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Dillenia, L. 



Conspectus of species. 

 Sect. 1. Eudillenia. Petals white. Seeds with hairy borders, flowers very large, B. Indica. 

 Sect. 2. Colhertia. Seeds smooth. Flowers yellow. 



* Calyx tomentose or pubescent. 



O Flowers very large (petals about 2 in. long). 

 Peduncles 1| to 2 in. long, straight ; styles 12 ; petioles about 1 in. long. Z>. pulcJierrima, 

 Peduncles 4-8 lin. long, thick and nodding; styles 10; petioles up to i in. long, D. aurea. 

 Peduncles very long and slender ; styles 6 ; petioles only 2 to 1 lin. long, D. pilosa. 



O O Flowers small (petals less than an in. long). 

 Peduncles 1 or 2-bracted, like the calyx densely tomentose ; styles 5-7, ... D- parviflora. 



* * Calyx and peduncles perfectly smooth or pruinous. Flowers small. 



Peduncles bracted, D. scahrella. 



Peduncles without bracts, B. pentagyna. 



1. D. Indica, L. sp. pi. 745 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 200. (Z). speciosa, 

 Thbg. in Linn. Trans. I. 200 ; Wight Jc. t. 823 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. II. 650 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5016; D. elongata, Miq. Suppl. Fl. Sumatr ...) 



Hab. Not unfrequent along choungs in moister upper mixed forests of 

 the Pegu Yomah on sandstone ; also in Martaban, Tenasserim and Chitta- 

 gong, on metamorphic rocks. Fl. Fr. Febr. March. 



2. D. ATJEEA, Sm. Exot. Bot. II. t. 92 93 ? ; Ham. in Linn. Trans. 

 XV. 101. D. ornata, Wall. PL As. rar. I, 20, t. 23 ; D. speciosa, Griff. 

 Not. Dicot. 703, t. 649, f. 3.). 



Hab. Frequent in the drier hill-forests of Martaban and entering the 

 pine-forests up to 4000 ' ft. elevation ; also in tropical forests of Tenasserim, 

 up to 3000 ft. elevation. Fl. March, Apr. 



3. D. PULCHEREIMA, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1871, 46 ; Hf. 

 Ind. Fl. I. 37. 



Hab. Common in the open forests, chiefly in the Eng- forests of Pegu 

 and Martaban. Fl. H. S. ; Fr. Begin of R. S. 



4. D. PAEVirLOEA, Griff. Not. Diot. 70 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 38. 



Hab. Frequent in the mixed forests of Pegu, Martaban and Tenasserim 

 Fl. H. S. ; Fr. Begin of R. S. 



5. D. PILOSA, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 652, non Ham. ; Kurz in Journ. 

 As. Soc. Bengal 1872, 292. 



Hab. Frequent in the upper mixed forests of the Andamans. Fl. H. 

 S. ; Fr. Begin of R. S. 



6. D. scABEELLA, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 643 ; Wall. PI. as. rar. I. 20, t. 

 22 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 38. 



Hab. Chittagong (Roxb.). Fl. H. S.,Fr. Begin of R. S. 



7. D. PENTAGTNA, Roxb. Corom. PI. I, t. 20, and Fl. Ind. II. 652 ; 

 Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 38. Var. /3. atjgtjsta {D. augusta, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 652 ; 

 D.florihunda, Hf. and Th. Fl. Ind. I. 71). 



