Billenia.] Flora indica.. 71 



longEe, sparssB vel opposite, interdum persistenteB. Carpella 5-7, circa axin carno- 

 sum verticillata, semina pauca gerentia. Testa glabra, granulata. 



5. D. floribunda (H.f. et T.); foliis late ovalibus petiolatis mar- 

 gine fere integris supra glabris subtus ad nervos adpresse puberulis, 

 floribus ante folia enatis secus ramos supra tubereulos parvos umbel- 

 latis, pedicellis ebracteolatis. — Colbertia floribunda, Wall. Cat. 950 ! 



Hab. Martaban, in sylvis ad ripas Saluen fluminis, Wall.! — (».s.) 



Arbor. Folia 1^-pedalia, 10 poll, lata, coriacea, petiolo glabro tripoUicari. Flores 

 iis S. pentai/t/ncs similes. 



Two leaves and a truncheon of wood, bearing a few half- withered flowers, constitute 

 all that is known of this plant, 



6. D. pentagyna (Eoxb. Cor. PL i. t. 20); foliis petiolatis vel 

 subsessilibus oblongo-lanceolatis acutis basi longe angustatis denticulatis 

 vel subrepandis adultis glabris junioribus utrinque siibpilosis, floribus 

 ante folia enatis secus ramos quasi in axillis foliorum delapsorura fasoi- 

 culatis, pedicellis ebracteatis. — W. et A.! Prod. i. 5 ; Ham.! in Linn. 

 Tr. XV. 100 ; Roxb. M. Ind. ii. 652 ; Ora!i. Oat. Bomb. 2. D. augusta 

 e< pilosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 652. Colbertia Coromandeliana, i>0. Pro(^. 

 i. 75 ; n'all. Cat. 949 ! C. augusta, Wall. Cat. 948 ! 



Hab. In sylvis densis ad radices montium : Malabar I Concan ! 

 Dekhan 1 Orissa ! Behar I Malaya ! Ava ! Chittagong ! et seous basin 

 Himalayse ab Assam ad prov." Oude" dictam !• — (Fl. Apr.) (u. v.) 



Arbor mediocris, late comosa. Folia maxima, 1-2-pedalia (in arboribus juniori- 

 bus interdum 4-5-pedalia), subtus pallida, adulta coriacea, glabra vel subtus pube- 

 rula, juniora membranacea pilosa vel sericea. Pelioli 1-4-pollicares, marginati, 

 basi dilatati, scmiamplexicaules. F/ores super tubereulos paucos umbellati, diametro 

 poliicares ; pedicelli 5-6, t-2-poll. Sepa/a ovata. Fetala oblonga. Stamina 10 

 int. CEcteris longiora. Ocaria 5 ; semina 1-2, cseteris abortientibus. 



Seemingly a widely distributed tree, very variable in the shape of its leaves. The 

 two supposed species distinguished by Eoxburgh have never been seen in flower. 

 AVo should, however, perhaps have kept D. pilosa provisionally distinct, on account 

 of its sessile leaves, had it not been that Wight's specimens of D. pentagyna exhibit 

 that character very markedly, and are nevertheless regarded by him, we believe 

 justly, as only a state of I), pentagyna. These trees are well worthy the attention 

 of Indian botanists, as it is only in that country that it can be finally decided whether 

 several species be confounded under this name. 



7. D. grandifolia (Wall. Cat. 946 !) ; foliis petiolatis anguste 

 oblongis grosse inciso-dentatis utrinque pubescentibus costa subtus pe- 

 tiolis et caule furfuraceo-tomentosis. 



Hab. Penang, Wall.! — {v. s.) 



The specimen of this plant in the Walliehian Herbarium at the Linnean Society 

 consists of two leaves, both imperfect towards the apex. One of these is youn;,' ; the 

 other was proliably at least two feet long, as the portion preserved measures twenty- 

 two inches. There are no flowers nor fruit, but the tomentum of the stems and 

 petioles renders it probable that the species is distinct from the last. "Wall. Cat. 

 No. 943 C. is, we think, a leaf of the same species. 



In the Hookerian Herbarium there is a specimen distributed as S. grandifolia. 

 Wall., which is either a new species or a remarkable form of one of those described 

 above. Its leaves, which though young appear nearly fully developed, are ovate or 



