312 PROTEACER. | Helicia. 
forming a long, slender, quite glabrous raceme in the axils of the 
leaves ; perianth-segments all glabrous and at length revolute to the 
base, the tube in bud very slender; hypogynous glands forming 
a 4-toothed cup, or one or a few of them remaining free, glabrous ; 
ovary glabrous ; drupes about an inch in diameter, unequally globu- 
lar, and at the base contracted into a thick and fleshy stalk, api- 
culate, glabrous. 
Has.—Frequent in the drier and damp hill forests from Martaban down to 
Tenasserim, at elevations from 2, to 4,000 ft.—Fl. end of R.S.; Fr. March- 
Apr.—l+s.—SS.—=Metam. 
3. H. pyrrhobotrya, Kz.—Probably a tree, very similar to 
the above, the young shoots rusty-villous; leaves obovate-lanceo- 
ate, narrowed towards the obtuse base, on a thick 2-5 lin. long 
petiole, shortly acuminate, about a foot long, chartaceous, coarsely 
serrate, when full-grown glabrous or sparingly rusty pubescent 
along the midrib beneath ; flowers 1 to 14 in. long, by pairs, on 
strong 13 lin. long rusty-villous pedicels, forming about a foot long 
robust, densely rusty-villous racemes in the axils of the leaves ; 
hypogynous scales...; ovary and style smooth and glabrous. 
Haz.—In the damp hill forests of the Martaban hills, at 4,000 ft. elevation. 
—SS.—=Metam. 
4. H. excelsa, Bl.—An evergreen large tree with a girth of 
about 4 ft., the young shoots rusty-villous ; bark rough, dark- 
coloured ; leaves obovate-cuneate, acuminate at the base and almost 
decurrent on about a } in. long petiole, shortly and bluntish acumi- 
nate, 4-6 in. long, sparingly but coarsely serrate towards the apex, of 
a firm texture, polished above; flowers yellowish green, about $ in. 
long, with the tube usually straight, by pairs, on short rusty-villous 
pedicels, forming terminal and axillary densely rusty-villous racemes 
of about the length of the leaves; hypogynous scales 4, distinct, 
rotundate, smooth ; ovary densely rusty-villous. 
Has.—Chittagong and Tenasserim.—F. March-Apr. 
5. H, salicifolia, Prsl.—aA tree (?), the young branchlets quite 
glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, narrowed into a very short (2-3 lin.) 
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the leaves, shortly rusty-tomentose ; bracts about a line long, 
linear, very acute, and along with the pedicels and perianth tomen- 
tose; hypogynous scales 4, distinct, ovate, rounded, puberulous 
outside ; ovary rusty-hirsute, 
Has.—Tenasserim. 
_ 6. H. terminalis, Kz.—An ever een tree (?), all parts glab 
or nearly so; leaves obversely cha acuminate at the base and 
