132 FLOEA INDICA. IJnonace/v. 



at adpresse pubescentibus, pedunculis axillaribua vel terminalibus, pe- 

 talis e basi lata lanceolatis, oarpellis 1-3-artioulatis. 



Hab. Concan, Stocks !; in sylvis Chittagong ad montem Sitakund ! 

 et in peninsula Malayana ad Penang, JFall. I — (u. o.) 



Frutex Bcandens, cortice griseo rugoso. Bamuli elongati, gracUes, atro-fusci, 

 glabri, punctulis albia conapersi ; partes novelte pubescentes. Folia obtnsa vel acu- 

 minata, subtus pallida, 3-4^ poll. longa, l-J— 1 j- lata, petiolo pubeacente, -J-poll. Fe- 

 dnnculi ^-l-i-pollicares, pubescentes, infra medium bracteolis 1-3 aquamasformibus 

 minutis muniti. Flores pallide llavescentes, auaveolentes. Sepala lata, ovata, 

 ^-poll., acutiuscula. Petala nervosa, aubglabra ; exteriora 1^ poll, longa, \ poll, 

 lata; interiora paullo minora et angustiora. Tortis parum elevatus, vix excavatus, 

 inter ovaria longe et dense strigosus. Ovula 4-6. Fedmiculus fructua interdum 

 elongatus, 4-poIl. Toms globosua, piaiformia. Carpella 10-15, pedicello -i— J-polli- 

 cari adpresse fulvo-strigoso. Articuli 1-3, sEepe solitarii, rugulosi, pubeacentea vel 

 glabri, ovales, ultimua acutus vel mucronatus. 



3. 17. Zeylanica (H.f. et T.) ; foliis elongato-lanceolatis submem- 

 branaceis utrinque glabris vel subtus vix puberulis, pedunculis axillari- 

 bus brevibus, petaUs oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, articulis fructus 1-4. 



Hab. In Zeylania, alt. 2-8000 pad. !— (». s) 



Arbor ? Hamuli elongati, graciles, grisei vel nigricantes, rugulosi, glabri; partes 

 novellEB pubescentes. Folia basi acuta, apice acuminata, 5-8 poll, longa, 1:^—3 lata, 

 plerumque glabra, sed interdum subtus oculo annato pilis sparsis puberula, supeme 

 nitida, subtua pallida, gkuceacentia ; petioli 4-poll., glabri. Pedunculi aolitarii vel 

 bini, interdum aupra-axillaies, graciles, \-^-]io\\., basi squamellati, CEeterum nudi, 

 glabri. Sepala oblonga-lanceolata, extus puberula, 2 lin. longa. Petala coriacea, 

 glabra ; exteriora poUioaria, 4 poll, lata ; interiora -l-poll., angustiora. Stamina 

 latissiraa, abbreviata. Ovula 2-4, in gelatine immersa. Torus auperne parum ex- 

 cavatus, in fructu globoaua. Carpella 10-20, (immatura) pedicello 2 lineaa longo. 

 Articuli 1-4, glabri, rugulosi, ultimua apiculatus. 



Tbo jointa of the fruit are less markedly distinct than uaual, but that is probably 

 only because they are immature. 



4. U. Lawii (H.f. et T.) ; foHis oblongo-lanceolatis tenuiter coria- 

 ceis supra sub lente sparse puberulis (demum glabratis) subtus glaucis 

 pubescentibus, pedunculis suboppositifoliis graoilibus, petalis anguste 

 linearibus, oarpellis 1-3-articuIatis. 



Hab. In sylvis Malabar, Wight ! Concan, Law ! — {v. s.) 



Eamuli graciles, foliosi, rugoai, grisei vel nigricautea, verruculoai, juniores pubes- 

 centes ; partes novelise sericeEe. Folia basi rotundata, apice acuminata, acuta ant 

 obtusinscula, 24^i poll, longa, f-lj poll- lata, petiolo -j-poll., pubescente. Pe- 

 dunculi pubescentes, pollicarea, infra medium bracteam 1 ovatam aa3pe acuminatam 

 1-2 lineaa longam gerentes. Sepala ovato-lanceolata, extua tenuiter tomeutoaa, 

 ^-poU. Petala exteriora 24 poll, longa, vix \ poll, lata, adpresse pubeacentia, e basi 

 rotundata, linearia, tenuiter coriacea ; interiora l-j-lj poll, longa, sericeo-pubescen- 

 tia, e basi eUiptica intus tuberculata rugoaa anguste linearia. Ovaria 2-3-ovnlata. 

 Torus convexus, medio depresso-concavus. Carpella indefinita, pedicello -l-poUicari 

 suffulta, articulis 1-3 ovaU-oblongis nigricautibus, ultima mucronata. 



This plant, which is usually smaller and narrower-leaved than any of the states of 

 V. discolor, in general appearance closely resembles that species, but ia readily dia- 

 tinguished by the narrow petals. 



5. U. discolor (Vahl, Syiub. ii. 63. t. 36) ; foliis oblongis oblon- 



