618 CI. URTICACE.F [Pipturus 



spikes. ? perianth ovoid, narrowed to a minute mouth. Synearpium white, pellucid, 

 formed by the succulent perianth, \ in. diam., enclosing numerous achenes. 



Sarcochlamys pulcherrima, Gaud. Vern. Salcha, Burm. Assam. Khasi hills. East 

 Bengal. Chittagong. Lower Burma, abundant on deserted Taungyas. — Sumatra. A 

 large shrub or small tree, evergreen, branchlets pubescent, 1. alternate, lanceolate, 

 serrate, upperside rough but shining, underside white and grey-pubescent or velvety, 

 basal n. 3, strong, the lateral extending to the tip, sec. n. and tert. n. elegantly reticu- 

 late, the meshes quadranglar, blade 4-7, pet. 1-2 in. long. Spikes sessile, branching, 

 1-3 in. long, clusters confluent. ? perianth campanulate, accrescent and fleshy in fr. 



2. DEBREGEASIA, Gaud.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 590. 



Shrubs or trees, 1. alternate, 3-nerved, midrib and lateral n. on the outside 

 penninerved, tert. n. parallel, stipules bifid. Fl. sessile, not connate, in round 

 compact heads, which are sessile on the branches or arranged in dichotomous 

 panicles. $ receptacle fleshy, perianth ovoid or obovoid, mouth minute, succu- 

 lent in fr. Stigma penicillate, sessile or nearly so. Species 5, from Abj^ssinia 

 to Japan. 



A. L. narrow, petiole short. 



1, D. velutina, Gaud. — Syn. Conoceplialus niveus, Wight Ic. t. 1959 ; Morocarpus 

 longifolius, Blume ; Bedd. Man. t. 26 fig. 5. Vern. Tashiari, Sansaru, Siaru, Hind. ; 

 Put chaw, Lower, Kyet Kyidaitlc, Upper Burma. Outer Himalaya, 2-7,000 ft., from 

 the Jumna eastwards. Assam. Khasi hills. Burma, Upper and Lower, often in 

 deserted Taungyas. Western Ghats from the Konkan southwards. — Ceylon, moist 

 region up to 3,000 ft., common, Java. A shrub or small tree, young shoots silky 

 with long hairs, branchlets, pet. and underside of 1. grey-pubescent or tornentose, 1. 

 lanceolate, serrulate, upperside rough and uneven, blade 3-6, pet. i in. Heads in small 

 lateral dichotomous panicles, fr. bright orange-yellow, edible. 2. D. hypoleuca, Wedd. — 

 S3 7 n. D. bicolor, Wedd. Vern. Chinjli, Haz. ; Siaru, Seharu, Hind. North- West 

 Himalaya, Indus to Sarda, 2-6,500 ft. — Afghanistan, Abyssinia, common in ravines 

 and on the edge of rice terraces. A large shrub, sometimes a small tree, branchlets and 

 underside of 1. clothed with snow-white wool, 1. serrulate, lanceolate, upperside rough, 

 blade 3-6, pet. £-1 in. long. Fl. -heads sessile or nearly so. £ \ in. diam., stamens 

 exserted, ? smaller, fr. amber-coloured, edible. 



B. L. broad-ovate, pet. long. 



3. D. Wallicliiana, Wedd. — Syn. Morocarpus Wallichianus, Kurz. Sikkim 4-7,000 ft. 

 Assam. Khasi hills. Pegu Yoma, rare in the upper mixed forests. Tenasserim. A 

 small tree, sometimes epiphytic, 1. sinuate-dentate, sometimes entire, white beneath 

 with closely appressed tomentum, glabrous above, blade 5-12, pet. 3-10 in. long. Fl.- 

 heads in dichotomous cymes, peduncles 2-3 in. long, fruiting heads J in. diam., very 

 succulent, glassy white, tips of perianth pink. 4. D. dentata, Hook. f. Chittagong. 

 A large shrub, 1. membranous, serrate, upperside rough, underside ashy-grey with 

 minute hairs, blade 4-8, pet. 2-6 in. long, fl.-heads in shortly peduncled cymes, peduncles 

 and ramifications slender. 



3. VILLEBRUNEA, Gaud. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 589. 



Trees or shrubs, 1. alternate. Fl. usually dioecious, sessile in compact heads, 

 but not connate. £ stamens exserted. $: perianth tubular-ventricose, adnate 

 to the ovary and enclosing it, stigma sessile, discoid, long papillose-ciliate. 

 Fl. supported by connate bracteoles, which in fr. become succulent, enclosing 

 the lower portion of the achene. Species 8, eastern Asia. 



1. V. integrifolia, Gaud. — Syn. Oreocnide acuminata, Kurz; O. sylvatica, Miq. ; Bedd. 

 Man. t. 26 fig. 4. Outer Himalaya, 2-5,000 ft., from Nepal eastwards. Assam. Cachar. 

 Manipur. Chittagong. Andamans. Burma, Upper and Lower. — Tonkin. Ceylon. 

 On deserted Taungyas in the Yunzalin district. A small evergreen tree, branchlets, 

 petioles, 1. beneath and inflorescence pubescent or tornentose, 1. elongate-elliptic, penni- 

 nerved, entire or obscurely crenate, blade 8-16, pet. 1-6 in., stipules ^-1 in. long, 

 deciduous, clothed with long silky hairs. Fl.-heads in lateral dichotomous fascicled 

 panicles 1 in. long. 2. V. frutescens, Blume. Vern. Gar-tushiara, Kum. Subhimalayan 

 tract and outer Himalaya, from the Sutlej eastwards, ascending to 5,000 ft. Khasi 

 hills. China. Japan. A shrub with slender pubescent branches, 1. serrate, with 3 

 basal n. Fl.-heads sessile or shortly pedunculate. 



