Hippocrafea] XXXIV. CELASTEACEiE 161 



B. FL smallj -^ in. and more across. Western species, 



3. H. Grahami, AVight Ic. t. 380. 



L. coriaceous, shining, entire or nearly so, blade 3-8, petiole | in. Cymes 

 generally much longer than leaf. FL \-^ in. across. Fr. 3} by 1 in., obtuse 

 or emarginate, striated. 



Gliats of the Konkan and North Kanara. FL H. S. 



4 H. obtusifolia, Eoxb. ; Wight Ic. 963. 



L. variable in size and shape, 2-6 in. long, more or less crenate, veins finely 



reticulate. Cymes shorter than leaves, often forming terminal panicles. 



FL |~§ in. Fr. 2 in. long, seeds 4. 



Western Peninsula on both sides, from the Konkan southwards. FL C. and H. S. 

 5. H. Arnottiaaaj Wight. West coast of Western Peninsula, f I'oni South Kanara south- 

 wards, Ceylon. L. coriaceous, shining, in the upper part faintly serrate, veins dis- 

 tinctlj- reticulate. FL | in. across. Fr. 2J in. long. 



0. FL small, \ in. and more. Eastern species. 



6. H. macrantlia, Korthals. Chittagong, Duffla hills, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula. 

 L. eoriaceousj shining, more or less crenate, blade 4-7, petiole J in. FL J inch across, 

 pale yellow or white, cymes short, 1~1J in, long. Itipe carpels 2, 3-4 in. long. 

 7. H. Lobbii, Lawson. Maulmein. L. broadly elliptic, blade 3-4, petiole 1-lJ in. Cymes 

 shorter than leaf. PL ^ in. diam. 8. H. andamanica, King. Andamans. L. entire. 

 Cymes often in ample terminal panicles. FL ^ in. acx-oss. 9. H. nicobarica, Kurz. 

 Nicobarb. L. mox^e or less serrate. 



Kokoona littoralis, Lawson (Lophopetalum UttoraU^ Kurz, Mdndaing^ Burm.) Pegu 

 and Tenasberim, on low lands inundated during the rains. A large evergreen tree, 

 wood grey, med. rays exti'emely fine and numerous. L. coriaceous, entire, opposite, 

 3-5 in. long. Fl. -whitish, in axillary and terminal panicles. Capsules 2J-3 in. long, 

 coriaceous, B-angled, seeds winged at tlie apex, with the wing lJ-2 in. long, seeds oily, 

 albximen 0. 



5, LOPHOPETALUM, Wight; FL Brit. Ind, L 614. 



Glabrous trees and shrubs, wood light-coloured, med. rays extremely fine 

 and numerous. L. opposite or alternate, entire, usually coriaceous. Stipules 

 0. Fl. bisexual, in cymose panicles. Calyx obtusely 5-lobed, disk large, flat, 

 petals either confluent with it at the base, or inserted under its margin, some- 

 times crested or papillose on their upper surface. Stamens 5, inserted on the 

 surface of the disk. Ovary triquetrous, 3-celled, ovules 7-12 in each cell. 

 Capsule coriaceous, 3-valved, seeds imbricate, winged nearly all i^ound, radicle 

 lateral, cotyledons flat, albumen probably none. Species about 10, Indo-Mala- 

 yan region. 



1, L. Wightianum, Arn. ; Wight Ic. t, 162 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 145. 

 Vern. BaJpale, Kan. ; Venkotta^ Mai. 



A large tree, wood close-grained. L. usually opposite, blade 3-6, petiole 

 J-^ in. FL f in. across, dull reddish, in ample axillary and terminal panicled 

 cymes, petals with a corrugated crest. Capsiile sharply triangular, 3-4 in. 

 lonff. 



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West coast of the Peninsula, ascending on the Ghats to 8,000 ft., from the Konkan 

 southwards. FL Marcli-April. 2. L. jambriatmn, Wight. Sukna, Sikkim Terai (Gamble). 

 Silhet, Chittagong, Martaban, Tenasserim, A tree, petiole 4-1 in. fl. J-J in. across, 

 yellow to red, petals with a fimbriate crest. B. L. fioribimdum, Wight, Mergui. A 

 tree, inflorescence sometimes rusty-pubescent. FL J- J ii'i- across, petals not crested. 



4. L. Wallichii, Kurz, F. FL i. 255 ; Pierre, FL Forest. CocMnch. t. 

 306. Vern. Katbo^ Upper ; Mdndamg, Upper and Lower Burma. 



A large glabrous deciduous tree, bark smooth, wood grey, moderately hard, 

 concentric bands of wood-parenchyma. L. opposite or nearly so, elliptic or 



