Bysoceylum.] xxxvii. meliace^. (W. P. Hiern.) 5^7 



by a viscid ring. Omtles 2 together, superposed. Fruit brownish-orange, 14-2 in. 

 long ; seeds attached by a broad ovoid hile to the axis ; testa externally of a chestnut 

 colour. 



tt Ovary more or less hairy. 

 J Disk densely hairy at the movih. 



3. p. thyrsoldeum, Oriff. mss. smh Hartighsea ; leaflets 5-9 more or less 

 alternate elliptic or oblong acuminate glabrous shining, panicles divaricately 

 branched, ultimate pedicels about equalling the glabrous 4-0-merous 

 flowers, calyx small cup-shaped or nearly flat irregularly toothed, disk 

 hairy on both sides especially at the mouth fleshy truncate rather exceeding 

 the 3-celIed slightly hairy ovary, fruit obovoid. 



Malacca, Oriffiih {Kew distrih. 1053). 



A tree. Leaves 12-16 in.; leaflets 4-10 by 2-3J in.; lateral veins obscurely de- 

 pressed on the upper surface; petiolule i-J in. i^owers i^ in. , white. Fruits Aeekj, 

 2-3-lobed, umbilicate, nearly 1 in. long. Fruiting peduncles stout, woody. iStyle robust, 

 stigma discoid sub-3-lobed. Seeds exarillate. 



4. D. procerum, Hiern; leaflets 7-10 alternate or opposite elliptic or 

 oblong abruptly acuminate glabrous, branches of elongated panicle spread- 

 ing, ultimate pedicels very short, bracteate near the apex, calyx shortly 

 cup-shaped 4r-5-toothed, corolla appressedly pubescent 4-5-merous, anthers 

 8 or 10, disk twice the length of the 3-4-celled hairy ovary hairy at the 

 apex and inside, fruit pyriform-globose, pericarp thick, seeds arillate. 

 Ccuarea procera, WaU, Cat. 1261. G. oblonga, Wall. Cat. 1262. G. Gobara, 

 EamUt. in Mem. Wem. Soc. vi. 306 (1832) ; Wall. Cat. 4885. Hartighsea 

 Gobara, W.SA. ex VoigtSori. 8vh. Calc. 136. Cfr. Guarea acuminata, JFaZ^. 

 (Jot. 1263, Cfr. G. disyphonia, Griff. Notul. iv. 503. 



From Assam, the Khasia Mts., and Gachae to Tehasseeim. 



A large tree. Xeasucs 1-24 ft. ; leaflets 4^14 by 2-6 in.; petiolule J-J in. Flowers 

 f-4 iu. ; petals valvate or very slightly imbricate ; staminal tube glabrous. Fruit 

 2 by 14 in., 3-4-celled. 



tt Dish glabrous at the mouth or newrly so. 



5. D. grande, Hiern; puberulent, leaflets 12 alternate oblong 

 caudate-acuminate base rounded, panicles about equalling leaves, flowers 

 shortly pedicelled clustered 4-merous, calyx short, staminal tube thinly 

 pubescent on both sides 8-toothed teeth bifid, disk shortly tubular glabrous 

 outside rather exceeding the hairy 4-ceUed ovary. Guarea grandis, WaU. 

 Gat. 4883. 



Easteen Bengal; at Silhet (PTaZi.). 



Leaves 2 ft. ; petiole 5^ in. long; leaflets 5-9 by 24-3 in. ; petiolules J in. Flowers 

 \ in. long. 



6. D. Malngrayl, Hiern ; leaflets 5-7 opposite or subopposite elliptic 

 obtusely acuminate glabrous base cuneate^ panicles short not much 

 branched, flowers about equalling the pedicels 5-merous, calyx short 

 flattish very shortly toothed, staminal tube obtusely crenate, anthers 10, 

 disk just exceeding the hairy 4-ceUed ovary. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



Leaves 6-9 in., pale ; leaflets 24-5 by 1-2 in. ; lateral petiolules short, terminal 4 in. 

 Panicles 14 in. long. Petals somewhat hairy outside, adnate in bud with the glabrous 

 staminal tube, at length free, J iU' lo^g- -0**^ glabrous outside, hirsute inside, 5- 

 toothed. Style glabrous except the base. — According to Dr. Maingay's mss., the 

 ovary is 5-celled, each cell opposite a calyx-lobe and containing 2 collateral ovules. 



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