TALAUMA. 



205 



Plate 47, 



fruit ; 



Talauma Hodgsoni, Hook. fil. Sr Thorns. 



rachis of carpophore; 4 and 



1 



flowering 



brand 



(Partly copied from Hook. fil. and Cathc. 111. Him. Plants, t. 6.) 



j^. y Mnums.— i, nowenng branch; 2, ripe 

 individual carpels dehisced,— all of natural size. 



Sect. 



II. 



Spongocaepon. Carpels 



spongy- 



separating when ripe from the central woody axis and 



or corky, indehiscent, confluent; each 



process which attached it to the 

 sepals and petals about 12. 



leaving 



axis 



i 



seeds 



the fibrous curved 

 escaping by, the decay of the carpels; 





7 



T. spongocarpa, King, n. sp. A tree 50 to CO feet nigh 



tawny-pubescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous 



> 



gradually 



young branches minutely 



ed from about 



middle to the acute apex ; the base rather abruptly cuneate ; the cd 



tely waved in the upper half 



* r 



tli 





upper 



face 



tly 



d 



glabrous, except the ruf 



pubescent midrib; lower with sparse, sub-adpressed, white pubescence; main nerves 7 

 to 9 pairs, ascending, curving and interarching freely at some distance from 

 rather prominent beneath as are 



the intermediate 



marg 



nerves; reticulations minute, sharp and 



distinct on both surfaces (when dry); length of blade 5 to 6 5 

 in. ; petiole 1 to 1*2 in., pubescent. Flowers white, solitary, axi 

 diam. when expanded; pedicels stout, *5 to *6 in. long, pubescent like the youn 



in., breadth 2 5 to 3-C.fi 

 llary, about 225 in. in 



branches, annulate about the middle 



pathoid hood of calyx tawny-pubescent 



oblong, rather blunt; sepals and petals each 6 



glabrous, oblong ; 



wh 



youn 





pointed when old : the petals shorter than th 



b 



the sepals obt 



s 



pal 



d more pointed 



Stamens about half as long as the gynoecium ; the anthers with apical tails. Carpophore 



on a 



ather 



or 



woolly stalk 



ovaries forminir a narrowly cylindric cone, d 



n 



J 



i 



cov 



d with white wool 



tl 



stigmas elongate, glab 



Fi 



b-cylindrie, rath 



blunt, much lenticellate, glabrous, 3 to 4 

 cuneate, *75 in. long. 



o 



d 1-3 



diam. : individ 



carp 



u PP 



Burmah, on Mymyo Hill; Calcutta B 



Garden collector N 





10 



The section Spongocarpon which I have ventured to form for the 



pt 



f tl 



above two 



pecies 



of Talauma has the same kind of spongy 



indehiscent 



pe I s 



as 



Blume's genus ' Aromadendron— justly reduced to a section of 



T 



by Mr. Bentham 



and Sir J. D. Hooker. But in that the flowers are large; and the sepals and petaK 

 are numerous (28 to 36), whereas in this their number is only 12. 



Plate 47 bis. Talauma spongocarpa 



j 



King 



1 



flowering branch; 2, ripe fruit 



3 



cal section of same; 4, fibrous framework of the fruit after carpels have fallen 



5 flower dissected,— all of natural size; 6, anthers: enlarged 



8 



T 



> 



King, n. sp. A tree 60 to 80 feet high ; young branches minutely 



pubescent 



Leaves thinly 



» 



oblong-lanceolate 



th 



base cuneate 



upper surface glabrou 

 pubescent 



j 



shining ; the lower paler, dull, sparsely and minutely sub-adpressed 



mam 



terarching freely within the 



12 to 16 pairs 



> 



slightly prominent 



beneath when dry, ascending, 



margin ; 



reticulat 



of blade 4 to 6 in., breadth 1*3 to 2-15 in.; stipules narrowly oblon 



length 



Ions as the petioles 



minute, distinct on both surfac 



i. about 



as 



» 



sm 



ooth 



i 



petiole # 5 to *7 



j 



puberulous. Flo 



solitary 



ary 



Am*. Roy. Bot. Gaed. Calcutta, Vol. Ill 



