98 LXXY. EUWACEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) {Uropliijllum.. 



Ceylon ; central province, alt. 4-7000 ft., Wight, Walker, &c. 



A tree? (Wight). Branches terete, puberulous upwards. Leaven rather coria- 

 ceous, narrowed at both ends ; petiole |-1 in., and midrib above Tfith a few short 

 appressed hairs ; stipules f in., rigid, erect, narrowly lanceolate, coriaceous. Cymes 

 ^ in. diam. Flowers Tery shortly pedicelled, black when dry, J in., dull orange 

 (Thwaites 1. c. 139), white (Ic. 419). Berries orange. 



2. "U. zeylanicum, Tlno. Enum. 418; qvdte glabrous, leaves 3-5 in. 

 ovate or elliptic-lanceolate obtusely acuminate, stipules short, cymes peduncled 

 umbellate, flowers xmisexual. Axanthes ceylanica, Wight in Calc. Jawm. Nat.. 

 Sist. vii. 146, t. 2, f. 2; Ic. t. 1163; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. xvi. f. 2. 



Ceylon ; central province, alt. 4-7000 ft., Wight, WalJeer, &c. 



Branches terete, more slender than in JJ. elliptica. Leaves coriaceous, narrowed 

 at both ends; petiole ^-| in.; stipules triangular. Oymes solitary or in pairs;, 

 peduncle shorter than the petiole ; pedicels J in. Flowers about J in. diam., some- 

 times puberulous. Berries orange-yellow. 



3. W. @'riffit!iianuin, Wight in Cole. Jown. Nat. Sist. -vii. 147 

 ( Axanthes) ; leaves 6-9 in. glabrous elliptic or obovate-oblong abruptly caudate- 

 acuminate, stipules f in. lanceolate from a broad base, cymes umbeUate, corolla— 

 lobes acute. UrophyUum sp.. Wall. Cat. 8322. 



SiNGAPOEE, Wallich ; Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2946, 2946), Maingay (881).- 

 Branches rather slender. Leaves shortly petioled; stipules ^ in., coriaceous, 

 erect, lanceolate from a broad base. Cymes solitary or in pairs from each axil; 

 peduncle longer or shorter than the petiole, and pedicels and calyx usually minutely 

 ■warted and puberuloxis ; pedicels ^-J in. Flowers ^ in. diajn. ; corolla-lobes glabrous, 

 triangular, acute, membranous. — Griffith's No. 2945 has large leaves rounded at the- 

 base, longer petioles, and very broad ovate-oblong stipules. 



4. TJ. glabrum, Wall, hi JRo.vb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey ^ Wall. ii. 186 ; Cat. 

 8316, excl. B. ; glabrous, leaves elliptic-oblong or lanceolate or linear or obovate- 

 lanceolate caudate-aciuninate, stipules very narrow linear sillry, cymes glabrous- 

 or hoary sessile or peduncled and umbeUate, calyx-lobes obtuse. DC. Prodr. iv. 

 441 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 63. UrophyUum, Wall. Cat. 8318, 8319. U. arboreum, 

 Kovth. in Ned. Kruidh. Arch. ii. 194. U. repandulum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 

 353. Axanthes arborea, Blume Bijd. 1603. Wallicbia arborea, Meinw. ear 

 Blume in Flora, 1825, 107. 



South Tenasseeim, Km::, Heifer. Singapore, Penang, and Malacca, Wallich, 

 Maingay, &c. (Kew Distrib. S83). — Disteib. Java, Borneo. 



Very near indeed to U. Griffithianmn, and probably not specifically distinct, but 

 the stipules are always very narrow, the leaves (which vary greatly in shape and 

 from 3-10 in. in length) have more regular transverse veins, and the corolla-lobes 

 appear to be obtuse. The leaves are either gradually or abruptly narrowed into 

 narrow ligulate points sometimes nearly 1 in. long ; the cyme, peduncles and pedicels 

 are sometimes pubescent, and the flowers vary much in size ; hence more than one 

 species may be confounded under the above synonyms and numbers. Heifer's 

 Tenasserim plant has longer petioles, sessile cymes, and a hairy midrib beneath; it 

 more resembles Griffithiarmm, but has very narrow stipules. 



** Branches more or less hairy {sometimes glabrate in sp. 6, 7, and 8). 



5. U. hirsutum, Wight in Calc. Jmrn. Nat. Hist. vii. 148 (Axanthes) ; 

 branches densely tomentose, leaves subsessile ovate- or oblong-lanceolate 

 caudate-acuminate pubescent beneath, stipules ^-1 in. linear-lanceolate, cymes 

 jsmall sessile capitate, calyx and corolla tomentose. Wendlandia ? bifaria. Wall. 

 Cat. 6278. 



Singapore, Wallich ; Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2939), Maingay (873). 

 Mranclus slender, and stipules, petioles, leaf-nerves beneath and cymes with 



