272 XXIII. GUTTiFER^. (T. Anderson.) [Oalophyllum. 



C. bancanum, Miq-uel Fl. Ned. Ind. Sum>l- i- 498 and 499, a-nd C. plicipes, iJ. 

 {according to Run in. Jdurn. As. Soc. Bengal, xxxix. pt. 2, 64). C. mesuae- 

 folium, Wall. Cat. 4850. 



Eastern PENiNauLA, Sincapore and Malacca. — Disteib. Sumatra, Banca. 



Branches slender, terete, shoots, 4gonal. Leaves 1-24 M |-U ™-i "Sf'^i tJ"'"! .•*• 

 tusely acuminate, hase tapering acute ; veins slender on both surfaces ; petiole J-^ in., 

 sleniler. Racemes from the axils of the oldest leaves, slender, glabrous, few-flowered ; 

 pedicels I in., very slender. Sepals all equal, broadly ovate. Petals 0. — Of Wallioh's 

 C mesucefolium only a branch with a few leaves are known. 



Var. obtongifoUum ; leaves li-24 in. oblong, tip rounded. Malacca, Maingay (Kew 

 distrib. 173.) 



4. C. Burmanni, Wight III. i. 129, le. 1. 107, 188 ; leaves small (1-2 in.) 

 eUiptic-ovate ;■ tip rounded, racemes smaU axillary few-flowered glabroijs. 

 Planch <fc Trian. Mem. Gwttif. 233 ijvot of Seemann Fl. Viti.) ; ThwaUes 

 Enwm. 52 ; Beddome Flor. Sylvat. Gen. xxiL 



Hotter parts of Ceylon, at no great elevation. 



Young shoots 4-gonal, clothed with ferruginous tomentum. Leaves li-2| by 1-1^ in., 

 thinly coriaceous, tip scarcely emarginate, finely and equally veined on both surfaces; 

 petiole J-J in. Eacemes slender. Flowers scarcely J in. diam., pedicels long slender. 

 Sepals 4, orbicular-ovate. Petals 0. Fruit nearly | in. diam., sub-globose [reddish- 

 brown, Beddome']. — Wight's var. /3 parvifolium passes so gradually into the typical 

 , form as hardly to deserve recognition as a distinct form. 



5. C. floribundum, Hook. f. ; leaves 1-2 in. eUiptic-lanceolate ob- 

 tusely acuminata margin thickened, petiole |— j in., racemes glabrous in 

 most of the' axils, pedicels -J— i in. 



Eastern PENraaoLA; Malacca, Maingay. (Kew distrib. 170, 172, &? 171.) 

 Much-branched, everywhere glabrous ; branchlels 4-angled, strict. Leaves coriaceous, 

 pale when dry, hardly shining, nerves close-set uniform on both surfaces. Bacemes 

 ereoto-patent, about half as long as the leaves, 6-8-flowered, pedicels spreading. Flowers 

 \ in. diam., opposite. Sepals 4, outer broadly ovate, subacute, inner broadly obovate, 

 tips rounded, membranous, veined. Petals 0. Stamens very numerous and style-hardly 

 exceeding the sepals. Fruit unknown. — J. D. H. 



6. C. retusum, Wall. Cat. 4846 ; leaves 1-2 in. ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 tip rounded, petiole short downy, racemes axiUary slender pubescent to- 

 wards the base. Chois. Chittif.Ind. 41 {exd. synonym) ; Planch, dc Trian. Mem. 

 Guttif. 237. C. amoenum. Wall. Cat. 4849. C. Burmanni var. bracteatum, 

 Wight III. i. 129. C. pisiferum, Planch. <fc Trian. I.e. 266. 



Eastern Peninsula, from Martaban to Sincapore, Qriffith, (Kew distrib. 876, 881.) 

 An erect much-branched, densely-leafy shrub ; shoots clothed with ferruginous down. 

 Leaves 1-2 by |-1 in., coriaceous; veins most prominent on the upper surface; petiole 

 J-J in., downy. Bacemes in the axils of the lower and fallen leaves, few-flowered, slender, 

 erect ; peduncle ferruginous towards the base. Flowery small, glabrous. Sepals 4, J in. 

 long, ovate-oblong. Petals 0. Anthers minute, ovoid. Fruit pisiform, deep yellow, 

 pericarp thin. 



** Flowers solitary or in pairs. 



7. C. micropliylluin, T. Anders. ; leaves obovate or cuneate-obovate 

 obtuse or retuse, flowers few glabrous. 



Eastern Penihsdla, near the top of Mt. Ophir, Griffith, Ldbb, Maingay (Kew 

 distrib. n. 165). 



A glabrous shrub; branches many, short, slender, leafy; shoots 4-gonal. Leaves 

 1-1.4 by \-% ill-, tapering to the truncate base ; veins . prominent on both surfaces ; 

 petiole T*5-i in. FUiwers in the upper axils, minute; pedicels J-J in., slender, 



