] II. DiLf.ENiACE^. (Hook, f. & Thoms.) 35 



Vak. 2. DENTATA, Wight mss. ; Thw. I.e.; leaves acutely coareely toothed beneath 

 and the petioles hirsute. 

 Vak. 3. subcilabka, Thw. I.e. ; leaves siibglabrous beneath. 



3. S. castanesefolia, Vahl, in Act. Hafn. vi. 122; leaves broadly 

 oblong crenatp or sinuate, spikes in much branched terminal panicles 

 longer than the leaves. Wight III. I 9, t. A ; H. f. <& T. Fl, Ind. 66 ; Thw. 

 Enum. 4. 



In the Saffragam and Galle Districts of Ceylon. 



Branches hoary, at length glabrate. Leaves 4-10 by 2-4 in., usually obtuse at both 

 ends, but sonietimes acute at either, glabrous above, hoary on the veins ^)eneath. 

 JPanicle sometimes leafy. Flowers variable in size. 



6. WOanKXA, Bottb. 



Trees, sometimes lofty, or shrubs. Leaves broad j lateral nerves many, 

 strongj parallel ; petioles usually with deciduous stipular wings. Mowers 

 large, in terminal racemes or panicles. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens inde- 

 finite, in several series, nearly free ; anthers linear, erect, cells opening by 2 

 pores. Carpels 5-10, scarcely cohering in the axis ; ovules numerous. Fruit 

 of indehiscent or follicular 3- or more-seeded carpels. Seeds with a fleshy 

 aril. — DiSTKiB. Tropical Asia and Australia, and one in Madagascar ; species 

 about 9. 



Sect. I. Capellia, Blume (genus). Inner row of stamens much longer 

 than the outer and arching over them. 



1. W. Bu£E^utioosa, Grif. Notul. iv. 706 ; 7c. iv. t. 649, f. 1 ; leaves 

 oval- or elliptic-lanceolate sharply toothed, petiole broadly winged. W. ex- 

 celsa, H.f. <& T. Fl. Ind. 67. {escd. syn.) W. suUsessUis, Jfij. Fl. Ned. Ind. 

 Suppl. i. 618 ; Ann. M-m. Lugd. Bot. i. 315, t. 9. 



Eastern Peninsula, at Malacca and Sinoapore. — Disthib. Extends to Borneo and 



A shrub or small tree, young parts floccose. Leaves 4-12 by 2-5 in., acute or 

 rounded at each end, coriaceous, glabrous, with scattered hairs on the veins beneath ; 

 petioles i-2 in., wing entire. Flowers 4 in. diam., bright yellow, in leaf-opposed 

 simple or forked racemes ; pedicels alternate, 4-1 in., top thickened. Sepals ovate, 

 obtuse, subequal, persistent. Petals obovate, crenulate. Carpels about 7, 3-5seeded. — 

 W. excdsa, with which we had confounded this (Fl. Ind. I.e.) is distinguished by its 

 crenate leaves and narrow petiolar wing. , 



2. W. oblong'a, Wall. Cat. 951 ; leaves oval or oblong entire or sub- 

 crenate, petiole scarcely winged, ff. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 67. 



Eastern Pbninsola ; Penang, Malacca, and Sinoapore. 



A tree, bark , black ; young parts tomentose, old glabrate. £eaue« 4-8 by 2-4 in., 

 coriaceous, glabrous when mature ; petiole 1-2 in. Flowers 3-4 in. diam., in terminal 

 leafy flexnous few-flowered panicled racemes ; pedicels 1 in., thickened upwards, tomen- 

 tose. Sepals orbicular, young covered with appreSsed yellow pubescence, mature 

 glabrate. Carpels 8-10. — Very near W. eXceha, Jack. 



Sect. II. Euwormia. filaments all erect and nearly equal in length. 



3, W. trlquetra, Bottb. Nov. Act. Hafn. ii. 532, t. 3 ; leaves broadly 

 oval repand-toothed or sinuate, petioles with broad membranous sheathing 

 deciduous stipular wings. U.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 67 ; Thw. Enum. 4. W. den- 



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