7atica.] XXV. DiPTEBOCARPE-E. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) 303 



olive-coloured, sliining above, pale and opaque beneath ; petiole J in., thickened . 

 Panicles 1-lJ in., mostly axillary. Oalyay-segments nurrovrly-deltoid, acute, at leugtli 

 deflexed, pubescent. _P«taZs pubescent externally. J.ntAer» apiculate. Ouar-j/ pubes' 

 cent; style ^ in., stigma capitate, lobulate. jFruit unknown. — Notwithstanding the 

 deflexed calyx this species appears to find its most natural position here. 



9. V. afBnls, Thwaites Enum. 404 ; young parts nigrescent nearly 

 glabrous, leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate acuminate base rounded 

 lateral nerves about 6 pairs ascending curved, midrib prominent above. 

 A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 619. Isauxis Koxburghiana, Thwaites Enum. 37, not 

 of Wight. 



Ceflon ; at Hinidoon Pattoo and Pasdoon Corle, Thwaites. 



A large tree. Leaves 4J-5i by 2-3 in., both surfaoes'glabrous, shining above, paler 

 beneath; petiole 1 in. Panicles axillary and terminal, \-\ the length of the leaves; 

 pedicels and buds pubescent. Calyx-segments lanceolate, acute, in fruit ovate 3-nerved. 



10. V. scabriuscula, A. DG. Prod/r. xvi. 2, 620; young parts with 

 tawny stellate pubescence, leaves oblong-lanceolate obtusely acuminate 

 base obtuse lateral nerves about 25 pairs spreading the alternate ones 

 fainter. Vateria (Stemonoporus) scabriuscula, Thwaites Enum. 404. 



Cetlon ; at Hinidoon Pattoo and Pasdoon Corle, Thwaites. 



A large tree. Leaves i^~5i by 1^-2 in., on young shoots 11 by 24 in., glabrous 

 above, scabrid beneath, midrib channelled above, very prominent beneath ; petiole 

 J-J in. Inflorescence axillary and terminal, racemose ; bracts caducous, ovate, acute, 

 palely tomeutose. Anthers with a few scattered hairs. Style cylindrio, slender, trun- 

 cate. — ^I have only seen immature flowers of this, but the anther^ perfectly agree with 

 Vatica and are unlike these of Tateria. 



11. V. ? disticlia, A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 620 ; young twigs with minute 

 tawny appressed pubescence, leaves oblong strongly acuminate base 

 rounded, lateral nerves about 10 faint ascending. Vateria (Stemonoporus) 

 disticha, Thwaites Enum. 404. 



CErLON ; at Hinidoon Pattoo and Pasdoon Corle, Thwaites. 



A large tree. Leaves 6 by l}-2 in., glabrous above, glabrescent beneath, coriaceous, 

 lateral nerves slightly prominent, midrib channelled above ; petiole J in. Panicles 

 axillary and terminal, imbricate-bracteate when young ; bracts J in., distichous, ovale, 

 ciliate, the lowest with appressed fulvous pubescence, the uppermost glabrous. — The 

 stamens appear to agree with Vatica, and according to De Candolle^ire apioulate. 



DODBTrnt SPECIES. 



v.? (IsAuxis) cORDiPor.iA, Thw. Enum.iQi and 39 {Monoporandra). Foliage only 

 known. Leaves 5-7i by 2-4 in., oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acute, base obliquely cor- 

 date, lateral nerves about 7 pairs ; petiole 4-f in — Ceylon ; Atakalan Corle, Thwaites. 



5. SKOREA, Boxb. 



Glabrous, mealy, or pubescent resinous trees. Xeawes entire or subrepand, 

 feather-veined, with the intermediate reticulations often inconspicuous ; 

 stipules large coriaceous and persistent, or minute and fugacious. Flowers 

 in axillary or terminal lax cymose panicles ; bracts persistent, caducous or 

 0. Gaiyx-iuhe very short, adnate to the receptacle ; segments ovate or 

 lanceolate, imbricate. Stamens 15 or 20-100 ; anthers ovate or oblong, 

 rarely linear ; connective subulate-cuspidate, rarely inappendiculate ; valves 

 obtuse, rarely cuspidate, equal or the outer slightly larger. Ovary 

 ■3-celled, cells 2-ovuled ; style subulate, stigraa entire or 3-toothed. Capsule 

 leathery, indehiscent (or 2-valved?), usually 1-seeded, closely surrounded 



