4 II. DILLENIACE^ [Dillenia 



B. Deciduous, fl. appearing before the leaves, yellow, solitary. 



3. D. aurea, Smith.— Kurz, F. Fl. i. 20. Syn. D. ornata, Wall. PL As. 

 Ear. t. 23. Vern. Aggtii, Oudh; Kallei, Gond, Satpuras; Korkotta, Kol. Byu, 

 Burm. 



Youngest shoots grey — or tawny-silky. Leaves coriaceous, obovate, narrowed 

 into a channelled and sheathing petiole. Secondary nerves 20-30 pair, ter- 

 tiary prominent, parallel, often branching and anastomosing, petiole l-j-2 in., 

 blade 6-12 in. long. Fl. solitary, 2-3 in. diam., peduncles 1-li in. long, 

 carpels £-10. 



Sal forests of Oudli and Central Provinces (Banjar Valley). Mandevi (D.B. Feb., 

 1870), Burma, hills between Sitang and Salween rivers, 2,000^1,000 ft. Sheds leaves 

 Feb., Mar. Fl. before young leaves appear, April, May. 



4. D. pulcherrima, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 19. Vern. Byu, Lower, Linshaic, 

 Upper Burma. 



Supposed to differ from D. aurea by larger elliptic leaves with a rounded 

 base, softly and grey-pubescent while young. Secondary nerves further apart, 

 tertiary nerves not more prominent than the minute reticulate veins. Fl. 

 3-4 in. diam., peduncles If— 3 in. long, carpels 12. Foresters in Burma will 

 eventually determine whether these two species are really distinct. Pierre, 

 Fl. For. Cochinch. t. 11, 12, 13, unites them. 



Upper and Lower Burma, chiefly in Eng forest. Fl. H. S. 



C. Deciduous, fl. appearing before the leaves, yellow, fasciculate. 



5. D. pentagyna, Eoxb. Cor. PI. t. 20; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t, 104. Vern. 

 Aggai, Oudh ; Telea Sag, Mandevi ; Sua, Gond, Satpuras ; Eai, Kol ; Kari, 

 Karmal, Mar.; Kangal, Kanagola, Kan.; Nay teku, Tarn.; Koda punna, 

 Mai. ; Zinbyun, Burm. 



Bark grey or pale brown, with shallow depressions of irregular shape, 

 caused by the exfoliation of the outer layers. Leaves silky, pubescent when 

 young, 12—36 in., narrowed into short winged sheathing jDetioles, secondary 

 nerves 30-40 pair, excurrent (as well as some branch nerves) into fine silky 

 teeth. Fl. 1 in. diam., 5-10, fasciculate on tuberosities along 2-3 year-old 

 branchlets marked by the scars of the sheathing petioles, pedicels slender, 

 1-3 in. long. Carpels 5, fruit with the enlarged fleshy sepals, 1-f in. diam. 



Sal forests in the sub-himalayan tract, from Oudh eastwards. Deciduous forests in 

 both peninsulas. Sheds its leaves in H.S., conies into fl. soon afterwards. D. pilosa, 

 Eoxb., is described by Kurz F. Fl. i. 20, with large solitary fl. In Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 38 

 it is identified with D. jientagyna. 



6. D. scabrella, Roxb. ; Wall. PL As. Ear. t. 22. 



Young shoots with long silky hairs. Leaves narrow-lanceolate or oblanceo- 

 late, membranous, upperside rough, underside roughish-tomentose, teeth minute, 

 petiole 1-1 -i-, blade 6-12 in. long, secondary nerves 30-40, almost at right 

 angles to midrib. Fl. 11- in. diam., 3-7 fasciculate on slender bracteate 

 pedicels, 1-2 in. long. Sepals nearly glabrous, carpels 5-7. 



Assam, Khasi hills, Chittagong, Andamans. FL H.S. with the fresh leaves or before 

 the leaves are out. 7. D. parviflora, Griff. Lower Burma, differs by rigidly coriaceous 

 leaves, softly tomentose beneath, longer petioles, calyx and pedicels densely tomentose. 



2. TETRACERA, Linn.; Fl. Brit, Ind. i. 31. 



Woody climbers rarely trees or shrubs, with entire, coriaceous, erect, generally 

 harsh leaves. Fl. in terminal cymose panicles. Sepals 4-6, petals as many, 

 stamens go , anther cells distinct, attached to a broad connective, which 



