'C<yptosapelta,'\ lxxv. bdbiacbj!. (J, D. Hooker.) 35 



locnlicidally 2--3-valved. Seeds miany, peltate, imbricate, winged; embryo 

 straight in fleshy albumen. — Distkib. Species 4, all Malayan. 



1. C> flavescens, Korth. in Ned. Knddk. Arch. ii. 113; branches in- 

 florescence and leaves beneath softly tomentose or glabrate, leaves elliptic 

 acuminate, calyx-limb short small, corolla tube silky lobes glabrous. Stylo- 

 ■coryne macrophylla. Wall. Cat. 8405, excl. syn. Webera macrophylla, Hoxh, 



MAiAYAK Peninstixa, from Tenasserim to Singapore and Penang, Porter, Griffith 

 .(Kew Distrib. 2708), Maingay (Kew Distrib. 908). — Distelb. Sumatra, Java, 

 Borneo. 



A shrub, branches terete. Leaves coriaceous, 3-4 by 2 in., shining above, green 

 -when dry, nerves 3 or 4 pair prominent beneath ; petiole J-^ in. Flowers 1 in. diam., 

 fragrant. Cahjx-Umb short, lobes oblong. Corolla-ttibe ^ in. ; lobes twice as long, 

 linear, obtuse. Capsule J in. diam. 



2. C Griffithii, Booh. f. Ic. PI. t. 1089; branches inflorescence and 

 leaves beneath softly tomentose or glabrate, leaves elliptic or orbicular acumi- 

 iiate, calyx-limb cupular, corolla-tube and lobes silky. 



Malacca and Singapoee, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2789), Maingay (Kew Distrib. 

 ■907). 



Very similar to C. flaveseens in foliage, but more tomentose, calyx-limb larger 

 iahnost inflated, corolla-tube shorter and much broader, and together with the lobes 

 Tery silky ; fruit and seeds all larger. 



10. KVniEMODICTVOM, Wall. 



Trees or shrubs with thick branches and bitter bark. Leaves petioled, 

 •deciduous ; stipules deciduous. Flowers small, spicate ; spikes in axillary and 

 terminal nodding panicles with 1 or 2 large leafy reticulate persistent bracts. 

 Calyx-tube short; lobes 5^, ovate or subulate, ' deciduous. CoroUa funnel- 

 or beU-shaped, glabrous within ; lobes 5, short, valvate in bud with everted 

 margins. Stamens 5, .inserted below the throat, filaments short dilated up- 

 wards ; anthers linear. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, stigma spindle-shaped ; 

 •ovules numerous, on cylindric placentas adnate to the septum. Capsule loculi- 

 ■cidally 2-valved, many-seeded; placentas at length _free. Seeds imbricating 

 upwards, testa broadly winged ; embryo small, in fleshy albumen. — Disieib. 

 Species 4-5 tropical Asiatic and African. 



1. K. excelsum, WaU. in Boxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey 8r Wall. ii. 149; 

 leaves ovate elliptic or almost orbicular abruptly acuminate finely pubes>;ent on 

 loth surfaces, stipules subentire, panicles large spreading compound. W. 8r A. 

 Prodi: 392 ; Wt. Ic. t. 79 ; Dalz. 8( Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 117 ; Brand. For. Fl. 267. 

 H. thyrsiflorum, WaU. i.e. 151; Cat. 6114 and 6115 D. (Jlaecidum) ; Eurz 

 For. Fl. ii. 72. H. utile, Wight Ic. t. 1159 {letterpress) ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 130, 

 t. 219, A. mdy. H. obovatum, Wt. Ic. t. 80 {copied from Roxburgh). H. 

 Horsfieldianum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 154. Cinchona excelsa, Boxb. Cor. 

 PI. t. 106 ; Fl. Ind. i. 529. 0. thyrsiflora, Roxb. Hart. Beng. 15 ; Fl. Ind. 

 i. 630. 



Dry hills, base of the "Westben Himalaya from Garwhal to Nepal, ascending to 

 2500 ft.; throughout the Deccan and Central India' to the Annamallays; and in 

 Tenassbeim and CHrrTAOONO. — Disteib. Java. 



A deciduous tree, 30-40 ft., with sinooth bark. Leaves 4-10 by 3-6 in. ; mem- 



d2 



