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B. Fl. small, £ in. and more across. Western species. 



3. H. Grahami, Wight Ic. t. 380. 



L. coriaceous, shining, entire or nearly so, blade 3-8, petiole i in. Cymes 

 generally much longer than leaf. Fl. £- J in. across. Fr. 3V by 1 in., obtuse 

 or emarginate, striated. 



Ghats of the Konkan and North Kanara. Fl. H. S. 



4 H. obtusifolia, Roxb. ; Wight Ic. 963. 



L. variable in size and shape. 2-6 in. long, more or less crenate, veins finely 

 reticulate. Cymes shorter than leaves, often forming terminal panicles. 

 Fl. 4-§ in. Fir. 2 in. long, seeds 4. 



Western Peninsula on both sides, from the Konkan southwards. Fl. C. and H. S. 

 B. H. Arnottiana. Wight, West coast of Western Peninsula, from South Kanara south- 

 wards, Ceylon. L. coriaceous, shining, in the upper part faintly serrate, veins dis- 

 tinctly reticulate. Fl. i in. across. Fr. 2$ in. long. 



C. Fl. small, ^ in. and more. Eastern species. 



I). H. macrantha, Korthals. Chittagong, Duma hills. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula. 

 L. coriaceous, shining, more or less crenate, blade 1-7, petiole J in. Fl. J inch across, 

 pale ye]lo«- or white, cymes short. 1-1A in. long. Ripe carpels 2, 3-4 in. long. 

 7. H. Lobbii, Lawson. Maulinein. L. broadly elliptic, blade 3-4, petiole 1-1£ in. Cymes 

 shorter than leaf. Fl, J in. diam. 8. H. andamanica, King. Andamans. L. entire. 

 Cymes often in ample terminal panicles. Fl. J in. across. 9. H. nicobarica, Kurz. 

 Nicobars. L. more or less serrate. 



Kokoona littoralis, Lawson (Lophopiialuni litlorale, Kurz. Mtndaing, Burin.) Pegu 

 and Tenasserim, on low lands inundated during the rains. A large evergreen tree, 

 wood grey, med. rays extremely line and numerous. L. coriaceous, entire, opposite. 

 8-5 in. long. Fl. whitish, in axillary and terminal panicles. Capsules 2^-3 in. long, 

 coriaceous. :i-nngled, seeds winged at the apex, with the wing 1J-2 in. long, seeds oily. 

 albumen n. 



.".. LOPHOPETALUM, Wight : Fl. Brit. Ind. i. G14. 



Glabrous trees and shrubs, wood light-coloured, med. rays extremely fine 

 and numerous. L. opposite or alternate, entire, usually coriaceous. Stipules 

 0. Fl. bisexual, in cymose panicles. Calyx obtusely 5-lobed, disk large, flat, 

 petals either confluent with it at the base, or inserted under its margin, some- 

 times crested or papillose on their upper surface. Stamens 5, inserted on the 

 surface of the disk. Ovary triquetrous, 3 -celled, ovules 7-12 in each cell. 

 Capsule coriaceous, 3-valved, seeds imbricate, winged nearly all round, radicle 

 lateral, cotyledons flat, albumen probably none. Species about 10, Indo-Mala- 

 yan region. 



I. L. Wightianum, Am. : Wight [c. t. 162; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 145. 

 Vern. Balpale, Kan.: Fenkotta, Mai. 

 A large tree, wood close-grained. I., usually opposite, blade 3-6, petiole 



J-J ill. Fl. I in. across, dull reddish, in ample axillary and terminal panicled 



cymes, petals with a corrugated crest. Capsule sharply triangular, 3-4 in. 

 long. 



West coast of the Peninsula, ascending on the Ghats to 8,000 ft., from the Konkan 

 southwards. FLMarch S.pril. 2. L flmbriatum, Wighl . Sukna, Sikkim Terai (Gamble) 

 Silhet, Chittagong, Martaban, Tenasserim. A tree, petiole j I in. fl. J-J in. ooross, 

 yellow to red. petals with a fimbriate crest. 8. L floribundum, Wight, Mergui. A 

 tree, inflorescence somel imes rusty-pubescent. Fl. J * in, across, petals oo( crested. 



I. L. Wallichii, Kurz. P. PI. i. 266; Pierre, PI. Forest. Cochinch. t. 

 806. Vem. Katbo, Upper; MAndaing, Upper and Lower Burma. 

 A large glabrous deciduous tree, bark smooth, wood grey, moderately hard, 



Qtrk bauds of WOod-parenchyma. L. Opposite Or nearly SO, elliptic Or 



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