Dios^yros.] xc. BBENAGBis. (Oi B. Clarke.) 569 



52. D. Kelferi, Clarke; leaves oblong obtuse apieulate base acute glabres- 

 cent reticulating nerves prominent, female fl. 1-3 together sessile, calyx-lobes 

 ■deep with reflexed margins, corolla rufous-hirsute without; D. Moonii?, 

 Hiem in Trans. Cumh. PhU. Soe. xii. 164. 



Tenasskrim (or Andamans) ; ffelfer, n. 3632. — ^Disthib. Cambodia. 



JBranchlets rufous-tomentose. Leaves 6 by 2J in., broadly oblong, parallel-sided, 

 tip shortly cuneate, base broad, shortly suddenly attenuate, narrowed into the petiole, 

 ferruginous-pilose beneath when yoimg ; primary nerves numerous, subhorizontal, 

 much reticulated ; petiole ^J in. ' Male fl. unknown. Female fl. usually 3 together 

 sessile on thick peduncles scarcely Jg in. long ; calyx nearly ^ in., almost 5-partite, 

 lobes ovate-oblong ; corolla nearly J in. Frwii (imperfectly ripe) J by 2 ™-> ellipsoid, 

 glabrous ; fruiting calyx much enlarged, plicate, with much-reflexed margins auri- 

 <!Ulated at the sinus. — Affinity doubtful, but cannot be D. Moonii ; the prominently 

 reticulated nerves of the leaves and the female calyx differ. 



53. D. arg'entea, Oriff. Notul. iv. 288 ; leaves large oblong acute 

 glistening silky beneath, male fl. in stout dense cymes, stamens hairy, fruit 

 ■solitary hairy. Hiern in Trans. Camh. Phil. Sac. xii. 262. 



Malacca. ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3625), Maingay (n. 968). 



Branchhts stout, with subpersistent yellowish hair. Leaves 10 by 2^-3 in., base 

 rounded, glabrous above, densely villous with fulvous or white soft hairs beneath, at 

 length glabrate ; nerves obscure, midrib impressed above; petiole \ in. Male.fi.: 

 cymes ^ in., 3-10-flowered ; bracts 5 in., ovate ; calyx J in., deeply 4-lobed, villous ; 

 corolla ^ in., tubular, lobed half-way down, very villous without; stamens 22-24. 

 Female fl. solitary, peduncles | in.; calyx, 4 in., campanulate, lobes ovate; corolla 

 I in.; staminodes 4-5; ovary 4-celIed, 8-ovuled, densely hairy ; styles 4, hairy, erect. 

 Fruit 2J by 1| in., ellipsoid, 8-celled ; fruiting calyx greatly enlarged, lobes 1^ in., 

 oblong, densely softly villous. Seeds 6-8, IJ by J in., albumen horny. — B. discolor, 

 "Wind. (A. DC. Prodr. viii. 235), a Philippine species, greatly resembles D. argentea, 

 but has glabrous stamens ; it is in the collections of WaUich and Maingay, but is 

 supposed only cultivated in India. 



Sect. VIII. Horsfieldia ; as Sect. VII., except that the female flowers 

 are distinctly, (though often shortly) cymose. 



64. D. oblong'a, Wall. Cat. 4124; leaves large oblong acuminate glabrous, 

 female flowers crowded in very short cymes 6-merous tomentose with black 

 hairs intermixed. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 243 ; Hiern in Trans. Camh. Phil. Soc. 

 sii. 243. 



Pbnang ; Wallich. Singapore ; Maingay (n. 967). 



Branchlets stout, glabrous. Leaves 7^ by 2| in., base obtuse qr almost rounded, 

 ■coriaceous; primary nerves numerous, nearly horizontal, reticulating nerves incon- 

 spicuous ; petiole j in. Malefl. not known. Female fl. 1-5 together; calyx |— J in., 

 deeply lobed, lobes ovate-oblong, auriculate, subplicate ; corolla ^ in., densely hairy 

 without, deeply lobed; staminodes 5 ; ovary 10-ceUed, ferruginous-hairy. Fruit | in. 

 diam., globose, glabrate; calyx f in, across, lobes auriculate. Albumen horny, not 

 Tuminated. 



55. 9, ramiflora, 'Moxh. Hort. Beng. 40, and Fl. Ind. ii. 535 ; leaves 

 large broadly oblong acute glabrous, male fl. in short cymes, female in many- 

 -flowered compound much larger cymes. Wall. Cat. 4119 ; WigM Ic. t. 189 ; 

 -A. DC. Prodr. viii. 233. 



East Bengal ; Tipperah, Boxburgk ; Khasia Mts., Wallich. 



A large tree ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 7^ by 3-3^ in., base cuneate or obtuse, 

 nerves not prominent ; petiole ^ in. Male fl. subfasciculate in } in. rusty cymes ; 

 <;alyx 1 by ^ in., subtubular, campanulate, lobed nearly halfway down ; lobes 6, oblong, 

 subobtuse; corolla 5 in., tubular, lobed less than halfway down, densely villous 

 ^thout; stamens 16, glabrous, anthers linear, connective hardly produced. Female 



