314 XXV. BiPTEROCARPE^. (W. T. Tliiselton Dyer.) [Vateria. 



short caducous ferruginous hairs. Leaves 6-8 hy 3 in., elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 

 shortly acuminate, base rounded, lateral nerves about 20 pairs, stout; petiole 1^ in. ; 

 stipules 1-1 in., linear-deltoid, attenuate. Panicle terminal, 8 in., loosely corymbose; 

 braoteoles J in., ovate, obtuse. Flowers 1 in. diam., 1-ranked, erect; pedicels 4 in. 

 Oalyx ferruginous without, canescent within. JPetaU orbicular, acute, white. Anthers 

 puberulous. {Fruit 4 in. long by 2^-3 in. broad. — Yields a green resin, used in Cinga- 

 lese superstitious ceremonies. Thwaites.) 



Sect. III. Stemonoporus, Thwaites. Stamens 15 ; anthers with the 

 external valves longer, broader and rolled inwards at the apex. 



* Inflorescence panicled. 



3. V. ceylanica, Wight III. i. 88 ; leaves elliptic or oblong apiculate 

 or retuse base rounded or slightly acute. V. Wightii, Thwaites Enum. 

 403. Vatica Wightii, A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 620. . Stemonoporus Wightii, 

 Thwaites Enum. 37. 



Ceylon ; forests between Galle and Eatnapoora, and near PalmadooUa, Thwaites. 



A large tree; young branches glabrous. Leaves 5-H by 3-5J in, both surfaces 



f)ale, glabrous ; lateral nerves 21 pairs, spreading ; petiole 2J in. Panicles 3 in. long, 

 ateral. Flowers fully 1 in. diam. Calyx glabresceut. Petals elliptic, obtuse, sulphur- 

 yellow. Stamens with dilated slightly connate filaments ; anthers puberulous, connec- 

 tive with a short acute apex. Style subulate, acute. — I believe this to be the plant 

 intended by Wight. The only sheet in his herbarium with this name has clearly been 

 ticketed in error ; it bears the inflorescence of V. acuminata and the foliage of some 

 indeterminate plant. 



' 4. v. G-ardneri, Thwaites Enum. 403 ; leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 acuminate base rounded or cordate. Vatica Gardneri, A. BG. Prodr. xvL 

 2, 622. Stemonoporus Gardneri, Thwaites in Hook. Journ. of Bot. 1864, 68, 

 «. 2 A. ' ■ 



Ceyloh; Kambodde, Gardner; Adams Peak, Thwaites. 



A large tree; young parts faintly puberulous. Leaves 3-5 by 2-2| in., lateral 

 nerves about 1 pairs, ascending ; petiole about J in. Panicles about 2 in. long, nume- 

 rous, collected towards the ends of the branches, 5— 7-flowered. Flowers | in. diam. ; 

 pedicels ^ in., decurved. Calyx-segments glabrous, ovate, acute. Petals broadly ovate, 

 white. Stamens connate at the base ; external valves of the anthers rolled inwards at 

 the apex, connective not prolonged. Style acute. Fruit globose, 1 in. diam. 



5. V. jucunda, Thwaites ms. ; leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate 

 gradually acuminate base rounded. V. acuminata, Thwaites Enum. 403. 

 {Tiot of Hayne). Vatica acuminata, A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 622. 



Ceylon ; Madamahanewera, Ambagamowa, and Badalla districts, Thwaites. 



A large tree ; young branches reddish-brown, glabrous. Leaves 4-7 by |-2 in., 

 midrib very stout, lateral nerves about 12 pairs, ascending. Panicles 24 in. long, 

 lateral, racemose, puberulous. Flowers | in. diam. Calyx-segments lanceolate, acute. 

 Petals lanceolate, acute, pale yellow. Stamens and style as in V. Gardneri. — Mature 

 fruit unknown. 



** Peduncles few flowered. 



6. v. affinis, Thwaites Enum. 403 ; leaves ovate-oblong caudate-acumi- 

 nate base rounded lateral nerves depressed when dry. Stemonoporus affinis, 

 Thwaites in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1854, 68 ; Enum. 38. Vatica Thwaitesii, 

 a: DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 621. 



Ceylon ; Hunasgiria district, alt. 4000 it., Thwaites. 



A large tree. Leaves 3-4J by 1^2 in., glabrous, opaque, glaucescent above, scabrid 

 beneath; lateral nerves about 10 pairs, intervening spaces irregularly buUate 



