368 cxxxv. EUPHORBIACEJJ. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Baccaurea. 



brous, leaves oblanceolate or obovate obtusely acuminate base acute, male 

 racemes tufted strict quite simple, bracts very minute ovate acute, flowers 

 jV in. diam. very sparsely hoary, sepals 4 subequal rounded, stamens 4-6, 

 fern, spikes 6-8 in., flowers in. diam. sessile, sepals 5 nearly glabrous small 

 broadly ovate, ovary subglobose hirsute, stigmas 3 very small sessile. B. 

 sapida, Beddome Fl. Sylvat. t. 280. Pierardia courtallensis, Wight *Ic. 

 t. 1912. Pierardia, Wall. Oat. 8077. 



TEAVANCOEE, Heyne ; Anamallay Hills, Wight, Beddome. 



A rniddl,ing-sized tree; shoots and young petioles sparsely pubescent. Leaves 

 5-7 by 2-3 in., thin ; nerves 5-7 pairs ; petiole 1-1^ in. Male racemes in large 

 clusters from the trunk and subsolitary on the branches. An imperfectly known 

 plant, considered by Beddome as the same with B. sapida, but differing altogether in 

 the male racemes ; and in the small sessile fern, flowers, if I am right in referring to 

 this a specimen from the Anamallay Hills collected by Beddome, and named by him 

 B. macrostachys (and which was lent to me from the Calcutta Herbarium). The 

 male flowers described above are from Heyne (in Herb. Wallich) and from Wight. 

 Beddome says that this species is most abundant in all moist forests of the Western 

 Ghats from Canara to South Travancore ; but it is curious that except the Ana- 

 mallay specimens of this, neither the Wallichian, Kew or Calcutta Herbaria have a 

 specimen of any Baccaurea from the Deccan Peninsula. 



2. B. lanceolata, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 457 ; glabrous, 

 leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate obtusely acuminate base obtuse acute or 

 cordate finely reticulate on both surfaces, nerves 10-12 pairs, male racemes 

 simple in cauline tufts 6-8 in. slender flexuous glabrous, bracts very minute, 

 flowers in. diam., sepals subequal glabrous without tomentose on the 

 margins and within, stamens 4 with interposed glands. Hedycarpus lan- 

 eeolatus, Miquel FL Ind. Sat. i. ii. 359. H. cauliflora, Hassle, ex Miguel 

 in Herb. Kew. Adenocrepis lanceolata, Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxii. 82. 



PEEAK, King's Collector. DISTECB. Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



A tree, 20 ft. ; bark pale. Leaves 8-12 by 3^-6 in,, thinly leathery, very pale 

 green when dry and rather shining; petiole 1J-5 in., very stout; stipules silkily 

 pubescent. Hale racemes pale ; bracts broadly ovate ; flowers rather long-pedi- 

 ctlled. Fern, racemes in Borneo specimens 6-10 in. long; dowers shortly pedicelled ; 

 sepals oblong-spathulate, nearly glabrous; ovary (4-5-celled, Mueller) subglobose, 

 strigose ; stigmas sessile, peltate. Fruit in Borneo specimens about 2 in. long, ellipsoid, 

 glabrous. Seeds dorsally sulcate. 



3. B. Scortechinii, Hook. f. ; branchlets hirsute, leaves shortly 

 petioled membranous subrhombic-obovate cuspidate base very acute, nerves 

 7-8 pairs very slender, racemes from the branches, male very slender simple 

 white tomentose, bracts minute at the base of the flower clusters, fern, racemes 

 slender, pedicels slender, sepals long very narrow hoary, ovary ovoid silky 

 contracted into a stout style with 3 recurved 2-fid stigmas. 



PERAK, Scortechini. 



Leaver terminating short branches, 5-6 in., very thin ; petiole ^1 in., and 

 midrib sometimes sparsely hairy. Male fl. -^ in. diam., very shortly pedicelled ; 

 sepals 4-5 ; stamens as many ; pistillode small. Fern, racemes 4-6 in. ; pedicels 

 minutely bracteate at the base, jointed about the middle; sepals g- in. long; ovary 

 6-ribbed or grooved when dry. 



4. B. parviflora, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 462 (in part] ; 

 glabrous, leaves elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate obtusely acuminate or 

 caudate base acute, nerves 4-5 pairs, male racemes very slender hoary bracts 

 very minute, fern, racemes tufted, pedicels very short, sepals linear-oblong 

 nearly glabrous, ovary ovoid silky contracted into a short neck or style with 



