Hydnooarpus.] xiv. bixibte^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 197 



or toothed', base round' acute or suboordate ; petiole J-J in. Flowers solitary or ra^ 

 oemed, white. Sepals green, pubescent. Stamens villous at the base, equalling the 

 petals. Ovary densely pubescent. Fndt 2-4 in. diam., tomentose. Seeds obtusely 

 angular. 



3. K. alp(na> WigM Ic. t. 942 : leayes elliptic- oblong or more or less 

 lanceolate obtusely acuminate or swbacute quite entire, flowers 1 in. diam. 

 racemed pentandrous, sepals equal, petals oblong-lanceolate glabrous equal- 

 ling the linear-scales, ? flowers with linear oblong obtuse staminodes. 



Moist valleys- of the NiLOHiEi Mtb., Wight; Ceylon, Thwaites. 



A tree 70-1.00 ft. ; twigs glabrous or nearly so.. Leaves very variable, young red, 

 old deep green, 4—7 by 1^-24 in., glabrous; petiole J in. Flowers racemed on very 

 thick branched jointed, peduncles and long pedicelied (in the Ceylon specimens), pedicels 

 1-I4vn. /S^amems/ shorter than the petals. Stigma- bAohai. Fruit globose, size of 

 ta apple, brown tomentose. Seeds imbedded in white pulp, testa hard. — Description 

 chiefly from Wight 



4. K. octandra, Thwaites in Hooh.Kew Journ. JBot. vii. 197 ; Enum. 

 19 ; leaves elliptic or elliptic- or ovate- or oblong-lanceolate obtusely acu- 

 minate quite entire, flowers | in. diam. fascicled octandrous, sepals unequal, 

 petals twice-as long as the rounded silky scales, ? fl; with imperfect stamens, 

 iruit 2-3 in. diam. ,' 



Ambamagowa district, Ceylon, alt, 2500 ft., Thwaites. 



A tree 40-50 ft. ; branohlets tomentose.. Leaves Z-i^ by IJ-lf in., glabrous above, 

 puberulous beneath with stellate hairs and glandular dots ; petiole ^-% in. Flowers 

 2-8 in a fascicle ; pedicels J-J in. Sepals oblong, obtuse. Petals orbicular, coucave, 

 ciliate. Sta/mens exceeding the petals. Ovary oblong ; placentas 4, each 6-ovuled ; 

 stigmas 4. Berry woody, subtomentose, few or many-seeded. 



5. K. castanea, H. /.. & T. ; perfectly glabrous, leases linear-oblong 

 acuminate red-brown when dry quite entire much neticulated, petiole f-1 in., 

 S flowers f in. diam., sepals equal, scales Ungulate silky equalling the 

 linear-oblong petals, ovary ovoid beaked, fruit as large- as an orange. 



King's Islamd, Andamaks, by the sides of torrents, Belfer ; Malacca, Griffith. 



A middle-sized tree. Branches stout, angular, smooth, black when, dry. Lea/oes 

 8-14 by 2-3i in., sides at base very unequal, one acute, the other rounded, thickly 

 .coriaceous, shining, strongly veined on both surfaces, nerves 6-10 on each side ; petiole 

 |-1 in., much thickened at the top, quite glabrous. Flowers $ (only seen) apparently 

 scilitary, axillary, sweet-scented; peduncles f in., and orbicular concave sepals densely 

 rusty-pubescent. Petals longer than the sepals, concave, obtuse quite glabrous ;. scales 

 gnbacute, rigid, narrower than the petals. Staminodes b, erect, glabmus, obkng, lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, much shorter than the scales. Ova/ry villous, contracted into a conical 

 beak ; stigma sessile. " Fruit size of an orange, globose, rugose, brown, angled at the 

 top, flesh granular hard, placentas severaj. Seeds large angular, testa double, outer 

 subcoriaceous cellular, inner as thick." Orifi. mss. 



There is a Burmese species apparently of this genus collected by Griffith, but in too 

 immature a state for description. 



Oedee XV. PITTOSPOREiE. (By Hook. f. & Thorns.) 



Erect or climbing trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or subverticillate 



quite entire (very rarely toothed) ; exstipulate. Flowers usually herma- 



'■phrodite terminal or axillary. Sepals 6. imbricate. Petals 5, hypogynous, 



imbricate. Torus small. Stamens 5, opposite the sepals ; anthers' versatile, 



