■Agelcea.] xlix. connaeaoe2b. (J. D. Hooker.) 47 



slender. Cnestis vestita, Wall, in Berh. Linn. Soc. Oonnaracea, Wall. Cat. 

 8536. Hemiandrina borneensis, Hook. f. in. Trans. lAnn. Soc. xxiii. 171, t. 38. 

 Troostwyckia singularis, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Siuppl. 531. (See Kurz in Joum. 

 As. Soc. Bmg. 1870, pt. ii. 76.) 



Eastern Peninsula, Sincapore, Jack ; Penang, Porter ; Malacca, Griffith, 

 Maingay. — Distrib. Borneo. 



Densely clothed -with Mvons hairs. Leaflets 3-6 by 1J-2J in., lateral, subsessile, 

 ■terminal petiolulate ; nerves ben«atli very stout, strongly reticulate. Racemes 1 in., 

 slender, hirsute. Flowers \ in. diara. Capside § in. long, ovoid with a curved beak, 

 strongly tuberculate or sublamellate, densely tomentose. Seed obovoid ; testa thin, 

 arilliform towards the base. 



2. A. Wallicllii, Sook.f.; branches and leaves quite glabrous, leaflets 

 ovate-oblong or oblong obtusely-pointed, base rounded or cordate, stamens 10, 

 styles 5 very short. Oonnaracea, Wait Cat. 8544. 



Eastern Peninsula ; Sincapore, Wallich ; Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 



Branches and petioles slender. Leaflets 4-6 ,by 1^2^ in., coriaceous, lateral 

 shortly terminal long-petiolulate ; nerves strong beneath, ifacemes J-1 in., densely 

 pubescent. Flowers g- in. diam. Stamens and carpels stout. CapsaU ^-f in. long, 

 obtusely beaked, tubereled, rusty tomentose. Seed oblong, testa thin, 



2. R01TREA, Aubl. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate; leaflets subopposite or alternate. 

 Panicles axillary. Flowers small ; pedicels usually slender. Sepals 5, orbicular, 

 imbricate, enlarged and clasping the base of the ripe capsule. Petals 5, usually 

 linear-oblong. Stamens 10 ; filaments connate at the base. Ovaries 5, 4 usually 

 imperfect ; style slender. Capsule sessile, curved. Seed erect, ariUate, exalbu- 

 ndnous. — Disteib. Tropics^ species about 50. 



* Leaflets few, 1-6-pairs, petiolulate, glabrous. 



1. R. santaloides, W. Sr A. Prddr. 144 ; quite glabrous, leaflets 2-4- 

 p'air 2-4 in. polished reticulated, elliptic or ovate, caudate-acuminate shining, 

 principal nerves indistinct, base usually rounded, sepals orbicular not ciliate, 

 •ovaries glabrous. Planch, in Linncea, xxiii. 418 ; Dab. ^ Oibs. Bomb. Fl. 53. 

 ■Oonnarus santaloides, Vahl Symb. iii. 87 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 85. 0. monocarpus, 



W. 8r A. Prodr. 143 (not of Idnn.). Oonnaracea, Wall. Cat. 8532. — Burm, 

 Thes. Zeyl. t. 89. 



Westbun Peninsulas ; from the Concan to Trayaneor. Ceylon. 



Leaflets 1^-3 by 1-1 Jin., coriaceous, sometimes acute at the base ; nerves rarely 

 distinct from the reticulations of the leaflet and usually spreading horizontally from 

 the midrib, but this is a very uncertain character. Bacemes terminal and axillary, 

 2-4 in., simple or compound, slender ; pedicels slender, ^ in. ; bracts small. Flowers 

 ^-J in. diam. Petals twice as long as the linear-oblong sepals. Capsule falcate, 

 ^-1 in., obtuse, apiculate or pointed. 



2. R. commutata, Planch, in lAnmsa, xxiii. 420 ; quite glabrous, leaflets 

 2-4r-pairs 3-6 in. ovate elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate caudate-acuminate shining, 

 principal nerves usually very distinct beneath, lower pair long ascending, base 

 usually acute, sepals- orbicular not ciliate, ovaries glalsrous. Onestis monadelpha, 

 Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 454. Oonnaracea ? Wall. Cat, 8549 (no fi. or fruit.'). Oon- 

 naracea, JTarffi. Ca<. 8547, 8548. 



Assam, Silhbt, Chittagong, Bibma and southwards to Tenassebim. — Distbib. 

 China. 



So similar in most respects to R. santaloides that I scarcely doubt its being an 

 •eastern form of that plant, distinguished by the nervation of the leaflets, which are 



