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XVII. BIPTEROCARPACEiE 



[Vat lea 



Assam, in the valley as well a* on the hillb bui- 

 loundmg it, Cachar, Ohittagong bills Upper 

 Burma on the Irawaddi above Bhamo Fl. April, 

 May 8. V. GriifitMi, Brandis. Mogaung, Upper 

 Burma. A tree. Leaves rigidly coiiaceons, blade 

 4-9, petiole -J m. long. yi. yellow, scented, m 

 mtich ramified axillary panicles. 



B. (Subgenus Synaptea). Ovary as a rule 

 entirely or partially immersed in receptacle, 

 2 segments of fruiting calyx expanding into 

 Ions winfifs. 



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i'xG. 82. — Yatica lancesefolia, Blume. FL and fr. V 



4. V. grandiflora, Dyer. — Syn. Anisop- 

 tera odor at a ^ Kurz, F. M. i. 112. 



A middle-sized deciduous tree, young 

 shoots and inflorescence clothed with ferru- 

 ginous stellate tomentum. Leaves coriaceous, 

 elliptic, blade 5-7, petiole f-l in. long. Fl. 



I in., ovary 

 slightly im- 

 mersed in the 

 receptacle, 

 densely 

 clothed with 

 stellate hairs. 

 Wings of 

 fruiting 

 calyx ob- 

 lanceolate, 

 the 

 2\ in. 

 with stellate 

 deciduous 



larger 

 long 



pubescence, the smaller one-third their length. 



Martaban, Tenasserim, Singapore. 5. V. faginea, Dyer, Tenasserim, Ferak, Cochin- 

 china, is very similar and perhaps not speciiically distinct. Leaves and flowers smaller, 

 blade 4-5, petiole J-J in long. Fl. ^ in. 



6. V. Scaphula, Dyer; M. Brit. Ind. i. 301. Vern. Boil shora^ Mugh 

 (Eoxb. PL Ind. ii. 611). 



A large tree. Leaves elliptic-oblong, blade 5-8 in., petiole much thickened 

 in the upper half, 1 in. long, midrib and 14-16 pair secondary nerves vei}^ 

 prominent beneath, tertiary nerves parallel and reticulate. PL \ in. diam., 

 in ample terminal panicles, ramifications and calyx grey tomentose with lorg 

 stellate hairs, petals white, nearly glabrous, broadly ovate, spreading. 

 Stamens 10. 



M:askhal Island, Chittagong district, canoeb made of it. Fl. C. S. The anatomy of 

 this anomalous species merits further study. 



9. VATERIA, Linn.; PL Brit. Ind. L 313. 

 Species 3, one in Ceylon, another on the Seychelles. 



1. V, indica, Linn.; Eoxb. Cor. pL t. 288; Wight 111. t. 36.— Syn. V. 

 malabarka^ Blume ; Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 84. The Pine2/ Varnish Tree, Yeru, 

 Bhupada, Guyli^ Kan.; Bill d%ipa^ Coorg; Vellei KuntriMm. Tam. : Paviii, 

 Mai. 



