Canthium.] lsxv. eubiacej;. (J. D. Hooker.) 133' 



Western Pexin-sula, on the Ghats, alt. 4-8030 ft., from the Concan southwards.i 

 Tenasseeih, Wallich, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 2972) ; Ata, WalHck. 



An eyergreen tree, 50 ft. Leaves very coriaceous, similar to the ordinary form 

 of C. didymii,m, of which this is probably a variety. Korthal's C. umhellatum, with a 

 slender peduncle, is a very different plant. 



4. C. neil^herrense, Wight Ic. t. 1064 lis; unarmed, leaves elliptic- 

 ovate oMuse glabrous or setose beneath, flowers 6-merous, pedicels very short 

 axillary fascicled, fruits obovoid or obcordate compressed subdidymous, putamen 

 smooth. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 221 A. ; For. Man. 134, 6 (Plecti-onia). 



NnoHEEBT and Ptjinet Mts., WigM, G. T/iomson. 



An evergreen shrub or tree ; branches opposite, glabrous. Leaves 3i-4^ by 1 J-2 

 in., rather coriaceous, dark green or black when dry; petiole -1—^ in. Flowers shoitlj 

 pedicelled, sometimes on a very short peduncle; pedicels ^— J in. Fruit nearly f in. ; 

 pericarp thin. 



Var. 1 ; leaves coriaceous glabrous, stipules i-^ in. — NUgherrys, Wight (Kew 

 Distrib. 1424, 1425). 



Vae. 2 ; leaves less coriaceous hirsute beneath or covered with scattered rigid 

 hairs, stipules small.— Pulney Mts. (Kew Distrib. 1422, 1426). 



5. C. ficiforzne, Hook. f. ; unarmed, glabrous, leaves elliptic obtusely 

 acuminate, flowers 5-merous fascicled on a very short peduncle, fruit very large 

 pyriform stoutly pedicelled, putamen thick woody very deeply sinuously 

 grooved. 



Mysore ; Shevagherry hills, Wight. 



Branches very stout, and leaves almost black when dry. Leaves 3-4 by 1-lJ in., 

 very thickly coriaceous, narrowed into a very stout petiole ; nerves oblique, slender ; 

 stipules short, broad. Fedmides ^ in. or less, sometimes branched ; pedicels as long. 

 Frnit l-\\ in., somewhat compressed, narrowed into a pedicel J in. long ; putamen re- 

 sembling a small walnut. 



6. C. g'la'brum, Blume Bijd. 967; unarmed, glabrous, leaves large ovate 

 subacute, cymes small compressed shortly peduncled, flowers 5-merous, fruit 

 large ellipsoid or subovoid with 2 very smooth 3-gon6us pyrenes. DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 474; Kwz For. Fl. ii. 35 (Plectronia). Vangueria ? atroviridis. Wall. Cat. 

 8412. Bubiacea, Wall. Cat. 8303. 



From Tbnasseeim, Pegu, and the Andaman Islands, to Singapore and Penanq, 

 Wcdlioh, &c., Maingay (Kew Distrib. 863). — Distrib. Java. 



A small tree ; branches stout, upper compressed. Leaves 4-6 by 1^-3 in., dull 

 green when dry, thinly coriaceous ; nerves few, distant ; petiole ^-^ in. ; stipules 

 short. Cymes with short spreading branches; flowers small, shortly peduncled. 

 Corolla-tube subglobose, ^ in. ; lobes as long. Stigma mitriform, notched. Fruit f-1 

 in. long ; pyrenes abruptly narrowed and compressed parallel to the ventral face at 

 the top. 



7. C. confertum, Korth. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. ii. 235; unarmed, 

 glabrous, leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate obtusely caudate-acuminate, flowers 

 fascicled shortly pedicelled S-merous, fruit small obovoid or obcordate subcom- 

 pressed, putamen woody rugose. C. glomerulatum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat., suppl. 

 585. Memecylon pauciflorum, Wdl. Cat. 4114. 



Penang, SniGAPOEE, and Malacca, Wallich, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2973), Maingay 

 (862, 942). — Distrib. Malay Archipelago. 



Branches slender. Leaves 3-5 by |-2 in., dull green when dry, opaque, coriaceous ; ' 

 nerves slender ; petiole and stipules short. Flowers small, often unisexual ; buds oh- ' 

 tuse ; pedicel ^-^ in. Corolla-tube and lobes very short. Style glabrous. Fruit ^ ' 



