810 XXV. DiPTEROCARPE^. (W. T. TMselton Dyer.) [Hopea. 



7. H. Griffithii, Ewn ms. ; branchlets slightly lepidote at length 

 glabrous, leaves lanceolate caudate-acuminate obtuse lateral nerves about 

 10 pairs evanescent, panicles axillary less thafi half the length «f the leaves, 

 calyx-segments glabrous. 



Tenasseeim; Mergui, Griffith. 



Branches dark-barked, with p^le striae. Leaves 3-4 by 1-U i"-, A™, base acute, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, midrib prominent below; petiole ^ m., slender. Bracts 

 minute, shorter than the ppdicels, lanceolate, acute. Fhwer-hads ^ in., shortly pedi- 

 celled, Petals palely pubescent. Anthers suborbiculat, appendage about .twice as long. 

 Fruit unknown. 



8. K. micrantha, Hooh.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 160; branchlets 

 dark-coloured minutely lepidote, leaves elliptic-ovate or lanceolate caudate- 

 acuminate obtuse lateral nerves very numerous evanescent, panicles terminal 

 or axillary less than | the length -of the leaves hoary-pubescent, calyx- 

 segments varnished. A. DC, Prodr. xvi. 2, 634. 



Malacca, Maingay. — Disteib. Borneo. 



A very lofty tree. Leaves 2-2^ by |-1J in., coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, 

 midrib prominent above and beneath; petiole i in., puberulent. Flowers -^ in., pedi- 

 cels fully ^ in. Petals palely pubescent. Anthers suborbicular, appendage about as 

 long. Nvi conical ; bases of fruiting calyx-segments J in. long with two gibbosities at 

 the bottom, wings 1^ in. oblanceolate, obtuse, 5-nerved. 



9. K. discolor, Thwaites Enum. 36 ; branchlets dark-coloured slightly 

 pruinose, leaves lanceolate caudate-acuminate obtuse reddish-brown 

 beneath lateral nerves about 5 pairs depressed above, panicles axillary 

 sometimes 2-3 together about f ^e length of the leaves, calyx-segments 

 glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 633. 



Cetlow ; Safitagam and Ambagamowa districts, at no great elevation, Thioaites. 



A large tree. Leaves 2^3 by |-1 in. ; petiole J in. Panicle bright red ; pedicels 

 ^ in. Petals yellow, palely puberulous. Anthers suborbicular, appendages three times 

 their length. Nut | in., conical, acute^ glabrous ; bases of fruiting calyx-segments J in. 

 lanceolate ; wings 1 J-3 by ^-% in. ; oblanceolate, obtuse, 7-Berved. 



10. K. racophloea. Dyer ; branchlets brown, leaves ovate shortly 

 caudate-acuminate base acute lateral nerves about 4 pairs oblique curved 

 about equally prominent on both surfaces with large axillary glands, 

 panicles terminal or axillary exceeding the leaves. 



Malabar; Wynaad forests, alt. 2-3000 ft,, Beddome. 



A large tree, the bark peeling off in adherent scales {Beddome'). Leaves 4-4^ by 

 2,-24 in., firm, glabrous on both surfaces ; petiole | in. slende*. Bases of fruiting 

 calyx-segments minute, scarcely distinct, thickened, gibbous; wings 3 by 1 in., oblong, 

 tip truncate or rounded inconspicuously 10-nerved, reddish. — ^Nearly allied to the Ceylon 



11. K, jucunda, Thwaites Enum. 403 ; branchlets dark purplish- 

 brown, leaves ovate or orbicular abruptly acuminate obtuse base rounded or 

 obtuse lateral nerves about 4 pairs oblique curved slightly depressed above 

 with large axillary glands, panicles terminal or axillary. A, DC. Prodr. xvi. 

 2, 633. 



CEYLOSf; Hinidoon Pattoo, PasdoojiGorle, and Saffragaip district, Thwaites. 



A large tree. Leaves l^-o by 1-2 J in., firm, glabrous on both surfaces; petiole J in. 

 transversely rugose. Plomer-buds ,J iin. ; pedicels ^ in. Calyx-segments ovate, var- 

 nished. Petals palely-pubescent ^e3!,ternaUy. Anthers with an appendage four times 

 their length. Fruit unknown. 



Vab, moiesta, DO. Prodr. xvi :?, 633 ; leaves 1-2 in., branches of the panicle 

 filiform. 



