Vallaris.~] xciv. APOCTNACEj;. (J. D. Hooker.) 651 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; Nipal, Wallich ; Kumaon, ascending to 5000 ft., Edgeworth. 

 DECCAN PENINSULA ; from the Concan southwards. SILHBT, BIRMA, CEYLON. (Com- 

 monly cultivated in India). 



A tall climbing shrub, bark pale ; the axils of the petioles glandular. Leaves 

 1^-4 by f-H i n - glabrous or pubescent, petiole -f in. Cymes 3-10-fld., sessile or 

 pedunclea, dichotomous, much shorter than the leaves, sometimes racemose with a 

 twining rachis ; peduncles and pedicels slender, the latter often decurved ; flowers pure 

 white, | in. diam., fragrant. Sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, equalling the short corolla- 

 tube. Corolla-limb spreading. Disc ciliate. Filaments linear, villous ; anthers 

 woolly. Style pubescent. Follicles 6 by 2 in., straight, tapering from a rounded base 

 to a stiff point, "splitting into 4 valves when dry " (Roxb.) ; pericarp thick, fibrous. 

 Seeds 1 in., ovate, beaked, with a tuft of hairs at the hilum ; coma very long. I have 

 seen no seeds ; Kurz states that the follicles are always solitary. 



2. V.Terg-ulana, Burm. Fl. 2nd. 81; leaves large broadly elliptic or 

 obovate or rounded abruptly shortly acute membranous, cymes glabrous or 

 puberulous. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 399; Wight Ic. t. 429; Hook. Ic. PL t. 153 

 (V. Pergularia by error). V. ovalis, Miguel Fl. 2nd. Sat. ii. 427. Pergularia 

 glabra, Linn. Mant. 63. Emericia Pergularia, Ro&m. fy Sch. Syst. iv. 401. 

 Echites hircosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 18Rumph Amb. v. 61, t. 29, tig. 2. 



BENGAL; scarce, Roxburgh. MALACCA; cultivated, Mawgay. CEYLON (Thwaites). 

 DISTRIB. Java, Malay Islands, Timor. ^^ ^^^i^-^e^. 



A climbing shrub ; bark pale ; axils of the petioles glandular. Leaves 4-7 by 

 3-4 in., glabrous or puberulous beneath; petiole l-l in. Cymes much more lax- 

 flowered and glabrous than in V. Heynei. Flowers with a disagreeable goat-like 

 smell. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute. Thwaites doubts this being distinct from P. 

 Heynei, which makes me doubt his having the true plant in Ceylon. Miguel's V. 

 ovalis is undoubtedly the same species, as an examination of Horsfield's specimens, on 

 which it was founded, proves. I doubt the species being British Indian. I have seen 

 no native specimens, and Koxburgh's habitat of Bengal is not confirmed. 



** Flowers fascicled. Shrubs not twining. 



3. V. lHaing-ayi, Hook. f. ; branches stout, bark black, leaves very coria- 

 ceous elliptic-lanceolate obtusely acuminate shining above, nerves 5-6 pairs, 

 corolla in. diam., lobes obliquely ovate obtuse puberulous, mouth contracted 

 puberulous. 



MALACCA ; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1084). 



A large tree (Maingay). Branches curving, bark closely ringed with cracks. 

 Leaves 3-4 by l-l in., tapering at both ends, very dark brown above, pale brown 

 beneath, nerves strong but not prominent, black when dry ; petiole very short, black. 

 Flowers 4-8 in a small peduncled fascicle ; pedicels very unequal, -$ in., rather 

 stout. Sepals broadly ovate, 2 outer eglandular, 3 inner with 5 glands in all (Main- 

 gay}. Corolla-tube much longer than the sepals, ^ in. long, swollen in the middle, 

 mouth much contracted, hairy within ; lobes not much twisted in bud, but strongly 

 overlapping. Anthers half-exserted, with a large subcordate gland at the base 

 behind, villous opposite to it in front. Disc of broad rounded glabrous glands. 

 Ovary hairy towards the tip ; style slender, top slightly dilated. Fruit unknown. 



4. V. lancifolia, Hook.f. ; branches slender, bark pale, leaves narrowly 

 lanceolate acuminate, nerves very numerous close and slender, corolla in. 

 diam., lobes obliquely foliate obtuse, mouth broad villous. 



MALACCA ; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1102). 



A much branched woody shrub, apparently erect and not twining ; branches 

 tubercled with lenticels, twigs smooth. Leaves 2-3 by - i in., narrowed at both ends, 

 much so to the very slender points, pale brown, rather membranous ; petiole slender, 

 - in. Flowers 3-5 on a very short axillary peduncle ; pedicels very slender, | in., 

 with minute bracts at the base. Sepals triangular, very small, ciliolate, minutely 



