Jxora.] Lxxv. EUBiACEJii. (J. D. Hooker.) 143'- 



Hilly districts of "W. Bengal, Behab, and the Westeen Peninsula, from the- 

 Satpura range southwards. Chittaoono, C. B. Cla/tlct, Pegu, Kutz, Cehonj 

 hot drier parts of the island. 



An evergreen tree. Leaves 3-6 by 1^-2^ in., very coriaceous, pale when dry; 

 nerves slender, rather stronger than the reticulate venules; petiole very stout; 

 stipules short, cusps short. Cymes 2-6 in., inarticulate, internodes shorter than in 

 /. brachiata, and branches much shorter; lower bracts stipuliform, upper and brao- 

 teoles minute or obsolete ; flowers white, odorous, sessile or pedicelled. FUamentS' 

 short. Style very piibescent; stigma subcapitate, simple or deft. Fruit small, 

 didymous. Seeds plano-convex. — I have seen no Pegu specimens. — Toiieh-wood, 



?Vae. zeylanica; leaves longer petioled broadly eUiptio or obovate acute or 

 acuminate cuneate at the base more membranous less reticulate, stipules with longer- 

 cusps, cyme-branches longer I. jucuuda, var. y, an species distincta? Thwaites 



Emim. 155. Ceylon, Walker, &e. — This is certainly very near indeed to I. pa/rviflora, 

 agreeing entirely even to the pubescent style and the anthers and form of seed, as far 

 as I can ascertain from imperfect fruits, and differs from /. jucimda widely in the 

 cymes, length of the corolla, and form of its lobes. 



19. X. grandifolia, Zoll. ^ Morr. Syst. Verz. 66; glabrous or the cymes 

 pulierulous, leaves often very large petioled elliptic ovate oblong or lanceolate 

 obtuse or acute, stipules large with a long cusp or the upper 2-fld, cymes 

 sessile brachiate or corymbiform ramifications inarticulate, branches more or 

 less stout, bracts and bracteoles obsolete, flowei-s pedicelled, filaments subulate, 

 anthers very slender, calyx-lobes small triangular or obtuse, corolla glabrous, 

 tube ^-1 J in., lobes oblong obtuse, mouth naked. I. elliptica, Br. in Wcdl. Cat. 

 6163. 



Andaman and Nicobab Islands to Singapore, Malacca, and Penano, Wallich, 

 &c. — DiSTBiB. Malay Arcliipelago (all the forms). 



I am quite unable to distinguish specifically various of the very dissimilar forms 

 that occur in the localities specified ; all have pedicelled white or pale pink flowers, 

 fruit the size of a large or small pea, and their seeds are very concave ventrally. The 

 principal are : 



Vae. coriacea, Br. in Wall. Cat. 6151 (sp.); I. macrosiphon, Kurz in Trimeii, 

 Joum. Bot. 1875, 327 ; For. Fl. ii. 24 ; branches very stout with whitish bark, leaves 

 12-1 8 by 4-5 in. elliptic base acute obtuse or rounded, petiole very robust, cymes with 

 very thick suberect flowering branches spreading in fruit, corolla-tube g in. — Penang,. 

 Wallich. — Griffith's specimens from Malacca (Kew Distrib. 2999) have narrower 

 lanceolate bases and shorter petioles, and the cymes reduced to a fascicle of thick 

 primary branches starting from the end of the branch. Kurz's from S. Andaman 

 have dark leaves 12-14 by 4^-5 in., with rounded bases, almost black, and similar 

 cymes. — Pavetta maarophylla, Blume, appears a large-flowered form of this, as is pro- 

 bably P. Teysmarmiana and P. macrocoTna of Miquel. 



Vae. arhorescens, Hassk. (sp.) in Eetzia, i. 22 ; branches more slender usually 

 with white bark, leaves 4-10 by 2-3 in., usually more membranous, rachis of cyme 

 elongate, branches horizontal, flowers looser, coroUa-tubo ^ in. — Penang and Malacca, 

 Gnffith (Kew Distrib. 2987). 



Vae. Kurzeana, Teysm. & Binnend. (sp.) in Nat. Tijdsch. Ned. Ind. xxvii. 100, esf 

 Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1876, ii. 134; leaves lanceolate thin narrowed into a stout 

 petiole, cymes corymbiform, corolla 1-1^ in. — Nicohar Islands, Kurz. 



Vae. rosella, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 23 (sp.); leaves 6-8 by 3j-4J in. thin elliptic- 

 oblong or obovate acute or acuminate margins often undulate, nerves nearly hori- 

 zontal, petiole ^-1 in., cymes corymbiform, corolla ^-f in. — South Andaman Islands,. 

 Kurz. 



20. X. brunnescens, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1872, ii. 317 ; For. Fl. ii. 

 24 ; glabrous, leaves sessile or subsessile broadly obovate obtuse on tip rounded 

 opaque, base rounded or cordate, nerves very faint horizontal, cymes smalj 



