Boeagea.] iv. anonace^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 93 



ovaries 3-6, stigma entire. Guatteria laurifoUa, Graham Cat. Bomhajj PI. 4. 

 Sagerasa laurina, Dalz. in Hook. Km Jowm. Bot. iii. 207 : Bombay Flw. 2 : 

 E. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 93. 8. DalzeUi, Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 42. 



Forests of the Concan, Graham ; and Teavancou, Beddome. 



A middle-sized tree. Leaves 5-9 by 14-2 in., thick, coriaceous, base acute or 

 rounded; petiole ^ in. Flowers crowded, white; pedicels J-J in. ; bracteoles several, 

 sealy-j basal. Sepals orbicular. Petals i in., broad-ovate. Outer stamens sometimes 

 without anthers. Bipe carpels 1 in. diam., globose, glabrous, subsessile. 



4. B. coriacea, H.f. & T. ; leaves ovate-lanceolate acute or subacute, 

 flowers 1-3 2-sexual, stamens 9, ovaries 1-2. Orophea coriacea, Tkwaites 

 Enum. 8 ; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 71. 



Cetlok, Central Province, alt. 3000 ft., Thwaites. 



A middle-sized tree. Leaves 3-6 by 1^-2^ in., thick, coriaceous, base rounded, dark 

 green above, pale beneath ; petiole tj-J in. Flowers \ in. diam., terminal in cauline 

 pedicels \ in., bracteoles basal, strigose. Sepals minute, deltoid, ciliate. Petals orbi- 

 cular, outer purple outside, orange- brown inside ; inner conuivent, dark purple. 

 Ovaries 2-ovuled. Carpels J in. diam., obliquely subglobose, glabrous, subsessile. — 

 We remove this and the following from Orophea to Boeagea on account of the habit 

 and apparently imbricate outer petals ; the inner petals have no claws. 



5. B. obliqua, H.f. & T,; leaves oblong or lanceolate acute or acumi- 

 nate, flowers 1-3 together 2-sexual terminal or cauline, pedicels very short, 

 stamens 6 in 2 series, ovaries 3. Orophea ? obliqua, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 112 ; 

 Thwaites Enum. 8 ; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 72. 



Ceylon, in the Galle and Eatnapoora districts, Gardner, &c. 



A middle-sized tree. Leaves ir-b by 1^-2 in., coriaceous, base oblique, pale beneath ; 

 petiole -^ in. Flowers minute, purple. Sepals ciliate. Petals orbicular, outer 

 spreading, inner connivent (imbricate or subvalvate, Thw.) Ovaries 2-ovuled, stigmas 

 depressed. Carpels J in. diam., red-brown. 



24. KIN GSTONIA, H. f. & T. 



A tree. Flowers fascicled on cauline tubercles, 2-sexual. Sepals 3, bases 

 connate ovate, acilte persistent. Petals 6 ; outer ovate, valvate ; inner 

 smaller, oblong, imbricate. Stamens about 12, filaments half the length of 

 the extrorse anther-cells ; connective obliquely truncate. Ovary 1 ; stigma 

 sessile peltate, crenate ; ovules few. Ripe carpel globose. Seeds several, 

 2-seriate. 



1. K. nervosa, H. f. & T. ; leaves elliptic or Hnear-oblong acuminate 

 glabrous or puberuLous on the nerves beneath. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



Branches woody, young rusty-pubescent. Leaves 4-8 by 2-3 in., base rounded, thin, 

 coriaceous, opaque; nerves many oblique strong; petiole ^ in., pubescent. Flowers 

 \ in. long, in fascicles of 8-10; peduncles ^-4 in., slender, rusty-pubescent; bracts 

 small orbicular, basal, imbricate. Sepals ^ in., ferruginous. Petals ashy-pubescent, 

 subacute; inner one-third smaller. Uarpelsl m. &ia,m., on stout woody peduncles, 

 densely rusty-tomentose : walls very tbiok.^Differs from Boeagea in the valvate not 

 orbicular outer petals, smaller inner, solitary carpel, and pubescent branches. 



25. I.ONCKOIIIIEBA, H. f. &, T. 



A tree. Leaves shining. Flowers small, in axiUary fascicles. Sepals 3, 

 broad-ovate, acute. Petals 6, in 2 series j outer lanceolate, flat, spreading. 



