Fehwga.] lxxy. eubiace-E. (J. D. Hooker.) 121 



Penang, Phillips, Wallich.— Distrir. Java. 



Leaves S-8 by 1J-2J in., brown wlien dry, caudate-acuminate ; petiole ^ in. ; 

 stipules broad, A in. long, -with a hairy keel ; axils hairy as in P. Boxhorghii. Spikes 

 sessile or shortly-peduncled, ^ in. Fruit not seen. —Leaves much longer, broader and 

 more acuminate than in P. Boxburgliii, and spikes very different. 



3. P. venulosa, Sbo/c. /. ; stipules persistent, spikes elongate glabrous,. 

 ■berry pyriform. Randia venulosa, Wall. Cat. 8301. 



PENANo-and SiNGAPOEE, Wallich, ffn^iA (Kew Distrib. 2829) ; Maingaj/ (911). 



Leaves 5-7 by 1|-2J in., caudate-acuminate, much more eoriaeeous than in P. Rox- 

 burghii and longifolia; petiole stout, ^-^ in.; stipules J in., keeled, oblong-OTate.. 

 Spikes stout, 1-3 in., erect horizontal or deflexed. Berri/ J in. long, on a pedicel of 

 equal length. 



60. ZaORXNDOFSZS, SooJc.f. 



A small glabrous tree, branches rounded, ultimate compressed. Leaves sub- 

 sessile ; stipules broad, persistent. Flmvers dioecious, small, white, in opposite 

 supra-axiUary peduncled heads, or ? rarely solitary. Fl. ,? : calyx-tube 

 hemispheric, 4-6-toothed. Corolla shortly campanulate, throat villous ; lobes 

 4-5, rounded, twisted in bud. Anthers 4-5, sessile, linear-oblong, acute. Dish 

 hemispheric. Style with 2 erect hairy arms. Fl. $ : calyx-tube oblong, 8- 

 grooved ; limb cupular, 4-lobed, hairy within. Corolla and style of the $ . 

 Ovary 2-celled ; ovules many on peltate placentas. Berry elongate-oblong, 

 3-grooved, crowned by the calyx-hmb, 2-celled, few- or many-seeded. Seeds 

 imbricated downwards, ovoid, acute at both ends. 



1. m. capillaris, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1874, ii. 189 ; For. Fl. ii. 52. 

 Psilobium capillare, Kurz I. c. 1872, ii. 313. Moiinda, Wtill. Cat. 8433,. 

 8434. 



Pegu and Tbjtasseeim, common, Wallich, &c. 



An evergreen tree, 25 ft. Leaves 3-6 by 1-2 in., polj'morphous, brown -when dry, 

 lanceolate oblong or elliptic, acute or acuminate, base acute rounded or subcordate ; 

 stipules ovate, acute. Peduncles of 3 ^-3 in., often capillary, often opposite; of 9 

 or very short, rarely long. Heads \-^ in. diam. ; ^^ fl. J in. ; ? larger; ovary 

 urceolate, crowned with the triangular ciliate calyx-teeth. Berry 1 in. — Kurz, who- 

 must know this genus well, reduces all the forms to one ; they differ, however, greatly 

 in length, breadth, and shape of leaves, and in the length of the peduncles. 



51. KYPT^XANTKERA, W. ^- A. 



A glabrous shrub, branches terete. Leaves shortly petioled ; stipules trian- 

 gular, persistent. Flowers small, white, sessUe in axillary fascicles, bracteolate.. 

 Ccdyx-tube turbinate : lobes 6, acute, persistent. Cwolla-tube short, hairy 

 •within; lobes 4-6, spreading, twisted in bud. Anthers 4-5, sessile, oblong,, 

 obtuse, pubescent at the base and back. Disk annular. Ovary 2-celled ; style 

 short, included, branches large long erect hispid ; ovules 6-10 in each cell, pen- 

 dulous from its apex. Berry ovoid or globose. Seeds pendulous, imbricated,, 

 compressed and angled, testa thick fibrous and plaited ; embryo small. 



1. K. stricta,- W. §• A. Prodr. 399 ; Brand. For. Fl. 274. Eandia 

 stricta, Roxb. Hort. Bmg. 15; Fl. Ind. i. 526; DC. Prodr. iv. 386. Macro- 

 cnemiun strictum, WUld. in Boem. 8f Sch. Syat. v. 6. Rondeletia stricta, Roth 

 Nov. sp. 140, exol. syn. Hypobathrum strictum, Ku7-z For. Fl. ii. 50. Eubiaoea,, 

 Wall. Cat. 8138 in part, 8313, 8307. 



Noetheen India and Bengal, from Otidh to Birma, common, especially in E^ 

 Bengal, ascending the oiiter Himalaya and Khasia Mts. to 4000 ft. — Disteie. Ava. 



