596 LXIII. SAMYDACEJ:. (C. B. Clarke.) [Homalium. 



styles 2-5, filiform, stigmas capitellate ; ovules many or several, placentas 

 parietal, extending only down the upper free portion of the ovary Capsule 

 half-superior, coriaceous, 2-5-valved at the apex. Seeds few, angular or oblong. 

 DISTRIB. Species 30, scattered over the hot regions of nearly the whole globe. 



As no one of the Indian specimens exhibits fruit, the description of the capsule 

 and seeds in the above diagnosis has been assumed to apply to the Indian species. 



SECT. I. Blackwellia. Stamens 1 opposite each petal. 

 * Racemes panicled. 



1. B. nepalense, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 34 ; leaves ovate or 

 elliptic subacute petioled crenate glabrous, panicles with divaricate branches 

 minutely tomentose or nearly glabrous. Blackwellia nepalensis, Wall. PI. As. 

 Ear. t. 179; Wall Cat. 4900; DC. Prodr. ii. 54. B. (Astranthus) acuminata, 

 Wall in Herb. 



\ NIPAL; Wallich. 



Leaves 4 by 2^ in., subacute obtuse or scarcely rounded at the base ; petiole ^ in. 

 Panicles 3-4 in. long and broad, axillary. Flowers small, short-pedicelled, 6-7 -fid. 







** Racemes elongate simple. 



2. H. tomentosum, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 34 ; leaves nearly 

 sessile obovate repand-crenate pubescent or tomentose beneath, flowers clustered 

 subsessile. Kurz For. Fl i. 531. Blackwellia tomentosa, Vent. Choix t. 57 ; 

 DC. P)-odr. ii. 55 ; Miq. Fl. Ind, Bat. i. pt. i. 714. B. spiralis, Wall. Cat. 

 4897, partly ; DC. I c. 



PEGU ; Wallich, Kurz. DISTRIB. Java. 



Leaves 5 by 3 in., narrowed or scarcely rounded at the base ; petiole \ in. or less. 

 Ttacemes 6 in., axillary, scattered, toraentose. Flowers small, 5-6-fid. Calyx-tube not 

 elongated, segments about equalling the petals. 



3. K. long-ifolium, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 35 (excl syn.} leaves 

 petioled oblong or oblong-lanceolate not rounded at the base entire or nearly so 

 glabrous, flowers clustered pedicelled, calyx-tube short segments nearly as 

 long as the petals. Blackwellia macrostachya, Turcz. in Bull Soc. Imp. Mosc. 

 1863, 610 ex descr. 



PINANG ; Phillips. MAT.ATA ; Maingay No. 665. 



Tree not very large but high (Maingay). Leaves 4-7 by lj-2 in. ; petiole \ in. 

 Racemes 6 in., axillary, scattered, but mostly towards the ends of the branchlets, to- 

 mentose .or scarcely more than puberulous; pedicels short, usually less than in. 

 Flowers small, 6-8-fid. For the synonym Wall. Cat. 4897 in part adduced by Mr. 

 Bentham see H. propinquum below. 



4. H. minutiflorum, Kurz For. Fl. i. 532 ; glabrous, leaves petioled 

 oblong coarsely crenate, pedicels glabrous, flowers minute about ^ in. long. 



BURMA, probably Martaban or Tenasserim ; Brandis. 



An evergreen tree. Leaves 3-5 in., obtusely apiculate, thin, coriaceous ; petiole 

 - in., stout. Racemes glabrous, simple or slightly branched, in pairs or solitary, 

 axillary. Calyx glabrous ; segments oblong-linear, villous-ciliate. Filaments slender, 

 one before each .petal. Not, seen : description copied from Mr. Kurz. 



5. K. zeylanicum, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 35 ; leaves petioled 

 elliptic narrowed at both ends crenate glabrous, flowers clustered pedicelled, 



