Herltiera.] ^tekculiace.i:. 37 



projecting inner edge, and a strong projecting almost winged keel along the 

 outer edge. 



On the seacoast, Hance ; a large tree on the road to Chulichew, Champion. Frequent 

 in the Indian Archipelago, the Philippines, and other islands of the Pacific, 



3. REEVESIA, Lindl. 



Calyx turbinate-campanulate, shortly 3- to 5-lobed. Petals 5, unguiculate. 

 Staminal tube elongated, shortly 5-lobed at the top, each lobe bearing 3 ses- 

 sile anthers on the outside, and all irregularly crowded in a terminal head. 

 Ovary stalked, enclosed in tlie staminal tube, 5 -celled, with 2 ovules in each 

 cell, one above the other. Stigma sessile, 5-lobed, Capsule woody, opening 

 loculicidally in 5 valves. Seeds winged on the lower end. — Trees. Leaves 

 entire. Flowers in terminal corymbs. 



A genus of 2 or 3 species, all fi'oni tropical Asia. 



1. R. thyrsoidea, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1236. A small tree, quite gla- 

 brous except a minute stellate tomentum on the inflorescence, and sometimes 

 on the younger branches and leaves. Leaves stalked, lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, 2 to 3 in. long, or twice that size on luxuriant branches, quite en- 

 tire, rounded at the base, evergreen and coriaceous. Flowers white, in ter- 

 minal sessile corymbs, much shorter than the leaves. Calyx 3 lines long. 

 Petals longer, slightly spreading. Stamina) tube near twice as long ; the ring 

 of anthers very compact, forming a terminal head. Capsule oblong-pear- 

 shaped, about 1 in. long, 5 -angled. 



Common in the Happy Valley woods, Champion and others. The precise Hongkong form 

 has only been gathered in S. China, but the R. WaUichii, Br. and Benn., from Khasia, may 

 be a mere variety with rather broader, slightly cordate leaves, and rather larger flowers. A 

 third form, gathered by Griffith in Bootan, appears to be quite a distinct species. 



4. HELICTEHES, Linn. 



Calyx tubular, shortly 5-lobed. Petals 5, unguiculate. Staminal tube 

 elongated, connate with the stalk of the ovary, divided at the top into 5 or 1 

 lobes, with L anther each, and 5 inner barren lobes or teeth. Anthers 1 -celled, 

 or with 2 divaricate cells. Ovary stalked, projecting from the staminal tube, 

 or enclosed within it, 5-lobed, 5 -celled, with several ovules in each cell. Styles 

 united. Caqiels separating when ripe, opening on the inner edge. Seeds 

 several, with little albumen. — Trees, shrubs, or undershrubs, more or less 

 covered with a stellate tomentum or branched pubescence. Leaves entire or 

 serrate. 



A considerable genus, dispersed over the tropical regions of both the Old and the New 

 World. 



1. H. angustifolia, Lhm. ; DC, Prod. i. 476. A shrub, with slender, 

 twiggy, tomentose branches. Leaves shortly stalked, oblong-bnear, 1^ to 2 in. 

 long, obtuse or scarcely pointed, entire, glabrous above or nearly so, covered 

 underneath with a close whitish tomentum. Flowers small, on short axillary 

 2- or several-flowered peduncles. Calyx 2^ lines long. Petals narrow, not 

 twice as long. Free part of the staminal tube as long as the ovary, 10-cleft, 

 with 1-celled anthers ; the 5 inner barren lobes exceedingly short. Capsule 

 ovoid-oblong, f in. long, thickly covered with a loose rusty tomentum, mixed 



