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calyx unequally accrescent, two of theni being much elongate, and the 

 fruit being partly inferior ; while the section Eu-Vatica, as proposed by 

 Beuthani and Hooker originally, and adopted by Burck, is characterised 

 by having the same fruiting calyx as Synaptea ; nothing being said about 

 the adhesion between the calyx and the fruit. Pierre, ou the other hand, 

 keeps up Synaptea as a genus on account of the presence of albumen 

 and the structure of the embryo (characters not easily worked in 

 herbarium specimens of this family). In my own opinion it appears 

 advisable to admit Synaptea as a section of Vatica, but to exclude 

 Isauxis, Retinodendron, and Pachynocarpus , retaining these as distinct 

 genera. Vatica would, according to this scheme, be divided into two 

 sections : — 



I. Eu-Vatica : — Fruit free from the accrescent calyx, i.e., fruit 

 superior. 

 II. Synaptea : — Fruit adnate in its lower part to the accrescent 

 calyx, i e., fruit half inferior. 

 Sect. I. Er- Vatica. — Fruit quite free from the calyx. 

 Inflorescence and ripe fruit pale tomentose ; 



flowers "4 in. long ... 

 Inflorescence and ripe fruit rnsty-tomentose. 

 Flowei^s '25 in. long ; nerves of leaves 13 

 to 15 pairs; petioles "3 to '4 in. long ... 

 Flowers "45 in. long ; nerves of leaves 9 

 to 12 pairs; petioles '6 to 1'5 in. long... 

 Sect. II. Synaptea — Calyx-wings adherent to the 

 ripe fruit for nearly half its length. 

 Leaves 9 to 10 in. long and with 18 to 20 pairs 



of nerves 

 Leaves 2'5 to 7 in. long, with 6 to 13 pairs 

 of nerves. 



Larger lobes of calyx of fruit obovate and 

 very blunt. 



Leaves with 6 to 8 pairs of faint 



nerves 

 Leaves with 11 to 13 pairs of bold 

 nerves 

 Larger lobes of calyx narrowly oblong. 

 Leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong, 

 with 9 to 11 pairs of nerves ; 

 petals narrowly oblong 

 Leaves broadly elliptic, with 11 to 13 

 pairs of nerves ; petals broadly 

 elliptic 



1. V. jperahensis. 



2. 7. Lc 



3. V. Maingayi. 



4. V. nitida. 



5. V. cinerea. 



6. V. Gurtisii. 



7. V. faginea. 



8. V. Dyeri. 



