in fruit. 

 H.f. $ T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 85. Hamamelida, Grif. Ic. PL Asiat. t. 633 

 (excellent). 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 4000 6000 ft., common. BHOTAN, alt. 5000 8000 ft. ; 

 Griffith. 



