,] XLii. HHAMNE^. (M. A. Lawson.) 631 



girt at the base or middle by the adhering calyxrtube, prolonged above into 

 a linear or linear-oblong coriaceous wing, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Seed sub- 

 globose, exalbuminous.— DiSTEiB. Species about 10, scattered over the 

 tropics of Asia, Africa, America, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. 



1. v. madraspatana, Gcertn. Fnuct. L 223, t. 49, f . 2 ; flowers in slender 

 simple or paniculate spikes, fruit 1^2 by f in., nut girt at the base. 

 W. <fc A. Prodr. 164 ; Wight Ic. 163 : Watt. Cat 4268 ; Dalz. dc Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 48; Thwaites Enum. 74; Brandts For. Fl. 96.- V. bracteata, Wall. 

 Ca<. 4269. 



Western Peninsula, from the Concan soutliwards ; Tenasseeim, at Moiilmein arid 

 Mergui, Griffith, &o. ; Ceylon, common in hot dry places. — ^Dibteib. Java. - 



Young branches and leaves glabrous or only slightly- pubescent. Leaves 2-4 by 

 l-lj in., oblong-lanceolate to ovate, acute or subacurainate, crenate or entire ; costal 

 nerves 6-8 paih Calyx slightly puberulous outside, glabrous inside. Ovary with 

 a few white hairs at the base ; styles nearly straight. 



2. V. calyculata, Tvlasne in Ann. Sc. Nai. Ser. 4, viii. 124 ; flowers 

 in densely pubescent paniculate spikes, fruit 1^2 by % in. pubescent, 

 nut girt round the middle. Brandis F&r. Fl. 96. V. denticulata, WiMd. 

 Ncm. Ad. Ber. iii. 417 ; DC. Prodjr. ii. 38. V. maorantha, Tvlame in Ann. 

 Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, viii. 123. V. madraspatana, Roceh. Fl. Ind. i. 629 ; Cor. 

 PI. l 55, t. 76 ; Wall. Gat. 4268 b ; W. & A. Prodr. 164 not of GceHn. 

 V. silhetiana, Smithiana, and sulphurea, Tulasne in Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 Ser. iv.-viii, 125. 



Throughout the hotter parts of India, from the Kumaon Himalaya and Nipal, to 

 Bhotan, Silhet, Tenasseeim, and throughout the Western Peninsula. — Distrib. 

 Java. 



Leaves pubescent, 3J-6 by |— 24 in., ovate or ovate-elliptic, crenate-serrate, with 

 about 6 pairs of costal nerves. Oalyx densely pubescent without, hairy within on the 

 disk. Ouarw densely pubescent ; styles longer than in V. madraspatana and more 

 diverging. Fruit yellow, often densely pubescent, at length nearly glabrous. — A vari- 

 able plant so far as the size of the leaves and amount of pubescence go. 



3. V. ncalngrayl, Laws. ; flowers in long filiform simple or compound 

 spikes, fruit 3 by | in. glabrous girt below the middle. V. Sp. ; Griff. 

 Notvl. iv. 492. 



Tenasseeim, Helfeir, at Mergui, Griffith; Malacca, Maingay. 

 Leaves 4 -7 by 1-2 in. , oblong-lanceolate, entire, coriaceous, with about 10 pairs ot 

 costal nerves. Nut § in. diam., blackish, veined. 



4. V. lelocarpa, Benth. in Joum. Linn. Soc. v. 77 ; flowers in small 

 axillary clusters or cymes, the upper often forming leafless panicles, fruit 

 glabrous li-2| in.;, nut girt round the middle. V. madraspatana, Benth. 

 in Hook. Kew Joum. iv. 42. 



BiRMA, Griffith ; l^s&sssm, Belfer ; M A'lagoa, Maingay. — ^Disteib. Hongkong. 



Leaves ovate to oblong acuminate, crenate-serrate or entire, coriaceous, shining, with 

 about 6 pairs of costal nerves. Fruit J-J in. diam. 



?V.AR.; leaves larger ovate or elliptical obtuse, costal nerves about 10 pair.— 

 Malacca, Maingay ; Trop. Africa. — Without the friiit it is impossible to he certain that 

 this is not a distinct species. 



5. V. bombaiensls, Dah. in Hook Kew Joum. Bot. iii. 36 ; young 

 branches and flowers covered with fulvous tomentum, flowers fascicled in 

 the axils of the leaves. Dale. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 48 ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 

 1. 114. 



