Saccopetalum.] floea indica. 151 



8. M. velutina (H.f. et T.) ; foliis ovatis vel oblongis basi cor- 

 datis utrinc[ue velutino-tomentosis, pedunculis extra-alaribus, pedicellis 

 elongatis dense tomentosis ebracteatis, floribus (hermaphroditis) extus 

 dense tomentosis, carpellis pubescentibus breviter pedicellatis. — Uvaria 

 velutina, Bimal, Anon. 91 ; DC. Syst. i. 484, Prod. i. 88. Uvaria 

 villosa, Roxb. M. Ind. ii. 664. Guatteria velutina, Alph. DC. Mem. 42 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 6441 ! 



Hab. In sylvis siccis Bengalise occidentalis et Bahar secus basin 

 montium, Roxb. ! Ham. I ; Garhwal in sylvis prope Kheri secus basin 

 Himalayse copiose, Edgeworth ! ; et in Ava ad Taong Dong et secus 

 ripas fluminis Atran, JVall.! — (PI. Mart. Apr.) (». s.) 



Arior, cortice pallido rugnloso. Eamuli dense tomentosi. Folia brevissinie pe- 

 dicellata, parva, forma valde varia, acuminata, acuta vel obtusa, 3-6 poll, longa, lf-4 

 lata, petiolo Tiy-poUicari, subtus densius velutina. Pedunculi ramosi. Pedicelli 3-6, 

 2-4 poUices longi, gracUes. Sepala ovata, dense tomentosa. Peidla exteriora se- 

 paUs conformia ; interiora late ovata, -^ poU. longa, extus dense tomentosa, intus 

 atro-fusca, subglabra. Ovaria velutina. Carpella baccata, nigricantia, pubernla, 

 sicca semipoUicaria, pedicello i-poU. suffulta. Semina 1-2. 



Roxburgh says that the fruit much resembles black cherries. 



23. SACCOPETALUM, Bennett. 



Sepala 3, parva. Petala 6 ; exteriora sepalis fere conformia ; in- 

 teriora multo majora, velutina, marginibus cohEerentia, denique libera, 

 basi saccata. Torus subglobosus. Siamina indefinita, multiserialia ; an- 

 thera3 subsessiles, dorsales, biloculares, connectivo apiculatse. Ovaria 

 ovali-oblonga. Ovula in axi biserialia, 6 vel plura. — Arbores late co- 

 mosa, deciducB, floribus ante vel cum foliis novellis nascentibus, majusculia. 



The genus Saccopetalum was established by Mr. Bennett in Horsfield's ' Plantas 

 Javanica; Rariores' for a Javanese plant, a native of the southern coast of that island. 

 In that work Mr. Bennett clearly indicated the close relationship of Saccopetalum 

 to Miliusa and Hyalosiemma, and pointed out that these three geuera formed a well 

 marked section of the family, to which he omitted to give a name. Mr. Bennett at 

 the same time indicated Mitrephorece as the connecting link by which the Sacco- 

 petaleo! pass into the more ordinary state of the family. 



1 . S. longifloram (H.f. et T.) ; foliis ovali-oblongis vel oblongo- 

 lanceolatis acuminatis supra glabris subtus adpresse puberulis, floribus 

 breviter pedicellatis, petalis elongatis, stylis elongatis filiformibus apice 

 subclavatis.— ^a«. Cat. 6443 ! 



Hab. In Bengalia superior! ad Purneah, Hamilton, ex Wall. Cat.; 

 verosimUiter in sylvis densis Terai dictis secus basin Himalayse. — 

 {v. s.) 



Arior forsan excelsa. Hamuli mgulosi, glabri, cortice ciuereo vel albido, lenti- 

 cellis minutis asperate ; partes novelise pubescentes. Folia 8 poll, longa, 3 lata, 

 petiolo -l-pollicari, tenuiter coriacea. Mores ad axiUas foliorum delapsorum solitarii, 

 pedicellis i-poUicaribus incano-pubescentibus. Sepala oblonga, 2 liu. longa. Petala 

 interiora oblongo-lanccolata, obtusa, 1-| poll, longa, tennia, pnbcmla, basi subsaccata. 

 Torus dense albo-villosus. Ovaria albo-strigosa, uuinerosa. Ovula circa 10. Styli 

 ovario fore duplo longiores, gummi cxudantes. Carpella subdefinita (iii spec. Herb. 



