..] LXiii. SAMTDAOEJi. (C. B. Clarke.) 697 



calyx-ta^re oWong top-shaped segments shorter than the petals.' Beddi Fl. 

 8ylv. t: 210. Blackwellia zeylanioa,, Qardn. in Cede. Joum. Nat. Hist. vii. 452. 

 B. tetrandru, Wight Ic. t. 1851. 



MAiiriAfe, tip to 4000 ft.j notii uncoiBiaon ; Law, StoekSi &e. Cbylonj moister 

 parts up to .3000 ft. ; Walker, &b; 



A tree 40-60 ft. Leaves 4 by 2, in., obtusdy acuminate ; petiole f in. Saeemee 

 axillary, scattered, also approximated at the- ends of; the brahches,' often dense rwith 

 flowers; pedicels short, usually about iin. Flowers small (but varying considerably 

 ifrsiza); 4-6-fid. Sir/les 3-4. ^ j s j 



SiiOT. II. Racoubea. Stamens 2-7 opposite or subopposite: each petal : 

 some of the filaments sometimes having no anthers. 



* Macemes panicled or more or less divided. 



6. K. Scblichii, Kurz For. Fl. i. 632 • leaves petioled elliptic narrowed 

 at both ends coarsely crenate glabrous, racemes terminal or subterminal, pani- 

 cled grey-pubescent, stamens 3 before each petal. 



Chittagono, in tropical forests ; Kurz. 



7. ZX. proplnquum, C. JB. Clarke ; leaves petioled oblong undulate- 

 erenate pubescent on the midrib beneath, racemes often simple, flowers clus- 

 tered pedicelled, calyx-tube oblong top-shaped segments nearly as long as the 

 petals. H. longifolium, in part Bemth. in Joum. Linn. Sac. iv. 35. Black- 

 wellia propinqua, Wall. Cat. 4898. B. spiralis, Wall. Cat. 4897 A. 



Pbqu; Wallich. 



Leaves 4-8 by lJ-3 in., obtuse, base usually narrowed sometimes unequally 

 lonnded ; petiole scarcely J in., villous. Macemes 6 in., towards the ends of the 

 branches, villous-tomentose, simple or branched once ; pedicels about ^ in. Flowers 

 small, 6-tidi Stamens 2 before each petal, both bearing anthers. 



** Racemes elongate, simple. 



8. K. Grlffitblanum, Kurz in Jmim. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 93; For. 

 Fl, i. 531, character emended and all syn. excl. ; leaves short-petioled elliptic- 

 rounded subcordate at the base pubescent on the nerves above aureo-villous be- 

 neath cienate, flowers -clustered very short-pedicelled,8-l&-fid5 calyx-tube very 

 short. H. foetidum, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soe. iv. 37 partly, not of others. 

 Blackwellia dasyantha, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Moec. 1863, 610. Blackwellia 

 sp. 6ri£. Notvl. it. 584. 



Mebgci, Griffith No. 991. Tenassbehm, Heifer. 



Branehlets with spreading yellow hairs. Leaves 3. by 2 in., not much acuminate, 

 above densely yeUow villous-pubeseent on the. nerves with scattered hairs on the sur- 

 face especially near, the margin ; long golden spreading hairs on the midrib beneath, 

 and bundles (jf similar hairs in the axils of the nerves ; petiole scarcely,! i"-' densely 

 villous. £«!<!«»!£« 6 in., tomentose; pedicels very short, less than ^ in. Flow^s smaA. 

 but larger and much more hairy thap those pf H, fatidum. C<ik/x-segments shorter 

 than th^ petals. Styles 6. — Griffith states in Notul. that his plant has two stamens 

 before each petal, as his specimens clearly show: it is by oversight that Mr. Kurz 

 has described one only. 



9. H. foetidum, Benth. in Journ. lAim. Soc. iv. 37 ; leaves petioled ellip- 

 tic narrowed at both ends glabrous crenate, flowers clustered pedicelled 6-8-fid, 

 ealy;^-tube short segments a little shorter than the petals. Blackwellia foetida, 



