310 S. Kurz — Contributions towards a Knoioledge of the Bur. Flora. [No. 4, 



x x Leaves scattered. Scapes leafy. 



Leaves linear ; flowers purple, I). Indica. 



Leaves peltate, half-orbicular or crescent-shaped ; flowers white, D. peltata. 



1. D. Btxbmaotti, Vhl. Symb. III. 50 ; Wight 111. t. 20, excl. stigma ; 

 Wight Icon. t. 944 ; Planch, in Ann. d. sc. nat. ser. 3. IX. 190 ; Hf . and 

 Th. in Linn. Proc. II. 82. 



Hab. Chittagong (Hf. and Th. ) ; very rare in grass-lands in the 

 eng-forests of the Prome district. — Fl. March. 



2. D. Ltdica, L. Fl. Zeyl. 51 ; Wight IU. t. 20 ; Planch, in Ann. d. 

 sc. nat. 3 ser. IX. 204 ; Hf . and Th. in Linn. Proc. II. 82. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in wet short-grassed pastures and swamps of 

 of the diluvial lands of Southern Pegu, chiefly about Rangoon, etc. ; Tenas- 

 serim, Tavoy (Wall). — Fl. Aug. — Decemb. 



3. D. peltata, Sm. Exot. Bot. I. 79. t. 41 ; Planch, in Ann. d. sc. 

 nat. 3 ser. IX. 296 ; DO. Prod. I. 319 ; Bth. Fl. Austr. II. 465 ; WA. 

 Prpd. I. 34 ; Wight Illust. t. 20.— (i). hmata, Ham. in DC. Prod. I. 319 ; 

 Hook. Icon. t. 54 ; Planch, in Ann. d. sc. nat. 3 ser. IX. 296 ; Hf . and Th. 

 in Linn. Proc. II. 82 ; J). Lobbiana, Turcz. in Bull. d. Nat. Mosc. 1854. 343). 



Hab. Not unfrequent on laterite grounds in the hill-eng-forests, from 

 Martaban down to Upper Tenasserim, at 1500 to 3000 feet elevation ; also 

 in boggy places on the top of the Nattoung, east of Tounghoo, at about 

 7100 feet elevation. — Fr. March Ap. 



SAMAMJELIDE^. 



Conspectus of Genera. 



Bucelandia. — Flowers in heads, polygamous. Petals of male flowers linear. Filaments 

 elongate. Evergreen trees, the stipules large, deciduous. 



Altingia. — Flowers in 1-bracted heads, unisexual. Stamens in male flowers head- 

 like clustered. Petals none. Leaf-shedding trees. Stipules small. 



Bucklandia, R.Br. 

 1. B. popttlnea, R.Br, in Wall. Cat. 7414 ; Griff*, in Asiat. Research. 

 XIX. 94. t. 13 and 14 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1/1. 836. — (Liquidambar tricus- 

 pis, Miq. 1. c. 1097 and Suppl. Fl. Sum. 346. t. 4.) 



Hab. Frequent in the damp hill and the stunted forests of the Mar- 

 taban Hills, east of Tounghoo, at 4000 to 7200 feet elevation. — Fl. March. 



Altingia, Noronh. 

 1. A. excelsa, Noronh. Verh. Bat. Genootsch. V. 1-20. (Liguidam- 

 bar Altingia, Bl. Fl. Jav. Balsamifl. 8. t. 1—2 ; Miq. Ind. Bat. 1/1. 836 ; 

 Sedgwichia cerasifolia, Griff, in Asiat. Research. XIX. 98. t. 15 — 16). 



Hab. Ava, Khakyen Hills, east of Bhamo (J. Anderson) ; Tenas- 

 serim, locally (as along the Nanta-yoke choung) quite abundant (Rev. 

 F. Mason). — Fr. March. 



(To be continued.) 



