LXXV. RiT.iACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Uroplnjllmn. 



CEYLON ; central province, alt. 4-7000 ft., Wight, Walker, &c. 



A tree? (Wight). Branches terete, puberulous upwards. Leaves rather coria- 

 ceous, narrowed at both ends ; petiole i-1 in., and midrib above with a few short 

 jipprrsseci hairs ; stipules -} in., rigid, erect, narrowly lanceolate, coriaceous. Cyme* 

 in. diam. Flowers very shortly pedicelled, black when dry, \ in., dull orange 

 (Tlnvaites 1. c. 139), white (Ic. 419). Berries orange. 



2. IT. zeylanicum, Thu\ Enum. 418; quite glabrous, leaves 3-5 in.. 

 ovate or elliptic-lanceolate obtusely acuminate, stipules short, cymes pedimcled 

 umbellate, flowers unisexual. Axanthes ceylanica, Wiyht in Cede. Journ. Nat. 

 Hist. vii. 146', t. 2, f. 2 ; Ic. t. 1163 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. xvi. f. 2. 



CEYLON; central province, alt. 4-7000 ft., Wight, Walker, &c. 



Branches terete, more slender than in U. elliptica. Leaves coriaceous, narrowed. 

 at both ends; petiole -f in.; stipules triangular. Cymes solitary or in pairs; 

 peduncle shorter than the petiole ; pedicels in. Flowers about in. diam., some- 

 times puberulous. Berries orange-yellow. 



0. IT. G-riffithianum, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. 147 



(Axanthes) ; leaves 6-9 in. glabrous elliptic or obovate-oblong abruptly caudate- 

 neumiuate, stipules f in. lanceolate from a broad base, cymes umbellate, corolla- 

 lobes acute. Urophyllum sp., Wall. Cat. 8322. 



SINGAPORE, Wallich ; MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2945, 2946), Maingay (881). 



Branches rather slender. Leaves shortly petioled; stipules \ in., coriaceous, 

 erect, lanceolate from a broad base. Cymes solitary or in pairs from each axil;. 

 peduncle longer or shorter than the petiole, and pedicels and calyx usually minutely 

 ivarted and puberulous ; pedicels ^-| in. Flowers in. diam. ; corolla-lobes glabrous, 

 triangular, acute, membranous. Griffith's No. 2945 has large leaves rounded at the- 

 base, longer petioles, and very broad ovate-oblong stipules. 



4. U. g-labrum, Wall. in Roxb. FL Ind., ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 186 ; Cat. 

 8310, excl. B. ; glabrous, leaves elliptic-oblong or lanceolate or linear or obovate- 

 lanceolate caudate-acuminate, stipules very narrow linear silky, cymes glabrous 

 or hoary sessile or pedimcled and umbellate, calyx-lobes obtuse. DC. Prodr. iv- 

 441 : Kurz For. FL ii. 53. Urophyllum, Wall. Cat. 8318, 8319. U. arboreum, 

 North. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. ii. 194. U. repaudulum, Miq. FL Ind. Sat. ii, 

 v>>. Axanthes arborea. Blnme Bijd. 1603. Wallichia arborea, Reinw. ex: 

 Elume in Flora, 1825, 107. 



SOUTH TENASSERIM, Kiir~, Heifer. SINGAPORE, PENANG, and MALACCA, Wallich t 

 Maingay, &c. (Kew Distrib. 83). DISTRIB. Java, Borneo. 



Very near indeed to U. Griffithiannm, and probably not specifically distinct, but 

 the fjtipules are always very narrow, the leaves (which vary greatly in shape and 

 from 3-10 in. in length) have more regular transverse veins, and the corolla-lobes 

 appear to be obtuse. The leaves are either gradually or abruptly narrowed into 

 narrow ligulate points sometimes nearly 1 in. long; the cyme, peduncles and pedicels 

 ;u*e sometimes pubescent, and the flowers vary much in size ; hence more than one 

 .species may be confounded under the above synonyms and numbers. Heifer's 

 1'enasserim plant has longer petioles, sessile cymes, and a hairy midrib beneath; it 

 more resembles Griffithiamim, but has very narrow stipules. 



* Branches more or less hairy (sometimes ylabrate in sp. 6, 7, and 8). 



5. TJ. hirsutum, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. 148 (Axanthes) ; 

 branches densely tomentose, leaves subsessile ovate- or oblong-lanceolate 

 caudate-acuminate pubescent beneath, stipules |-1 in. linear-lanceolate, cymes 

 .small sessile capitate, calvx and corolla tomentose. Wendlandia ? bifaria, Wall. 

 Cat. 6278. 



SINGAPORE, Wallich ; MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2939), Maingay (873). 

 Branches slender, and stipules, petioles, leaf-nerves beneath and cymes with 



