127 



(6.) A. EoiBTTEGHii, {Tulasne.) 



Ident. Tul. in Annal. des. Sc. Nat. 1851. p. 234.— Dec. 1. c. 

 p. 261. 



Si/n. Stilago tomentosa, JRoxh. flor. Ind. III. p. 757. — A. to- 

 mentosum, B. W. 



Engrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 767-8. 



Spec Chae. Tree: branchlets rufescently pubescent, soft: 

 leaves oWong-obovate or obovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, nar- 

 rowed towards the base, pubescent above : spikes often panicu- 

 lately branched, slender, at length loose-flowered, spreading, 

 pedicels of the flowers scarcely to be distinguished : bracts obovate, 

 acute, spreading, hispidulous : calyx hairy, usually 3-lobed, rarely 

 4 — 5"lobed, subseasile : male disc glabrous, much evolved, female 

 pubescent : ovary oblong-ovoid, densely hairy : flowers green. 



Silhet. Flowering in May and June. 



(7) A. coMPTrM. (Tulasne.') 



Ident. Tul. 1. c. p. 190.— Dec. 1. c. p. 262. 



Spec. Chae. Shrub : young branchlets obscurely tawny- 

 pubescent : leaves lanceolate, long acuminate, attenuated at the 

 base, glabrous : stipules narrow, shortish, not exceeding the 

 petiole, tawny-pubescent : racemes spiciform, glabrous : spikes 

 simple or paniculately few-branched, much shorter than the 

 leaves, sparingly tawny or obscurely pubescent : bracts spreading, 

 ovate, acute, small : calyx short-pedicelled, 3-toothed, very small, 

 rusty-tomentose on both sides, especially at the margin inside : 

 disc entire, glabrous : ovary ovoid, above glabrous, the rest tawny 

 pubescent : drupe globose. 



Courtallum hills. 



(8) A. BrNiTTS. (Miller.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 262. 



S;pEC. Chae. Spikes strong : bracts ovate : female calyx shortly 

 pedicelled with the male, shortly 3 — 4 cleft, triandrous : disc of 

 male flowers thick, glabrous : ovary ovoid, glabrous. 



Var.a. stlvestee. — Tree: younger branchlets rusty-tomentose : 

 lea.ves lanceolate-elliptic, acute at the base: rudiment of the 

 ovary trigonal-obovoid, rusty, with hairs at the base only. — A. 

 sylvestre, lam. Diet. — Stilago Bunius, Boxb. jlor. Ind. III. 

 ^. 758.— A. glabrum, Tul. I. c. p. 188. Bheede Mai. V. t. 26. 



Silhet. Concan ? 



Var. h. Wallichii. — Tree : branchlets rusty-pubescent : leaves 

 acute at the base : rudiment of an ovary all glabrous or endowed 

 with a very few hairs at the summit. 



Madras. 



