1870.] On some new or imperfectly Jcnoivn Indian plants. 65 



I suspect these fruits must have come by some mistake to the leaves, 

 which latter are decidedly those of D. obtusifolius, Teysm., in 

 Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat., I, 214 ; DC, 1. c. 608. 



18. Bipterocarpus pilosus, Eoxk, Fl. Ind., II, 615; DO. 

 Prod., XYI, 614.— I have no doubt that D. Baudii, Kort h., is 

 the same species as the above. The fruits are alike, the flowers of 

 the former, however, unknown. Anisoptera Palembanica, Miq. (only 

 leaves) is not distinguishable from some forms of D. pilosus. 



SYNAPTEA, Griff. 



Calycis tubus brevissimus, toro adnatus, lobis manifeste valvatis 

 subaequalibus. Stamina 15 — 18 ; filamenta minima, antheris 

 breviora, connectivum glandula brevi acuta terminatum. Ovarium 

 calyci adnatum, 3-loculare, stylus filiformis, stigmate capitato-tri- 

 lobo. Calycis fructigeri lobi 5, omnes aucti, quorum 2 multo 

 longiores. Nux globosa, matura calycis usque ad ^ partem longi- 

 tudinis adnata, monosperma. 



19. Synaptea grandiflora, (ITopea grandiflora, Wall., DO. 

 Prod., XYI, 634; Sunaptea odorata, G r i f f., Not. Dicot., 516. 

 t. 585, A, f. 5 ? I cannot follow Bentham and Hooker in 

 their identification of this species with Vatica Chinensis, as the 

 authors do not state, whether they have seen L i n n e ' s specimens. 

 It is impossible to retain this species in the genus Vatica, on 

 account of the distinctly valvate calycine lobes, &c, so perfectly 

 dissimilar to what Lamarck has figured. With Hopea, where 

 De Candolle places it, the species has nothing to do at all, but 

 it is evidently very similar to Anisoptera. 



S. Bantamensis ( Anisoptera Bantamensis Hassk) is another 

 species which is very nearly allied to the above but at once distin- 

 guished by the much broader lobes of the calyx, &c. 



20. Shorea leucobotrya, Miq, Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat., 1,218, 

 and Sh. obtusa, Wall., apud DC, Prod., XYI, 62';}, are one and 

 the same species. 



PAEASHOEEA, n. gen. 



Calycis tubus brevissimus. Stamina 12-15; filamenta antheris 

 breviora, sequalia ; antherae oblongo-lanceolatao, connectivo in 



