70 FLOBA INDIOA. [DUleniacece . 



A widely distributed plant, which is also much cultivated in the hotter parts of 

 India as an ornamental tree. It is, we think, doubtful whether the Songium of 

 Rumphius be meant for this species. It is at any rate so totally unlike, that it is not 

 desirable to quote it. 



Sect. 3. CoLBEETiA, Salisb., DC. — Flores fiavi. Semina glabra. 



3. D. ovata (Wall. Cat. 945 !) ; foliis petiolatis ovatis margine 

 deiiticulatis superne glabriusoulis vel ad nervos puberulis subtus cum 

 petiolis fusco-tomentosis, pediinoulis coaetaneis unifloris oppositifoliis. 



Hab. In insula Penaiig, Forter! — {v. s.) 



Folia 8 poll, longa, 5 lata, petiolo l-l|-pollicari. Flos (a spec, discretus super 

 eandem chartam afhxus) majusculus. Sepala ovata, crasse coriacea, extus pube- 

 Bceutia, sesquipolUcaria. 



This is seemingly very distinct from any other known species, but the specimen 

 in the A¥allichian Herbarium is very imperfect. 



3. D. aurea (Sm. Exot. Bot. ii. t. 92, 93); foliis petiolatis ovato- 

 oblongis vel obovatis remote orenato-denticulatis supra glabris subtus 

 moUiter pubesoentibus, floribus ante folia enatis ramulos laterales breves 

 terminantibus solitariis aureis. — DC. Prod. i. 76; llam. in Liun. Tr. 

 XV. 101 ; Wall. Gat. 6634 ! D. ornata, Wall. Plant. As. Rar. i. 30. 

 t. 23, Cat. 947 ! Colbertia obovata, Blame? 



Hab'. In sylvis densis secus basin liimalayEe Nipalensis, Ham.! et 

 in Ava in provinoia Martaban, secus ripas fluminum Attran et Saluen, 

 Wall..'— (Fl vere) (v. s.) 



DiSTRlB. Java? 



Arbor excelsa, ramis einereis. Folia approximata, pedalia, petiolo pollicari. Flores 

 magni, speciosi, odorati (diam. 3-4-poll., Wall., iis B. specioste pauUo minores, ex 

 Ham.). Fedanculus in ramo brevi terminalis, poUicaris, crassus, bracteis aliquot 

 parvis ovatis valde deciduis propc basin munitus. Sepala glauca, dorso villis longis 

 sericeis cito deciduis vestita. Feiala obovata, bipollicaria. Ovarla 8-13. Frucius 

 (cum calyce) magnit. Pomi minoris. Semina plura, glabra. 



There can be little doubt that the descriptions of Smith (or Hardwicke), Hamilton, 

 and WaHich, are aU referable to one species, which will probably be found to extend 

 throughout the jungles along the base of the eastern Himalaya, and of the central 

 axis of the ilalayan Peninsula. In the figure in 'Exotic Botany' the styles are 

 not well represented, but this is probably a mistake of the artist. 



4. D. scabrella (Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 43, PL Ind. ii. 643) ; foliis 

 petiolatis ovali-oblongis dentioulatis utriuque scabrido-pilosis subtus 

 pallidis, floribus ante folia enatis secus ramos ad cicatrices foUorum 

 delapsorum fasciculatis, pedioellis 3-3-bracteolatis, carpellis 5-7. — 

 Wall. PI. As. Rar. i. 20. t. 33, Cat. 944 A ! ef&l (exd. folio magna, 

 (jnod verosimiliter ad D. auream referendum est). D. pilosa, Ham.! in 

 Linn. Tr, xv. 102, non Roxh. Colbertia scabrella, Bon, Prod. Nep. 

 336. 



Hab. In sylvis densis Assam ! et Silliet ! — (». «.) 



Arbor 30-40-pedalis, ramosa. Folia 6-10 poll, longa, 4-6 lata; petiolo i-1- 

 poll., pubescente, basi dilatato, semiamplexicauli. Flores suaveolentes, diam. sesqui- 

 pollicares; pedicelli sajpius terni, tuberculo insidentes, bipoUicares ; bracteolsB ob- 



