Uncaria] LXI. RUBIACE.E 371 



seeds with \viDgs J in. long. Haviland in Joum. Linn. Soc. xxxiii. 78 transposes 1 and 2, 

 calling the large-fid. sp. U. pedicellata. •'>. U. ovalifolia, Roxb. — Syn. U. acida, Eoxb. 

 Mergui. Malay Penins. and Aichip. Branchlets and 1. nearly glabrous, 1. ovate or 

 elliptic, blade 2-3, pet. J in. long. Peduncle gradually narrowed from a broad often 



w ly base, upper part or ill'' whole slender. Pedicels generally shorter than calyx, 



calyx-lobes broad, nearly orbicular, corolla pubescent. Capsule slender. 



B. Fl. sessile or subsessile, bracteoles 0, petiole short, under \ in. 



I. V. macrophylla, Wall. — Syn. XT. sessilifolia, Roxb. : Kurz F. Fl. ii. 69. Bhutan, 

 Assam, Khasi hills. Manipur, Cachar. Lower Burma, Kurz. A large climber, 

 branchlets, petioles, underside of 1. and peduncles rusty pubescent. I. 4-6 in. long, 

 sec. n. 6-8 pair. Peduncles slender, 1-1} in. long, calyx lobes linear, as long as tube, corolla 

 hirsute outside. Capsule j in. long, pedicel as long as or longer than capsule. 5. U. 

 ferrea, T)( '. Mergui. Malay Peninsula, h. B-i in., sec. n. 6-9 pair, calyx-lobes filiform, 

 densely hairy, corolla glabrous. 6. U. Gambir, Eoxb. Malay Penins. Cultivated in 

 India. Branchlets and I. glabrous, 1. coriaceous, shining, stipules enl ire. Fl. pubescent, 

 corolla-lobes white, silky. Capsule glabrous, fusiform,§ in. long, pedicels shorter than 

 capsule, yields the Gan bi i of commerce, used in tanning and dyeing. 



C. Fl. and capsules sessile or nearly so, bracteoles usually present, filiform. 



7. U. pilosa, Eoxb. : Kurz F. Fl. ii. 70. Yem. Baisi kara, Xep. 



A large evergreen straggling and climbing shrub, branchlets, petioles, under- 

 side of 1. and peduncles tawny hairy, 1. ovate, acuminate, blade 4—5 in. long, 

 petiole very short. Peduncles gradually narrowed from a stout base. Calyx 

 hirsute, lobes linear, longer than tube, corolla yellow, f in. long, slightly 

 hairy. Capsule J-J in. long, nearly sessile, slightly hairy, ribbed, crowned 

 by the linear calyx-lobes. 



Outer hills and valleys from Kumaon eastwards, ascending in Sikkim to 5,000 it. 

 Assam, Saro and Khasi hills. Chittagong. Burma, Upper and Lower. Fl. April- 

 June. 8. U. sessilifructus, Roxb. Nepal, Sikkim, to "i.tHiii ft. Bhutan. Assam. Khasi 

 and Naga hills. Cachar, Chittagong. Dower Burma. A large climber, 1. glabrous, 

 shining above, pale beneal h, blade 3-5, petiole J- 1 in. long. Peduncles -lender. 1-1 A in. 

 lone, often forming terminal panicles, calyx-lobes short, obtuse, corolla pale yellow. 

 Simi — lyallie.l is 9. u. laevigata, AVall. Khasi and Naga hills. Tenasserim. 



8. HYMENODICTYON, Wall. : Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 35. 



Trees or shrubs, I 'ark bitter, w 1 soft. Stipules glandular-serrate, deciduous. 



Fl. pentamerous, in spikes or panicles with a few large liliaceous reticulate 

 persistent bracts, corolla-lobes short, valvate. anthers linear or oblong, fila- 

 ments short, attached to the Lack of a broad connective. < ►vary 2-Celled, style 

 filiform, long exserted. stigma spindle-shaped. Capsule '2-valved, dehiscing 



loculicidally, s Is numerous, imbricate, winged al both ends, the lower wing 



bifid. Species I 5, tropical Asia and Africa. 



1. H. excelsum. Wall. : Wighl [c. t. 79.— Syn. H. thyrsiflorum, Wall. ; 

 Kurz F. Fl. ii. 72; If. utile, Wight : Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 219 fig. A.; Cinchona 

 excelsa, Roxb. < 'or. PI. t. 106. v'ern. Barthua, Kangra : Bhaulan, Bhurkul, 

 Kukurkat, Hind.: Dondro, Guz.; Bhorsal, Mar.: Pottaka, Tel.; Kusan, 

 Burm. 



A large deciduous tree, I. elliptic, blade I I", nan-owed into petiole ■_• i in. 

 long. Fl, pedicellate, white, fragrant, in dense cylindrical compound racemes 

 in terminal drooping panicles, with linear of lanceolate bracts as long as or 

 louger than fl., corolla tube slender, more than three times the length of calyx- 

 lobes. Capsules :j-l in., on recurved pedicels [-J in. long. 



Sub in tract, frequen! in the Sal forest, also in Savannahs, from the Ravi 



ir,Ccntral Provinces. I iduous forests of the Peninsula and Burma, 



rjpper and Lower. i'l. .lone Aug. Coohinchina, Tonkin. .lava. 2. H. flaccidum. 

 Wall. PI. \- Ror. t, 188. - r valleys, ascending to 5,000 



ft., from (iarhi rds Khasi hills, Xunnan. Fl. ue le, fasoioul 



in Bimple drooping axillary ap minute, shorter than calyx, each spike 



with one long-pedunculate Bora! leaf on the peduncle. Corolla glabrous, tube short, 



