148 S. Kurz — Contributions towards a Knowledge [No. 3, 



Walsura, Roxb. 



Conspectus of genera. 



Subff. 1. EUWALSURA. Berries indehiscent or only very slowly and incompletely 

 dehiscing along the sutures, usually velvety or tomentose. 



* Panicles densely pubescent. Young shoots and petioles of young leaves puberulous. 

 Petals pubescent ; filaments flat, at the very broad base somewhat coherent, 



. . W. trichostenwn. 



* * Panicles minutely puberulous ; leaves and petioles glabrous. 



Leaves coriaceous or firmly chartaceous. 

 Leaves beneath usually white-areolate within the net-venation ; filaments broadly lan- 

 ceolate, sprinkled with minute hairs, W. robusta. 



Leaflets uniformly glaucous beneath ; filaments linear, densely pubescent ; flowers 



larger, W. hypoleuca. 



Leaves thin chartaceous or almost membranous, the net-venation 

 very thin and inconspicuous. 

 Leaves acuminate, uniformly glaucous beneath ; young fruits acuminate, greyish 



velvety, W. oxycarpa. 



Subg. 2. HEYNPA, Eoxb. Berries dehiscing along the sutures, usually glabrous. 

 Glabrous or pubescent ; leaflets in 3 — 6 pairs ; panicles long-peduncled, . . . . W. trijuga. 



1. W. tkichostemon, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugcl. Bat. IV. 60. — {W. 

 villosa, WA. Prod. I. 120. in adn., nomen nudum ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 561.) 



Hab. Frequent in the eng and low forests from Pegu and Martaban 

 down to Tenasserim ; also Ava,' — Fl. March, Apr. ; Fr. May, June. 



1ST. B. — Wall. Cat. 8113 from Sylhet, which, according to Hiern, 

 differs from the known species of Walsura, is W. tubulata, Hiern. 



2. W. robtjsta, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. II. 386 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 565. 



Hab. Rather rare in the tropical forests of the eastern slopes of the 

 Pegu Yomah, but frequent in those of Martaban down to Tenasserim and 

 the Andamans. — Fl. May ; Fr. July. 



3. W. hypoleuca, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872. 296 excl. 

 fruct. ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 564. 



Hab. Frequent in the tropical forests of the Andamans. — Fl. May, 

 June. 



4. W. oxycarpa, Kurz MS. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the tropical forests of the Andamans. 



5. W. trijuga (Heynea trijuga, Eoxb. Corom. PI. III. 56. t. 260. 

 and Fl. Ind. II. 390 ; Bot. Mag. t. 173S ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 565.— (Heynea 

 quinquejuga, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. II. 391). 



Vae. a. genuena, all parts (also the panicle) quite glabrous, or only 

 the young shoots, slightly pubescent ; leaflets in 3 to 6 pairs. 



Vak. /3. pubescens, (Walsura pubescens, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng, 1872. 397), all softer parts, inflorescence, and under surface of leaves, 

 softly pubescent ; leaflets usually in 4 pairs. 



