Diplospora.] Lxxv. edbtaceji. (J. D. Hooker.) 125 



10. D. KiUrzil, HboTc. f. ; glalrous, leaves narrowly elliptic-lanceolate 

 suljcaudate-acuminate membranous, secondary nerves horizontal, stipules -with 

 setaceous points, flowers subcapitate minute, calyx calyculate, limb truncate, 

 fruit small globose. Urophyllum biloculare, Kurx m Journ. As. Soc. 1872, ii. 

 ■S18; For. n.il 53. 



Maetaean; in tropical forests, alt. 2-3000 ft., very rare, Kurz. 



A small evergreeu tree. Leaves 5-7 by 1^-2 in., pale greenish when dry, shining 

 ■ above, membranous; nerves arched, joined by the very slender horizontal veins; 

 petiole very short ; stipules connate, bases triangular, puberulous. Flowers in very 

 -slender clusters. Cali/a; puberulous. Frtdt about J in. diam., sessile, orange- 

 coloured ; pericarp thin ; cells 3-4-seeded. Seeds rugulose on the back. — The veins 

 .are more regular and parallel than in any other species, recalling those of a Urophyl- 

 lum or Lasianthus. 



nOTJBTFUI. SPECIES. 



D. ? ; Malacca, Maingay {Kew Distrib. 906, Coffea) ; glabrous, leaves elliptic 2-3 

 -in. very opaque, nerves indistinct, stipules triangular acuminate, fruit sessile globose 

 i-| in. diam., pericarp thiet, cells 2- or more-seeded, seeds large much compressed. — 

 Kesembles a plant from the Buitenzorg garden in Java, marked Canthinm ? in the 

 ■Calcutta Herbarium. 



55. SCYFHZPKORA, Gaei-tn. 



A glabrous tree, branches stout, nodose, terete, young gummy. Leaves 

 ■coriaceous, obovate, obtuse; stipules broad. Flowers small, in dense shortly 

 peduncled axillary cymes. Calyx-tube elongate-obconic ; limb cupular, 4^5- 

 toothed, persistent. Corollontvhe cylindric, throat dilated, hairy; lobes 4-5 

 ■oblong, twisted in bud. Stamens 4-6, filaments inserted between the lobes 

 short subulate ; anthers narrowly sagittate. Dish annular, lobed. Ovary with 

 2 narrow cells; style filiform, branches linear obtuse; ovules 2 in each cell, 

 inserted on the middle of the septum, upper ascending, lower pendulous, f unicles 

 contiguous dividing the cell into two. jyrwpe subcylindric, 8-10-grooved and 

 "winged, with 2 crustaceous connate 4-5-ribbed pyrenes. Seeds subcylindric, 

 testa membranous, albumen scanty ; cotyledons oblong. 



1. S. bydrophyllacea, Qaertn. Fruct. iii. 91, t. 196; DC. Prodi: iv. 

 •677 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 4. Epithinia malayana, Jack in Mai. Misc.i. 12 ; Wcdl. 

 Cat. 8444; DC. I. c. 478; W. 8,- A. -Prodr. 424. Epithinia sp., Griff. Notul. 

 iv. 269 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. 478 and 644 A. (Lumnitzefa). Eubiacea, Wcdl. Cat. 

 9066, A. in part. 



Mangrove swamps on the Oaunatic coast, Wight; Malayan Peninsula, the 

 Andaman" Islands, and Ceylon. — Disteib. Malay Archipelago to N. Australia, Phi- 

 lippines, and New Caledonia. 



A small evergreen tree ; trunk short, simple ; crown rounded. Leaves 2 by IJin., 

 tip rounded, brospn when dry, glossy, nerves few and inconspicuous; petiole ^-J in. 

 Flowers subsessile, white or reddish. Calyx ^ in. Corolla-tube exceeding the calyx. 

 Drupe I in. long. 



66. JACKXA, WaU. 



A lofty umbrageous tree ; branches yobust, 4-angled. Leaves intra-petiolar, 

 broad, sheathing, ciliate, hairy within. Flowers spicate, recurved; spikes 

 opposite, in long peduncled pendulous axillary cymes ; bracts distichous, lower 

 subfoliaceous often connate. Calyx-tvhe obconic, limb unilateral ; lobes 5, 

 spreading, with interposed teeth, at length foliaceous, coriaceous, veined, per- 

 sistent. Corolla funnel-shaped, throat pubescent ; lobes 6, plaited, lanceolate, 

 cuspidate, valvate in bud. Anthers 6, subsessile in the throat. Dish hairy. 



