303 XXV. DiPTEROCAKPE^. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) [Vatica. 



Chittaqong coast at Mascal Island, Boxb. 



A tree ; twigs pale brown, glabrous, young parts with pale grey tomentum. Leaves 

 ^|-2| in. broad, glabrous on both surfaces, paler beneath, midrib prominent. Panicle 

 5 in. ; pedicels j in. Mowers f in. diam. Calyx-segments with dense hairy tomentum. 

 Petals glabrescent externally, whit«. 



4. V. Maingrayl, Di/er ; leaves about 3|-5 in. long oblong or oblqng- 

 obovate abruptly acuminate base rounded, lateral nerves 12 pairs, petiole 

 I- If in. 



Malacca, Mavngay. 



Young parts with rusty furfuraceous tomentum. Leaves \\-1 in. broad. Panicles 

 rather dense, fully J shorter than the leaves. Calyx-segments oblong-lanceolate. Fruit- 

 vnrtgs 2 by | in., linear-oblong, obtuse or subacute, scarcely contracted at the base. 



5. V. Kelferi, Dyer ; leaves 4|-5j in. long oblong obtuse base cordate 

 tinder surface clothed with minute tomentose canescence lateral nerves 

 12 pairs, petiole -j in. 



Tenasseeim ; at Mergui, Heifer. 



Young parts of inflorescence and pedicels with pale-brown soft puberulence. Leaves 

 2i-3 in. broad, midrib and veins rather prominent beneath. Panicles about 6 in., ter- 

 minal, narrow. Calyx and petals in bud clothed with silky pubescence. J/'ruit un- 

 known. 



Sect II. Xsauzls, Atti. Fruiting-calyx with equal segments. 



6. V. lanceaefolia, Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 31 ; young parts pillverulent 

 but soon glabrous, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate base tapering paler 

 beneath lateral nerves 15 pairs, ascending. A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 618. 

 v. canaca, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 4405 B. Vateria lanceolaria, Roxb. Hart. 

 Bmg. 42 % V. lanceaefolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 601 ; Wight III. i. 88. V. lanceo- 

 lata, Rood), (by error), W. & A. Prodr. 84 ; Wall. Cat. 4405. Ketinodendron 

 lanceaefolium, Korik. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 56. Seidlia lanceaefolia, Kostd, 

 allg. med. pharm. Flora 1945 {ex DC. Prodr.). 



Eastbkn Himalaya and Eastern Bengal and Silhet, Wallich; Khasia Mts. 

 Assam and Bhotan, Griffith, &o. 



A middle-sized tree. Leaves 7-11 by 2-2 J in. ; petiole i in. Panicles | the length 

 of the leaves. Flowers fragrant. Calyx-segments ovate, acute. Petals | in., cuneate 

 white. Ovary pubescent ; stigma clavate, 3-toothed. Capsule ovoid. 



7. V. Roxburg'hiana, Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 31, t. 7 ; young parts with 

 lepidote canescence, leaves lanceolate acute base rounded or retuse, lateral 

 nerves 10 pairs. Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. i. 214 ; Thwaites Enum. 404; A. DC. 

 Prodr. xvi 2, 618. V. chinensis, Linn. ; Smith Ic. ined. t. 36 ; DC. Prodr. 

 i. 517. Vateria Eoxburghiana, Wight III. i. 88 ; Ic. t. 26. 



Western Peninsula ; from Canara southwards. Ceylon, Thwaites. 



Leaves 4J-8i by IJ-S in. ; petiole li-2 in. Panicles axillary, J-J the length of the 

 leaves. Calyx-segments ovate-deltuid, acute, in fruit nearly | in long, lanceolate 

 {Stigma 6-dentate, Blume.) Capsule ovoid, ultimately globose, 3-sulcate. — A frag- 

 mentary specimen collected by Griffith at Mogoung, Birma, appears to belong to this 

 species. 



8. V. pallida, Dyer; young parts hoary, leaves narrowly elliptic or 

 Unear-eUiptic or oblanceolate cordate-acuminate base acute or obtuse 

 lateral nerves about 9 ascending curved midrib prominent above. 



Penano, Maingay. 



A small tree, twigs slender, slightly flexuose, pale-barked. Leave* 5-7 by 1-2 in. 



