.]- n. DiLLENiAOBiE. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) 37 



Zreawes 6-8 by 2J-34 in., base acute, pilose on the nerves above, shortly hairy espe- 

 cially on the nei-ves beneath, nerves 16-18 on each side, oblique, terminating in short 

 sharp serratnres ; petiole 1 in., brown, iairy. Peduncles I-14 in., densely clothed with 

 brown tomentum. Sepals nearly li in., ovate.— Only two specimenB seen, with im- 

 perfect flowers. 



4 D. braoteata, Wight Ic. t. 358; leaves oblong crenate, flowers, 

 racemed, sepals suborbicular silky. Wormia braoteata, IT. f. & T. Fl. 

 Ind. 68. ? D. repanda, £oxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 652. 



We^teeh Peninbdla ; mountains of Maisor. 



A tree, young branches silky-pubescent. Leaves densely fascicled, 3^6 by l|-3in., 

 coriaceous, subacute, or obtuse, shining above, puberulous on the nerves beneath.. Ba- 

 cemes 1-2 in., few-flowered, subterminal or leaf-opposed. Flowers 2^-3 in. diam.i 

 Stamens all equal, anthers 2-porose, Carpels 5, membranous, indehiscent. — Roxburgh's 

 description of D. repanda, a native of Hindostan, differs hilt little from the above in the 

 retnse repand smooth leaves, 5-7-fldwered raceme, and villous calyx ; we know of no 

 specimen or drawing. 



5. D. retusa, Thunh. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 200, t. 19 ; leaves obovate-. 

 oblong truncate or retuse quite entire or sinuate-toothed, flowers 1-3 on a 

 peduncle. Lamk. III. t. 492 ; DG. Prodr. I 76 ; Wall. Cat. ees.'i ; W. & A. 

 Frodr. 6 ; Thw. Enum. 5: D. Integra, ThunA. I.e. 199, 1. 18 ; BG. l.c. Wor- 

 mia Integra, if./, dh T. Fl. Ind. 68. 



Warmer parts of Ceylon, up to 2000 ft. 



A tree; branchlets hairy,- soon glabrous. iea»es 4-6 by 2-B in., coriaceous, glabrou«, 

 base acute; petiole 1 in. Flowers subterminal, 3 in. diara., white; peduncle 2 in. 

 Petofe obovate. Stamens . all erect, anthers S^porosei Fruit I4, in. diam. , of 5 carpels. 



Sect. II. Colbertiai Salisb. (genus). Branchlets scabrid. Zfea^es. deci- 

 duous. Flowers appearing before the leaves, yellow, axillary orfrom the 

 scars, solitary or pamcled. 



6. D. aurea, Sm. Exot. Bot. t. 92, 93 ; leaves obovate-crenate, .flower 

 solitary 4r-5' in. diam., adiilt sepals glabrous glaucous. DG. ProdrrvlQ ; 

 Wall. Gat. 6624; H.f. <kT. Fl. Ind. 70. D. ornata, lFa«. PI. As. Bar; I 

 21, t. 23; Co*. 947. D. syeciosa, Orif. Ifottd^ iv. 703.. Colbertia obovata, 

 Blume Bijd. 6. 



Tropical forests along the base of the Himalaya from Bhotan to Nipal. Eastern 

 Peninsula, in Pegu, Martaban, Mergui and the Andaman Islands. — Dibtkib.. Java to 

 Borneo. 



A spreading tree, bark grey. Leaves 1 ft., tapering tctbe base, distantly crenate- 

 toothed, glabrous above, softly pubescent beneath. Flowers terminating axillary short 

 shoots; peduncle 1 in. (Sepals when young villous. Corpefe- 8-12. i'Vait with the 

 calyx as large as a small apple. 



7. D. pulcberrima, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. Bengi 1871, 46 ; leaves 

 broadly obovate sinuate glabrous above, flowers 4 in. diam. solitary or 

 geminate, adult sepals silky. 



Tropical forests of Pegu, Kurz. 



Alarge tree; bark.grey.; young p,arts silky. ieo««».9-18 by 6-12 in., orbicular or 

 cordate, rarely narrowed at the base,/ nerves ending in marginal points; glJibrous above, 

 gale and sparflely pilose beneath ; petiole 1-2 in., J-ainplexicaul, deeply channe^l^d. 

 ^'lowers on short axillary shooljs ; ' peduncles 14-2 in., silky; ebracteate. Sepals elliptic. 

 Petals narrow-obovate. — Nearly alfied to D. awrea, but leaves larger, nervesless olose^ 

 and.'petals narrower.. 



