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afterwards free, revolute, deciduous : anthers subsessile, linear or 

 oval, apiculate or muticous : glands hypogynous, 4, free or con- 

 nate : ovary short-stalked or sessile, 1-celled, ovules 2, ascending : 

 style filiform : stigma vertical, clavate : follicle woody, indehiscent, 

 1-seeded by abortion : seed subglobose, wingless : leaves scattered, . 

 or here and there opposite, simple, dentate or entire : racemes 

 axillary or terminal, simple : pedicels twin, 1-bracteate, free or 

 half connate. 



(1) H. BOBrsTA. (Wall.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XIV. p. 440.— Horsf. pi. Jav. p. 83. 



Syn. Khopala robusta, Moiob.flor. Ind. \. p. 363. 



Ungrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 191. 



Spec. Chae. Tree : leaves obovate-oblong, obtuse or acumi- 

 nate, acutely serrated, almost quite entire below the middle, sub- 

 cuneate-attenuate into a very short petiole, veins thin, densely 

 reticulated, a little prominent beneath : racemes shorter than the 

 leaf: pedicels short: glands hypogynous, connate into a 4- 

 crenated small cup. 



SUhet.^ 



(2) H. EXCELSA. (Bhtme). 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 441. — Horsf. 1. c.p. 84. 

 Syn. Ehopala excelsa, Soxb. I. c. p. 365. 

 Ungrav. Wight's Icon. t. 190. 



Spec. Chae. Tree ; leaves obovate or euneate-oblong, obtuse 

 or acuminate towards the apex, coarsely and obtusely serrated, 

 lightly and loosely reticulated on both sides : racemes dense- 

 flowered, and with the younger branchlets rusty-pubescent : 

 pedicels short : ovary rufous-hirsute : scales hypogynous, free, 

 round, glabrous. 



Forests near Chittagong. 



(3) H. NiLAGiEiCA. (Bedd.) 



Ident. Beddome in Madr. Journ. July 1864 (cum fig.). 



Spec. Chae. Glabrous : leaves broad-ovate, acute, attenuated 

 at the base, coarsely and sharply dentate with large sinuses, except 

 near the base, prominently reticulated : racemes densely flowered, 

 much shorter than the leaves : pedicels generally 2-flowered, with 

 a minute bract at the base of the pedicel : hypogynous glands 

 connate into a 4-crenated cup. 



"Western slopes of the Neilgherries. 



