BistyUwrn.'] lt. hamamelidejT. (C. B. Clarke.) 42? 



1. D. indlcum, Smth. in Serb. Griff. No. 3377; leaves 3-4 in. more 

 or less stellately pubescent beneath, petiole i in., uni-ipe fruit | in. long densely 

 stellate tomentose. 



Khasia Mts. ; Griffith. 



Griffith's specimens are all in half-ripe fruit. Bark lenticelled, the end of the- 

 twigs and stipules witi rusty stellate puheseence. Spikes 1-3 in. long, with stellate 

 pubescence, each hearing 2-4 fruits, pedicels |-1 in. long. The calyx seems to have 

 been early deciduous. Styles very long. — This species appears near the typical D. 

 racemositm, Sieh. & Zucc. but has larger leaves not glabrous and much larger fruits ; 

 the ripe fruits in S. racemosum do not exceed i in. long. D. racemositm is a tree 

 25 ft. high. 



3. sircoFSxs, oiiv. 



^_ A tree (or shrub). Leaves alternate, petioled, entire, coriaceous, lanceolate ; 

 stipules minute, early deciduous. Flowers unisexual, in small close axUlary 

 spikes, both sexes in the same spike. Mat. -r : calyx very small ; petals ; sta- 

 mens 8 (of which number several appear abortive) ; rudimentary ovary 2-fid.. 

 Fesiaie : calyx-tube adnate to the ovary for f its height ; petals ; ovary 2- 

 ceUed ; styles 2 separate ; ovules solitary in each cell pendiilous.- 



1. S. Griffithiana, OUv. in Trans. Ikm. Soc. xiiii. 83 with a figure t 

 JSenth. Sf H. f. Gen. PI. i. 666. 



Khasia Mts. ; Griffith. 



Boughs much branched with lenticular bark. Leaves 2-3 in. with stellate pubes- 

 cence when young but soon glabrous ; petiole J in. long. Spilces less than 1 in. 

 stellately pubescent (and with sheathing bracts Benth. ^ H. f.). Young fruits ^ in. 

 diam., white-tomentose with close matted stellate hairs. 4Mthers dehiscent longi- 

 tudinally. — Specimens imperfect. 



4. CORYXiOFSXS, Sid). Sf Zucc. 



Shrubs in habit leaves and inflorescence resembling hazels. Leaves alternate,, 

 petioled, ovate or oblong, serrate, deciduous ; stipules large, deciduous. Flowers- 

 appearing before the leaves in pendulous racemes, each flower nearly sessile 

 with a large sheathing bract. Calyx-tvihe adnate to the ovary, limb of 5 val- 

 vate lobes. Petals 5, perigynous, obovate-spathulate. Stamens 5, perigynous ^ 

 anthers separated by a somewhat broad connective, dehiscing longitudinally 

 laterally. Scales 5, alternate vrith the stamens, or 10-15 irregularly placed. 

 Ovary half-inferior, 2-celled ; styles two, soon divaricate ; ovules 1 in each cell^ 

 pendulous. Capsule woody, endocarp homy, separating from the exocarp. 

 Seeds narrowly ellipsoid, testa black shining. — Disteib. Species 4, extending 

 ftom East Bengal through China to Japan. 



1, C. Kimalayana, Grif. in Jcnum. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xxiii. 642, rvith 

 ajigure wherdn the name is changed to C. grata ; twigs petioles and peduncles 

 steUate-tomentose or pubescent, bracts and calyces silky, racemes dense in fruit. 

 H.f. Sr T. in Jmi/rn. lAnn. Soc. ii. 85. Hamamelida, Cfriff. La. PI. Asiat. t. 633 

 (excellen£). 



Khasia Mts., alt. 4000— 600b ft., common. Bhotan, alt. 5000—8000 ft. ; 

 Griffith. 



