Homalium.~] LXIII. SAMYDACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 597 



calyx-tube oblong top-shaped segments shorter than the petals. Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 210. Blackwellia zeylanica, Gardn. in Cede. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. 452. 

 B. tetrandra, Wight Ic. t. 1851. 



MALABAB, up to 4000 ft., not uncommon ; Law, Stocks, &c. CEYLON, moister 

 parts up to 3000 ft. ; Walker, &c. 



A tree 40-50 ft. Leaves 4 by 2 in., obtusely acuminate ; petiole f in. Raceme* 

 axillary, scattered, also approximated at the ends of the branches, often dense with 

 flowers ; pedicels short, usually about in. Flowers small (but varying considerably 

 in size), 4-6-fid. Styles 3-4. 



SECT. II. Racoubea. Stamens 2-7 opposite or subopposite each petal : 

 some of the filaments sometimes having no anthers. 



* Racemes panicled or more or less divided. 



6. H. Schlichii, Kurz For. Fl. i. 532 ; leaves petioled elliptic narrowed 

 at both ends coarsely crenate glabrous, racemes terminal or subterminal, pani- 

 cled grey-pubescent, stamens 3 before each petal. 



CHITTAGONG, in tropkal forests ; Kwrz. 



7. XX. propinquum, C. B. Clarke; leaves petioled oblong undulate- 

 crenate pubescent on the midrib beneath, racemes often simple, flowers clus- 

 tered pedicelled, calyx-tube oblong top-shaped segments nearly as long as the 

 petals. H. longifolium, in part Benth. in Joum. Linn. Soc. iv. 35.- Black- 

 wellia propinqua, Wall. Cat. 4898. B. spiralis, Wall. Cat. 4897 A. 



PEGU; Wallich. 



Leaves 4-8 by 1^-3 in., obtuse, base usually narrowed sometimes unequally 

 rounded ; petiole scarcely \ in., villous. Racemes 6 in., towards the ends of the 

 branches, rillous-tomentose, simple or branched once ; pedicels about ^ in. Flower* 

 small, 6-M. Stamens 2 before each petal, both bearing anthers. 



** Racemes elongate, simple. 



8. H. Griffithianum, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 93; For. 

 Fl. i. 531, character emended and all syn. excl. ; leaves short-petioled elliptic- 

 rounded subcordate at the base pubescent on the nerves above aureo-villous be- 

 neath crenate, flowers clustered very short-pedicelled 8-10-fid, calyx-tube very 

 short. H. foetidum, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 37 partly, not of others. 

 Blackwellia dasyantha, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Mosc. 1863, 610. Blackweliia 

 sp. Griff. Notul. iv. 684. 



MERGUI, Griffith No. 991. TENASSEBIM, Heifer. 



Branchlets with spreading yellow hairs. Leaves 3 by 2 in., not much acuminate, 

 above densely yellow villous-pubescent on the nerves with scattered hairs on the sur- 

 face especially near the margin ; long golden spreading hairs on the midrib beneath, 

 and bundles of similar hairs in the axils of the nerves ; petiole scarcely | in., densely 

 villous. Racemes 6 in., tomentose; pedicels very short, less than in. Flowers small, 

 but larger and much more hairy than those of H. foetidum. Calyx-segments shorter 

 than the petals. Styles 5. Griffith states in Notul. that his plant has two stamens 

 before each petal, as his specimens clearly show : it is by oversight that Mr. Kurz 

 has described one only. 



9. XX. foetidum, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 37 ; leaves petioled ellip- 

 tic narrowed at both ends glabrous crenate, flowers clustered pedicelled 6-8-fid, 

 calyx-tube short segments a little shorter than the petals. Blackwellia fcetida. 



