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24. F. Tsiela, Eoxb. ; Wight Ic. t, mS ; King, Ann. i, tt. 73, 74. Yern. Bili hasri, Kan. ; 

 JacU,Juvvi^lLel.] SeIa-KaUicJii,T£im. Ajmere. Clianda district, Western Peninsiilay 

 a common avenue tree in tlie drier districts. — Ceylon. A large glabrous tree, bark 

 smooth, greeni&h-wliite. L. more or less coriaceotis, ovate, acuminate, base acute, 

 blade 2-6, pet. 1-2 in., sec. n. 8-12 pair, tlie lowest pair basal 5 intermediate n. few, very 

 slender, tert. n. obscure, edge thickened, upper surface covered with minute raised dots^ 

 Receptacles sessile, in pairs |-| in. diam., basal bracts minute. Fr. purple. At the 

 ends of branches may often be seen tufts of small 1. with very long petioles. 25. F. 

 Tjakela, Burm. •, King, Ann. i. t. 70. Vern. Kel^ Mar. ; Kara!, Mai. Western Peninsula. 

 — Ceylon. Often planted. A large tree, leafless for a short time during the dry season, 

 outer bark rough, dark coloured. L. similar to 24, but base rounded, sometimes cordate, 

 tert, n. distinct, the young 1. enveloped in large thin caducous bud-scales. Fr. -J in. 

 diam., usually in clusters of 2-6 on short woody tubeixles above the scars of fallen 1., 

 basal bracts bifid. 



B. Sec. n. slender, numerous less distinct intermediate n. between them^ 

 joined by retjjlculate veins. 



26, F. retusa, Linn. ; King, Ann. i. tt, 61, 62.— Syn. F. nilida, Thunb.; Wight Ic. t- 

 642. Yern. Barri. Ajan^ Kum. ; Jamu^ ISiep. ; Nandrzilc, Mar. ; Terra-Juvvi, Tel, ; 

 FilaJa, Kan. ; Ichi, Tarn, *, Kal atthi, Mai. ; Kyaung 6h. Burm. Subhimalayan tract 

 from Kumaon eastwards. Assam. Chittagong. Andamans. Lower Burma. Behar, 

 Chutia Nagpur. Bundelkhand. Central Provinces. Western Peninsula. Frequently 

 planted. Fr. H. S. — Ceylon, common. Malay Penins. and Archip. China. JN"ew 

 Caledonia. A large evergreen umbrageous tree, often epiphytic, aerial roots slender, 

 quite glabrous, 1. elliptic, ovate or obovate, apex rounded, or shortly and bluntly 

 acuminate, blade 2-4, narrowed into pet. J-J in. Heceptacles finely pubescent while 

 young, fr. sessile, yellow or reddish, \ in. diam., basal bracts broadly ovate, obtuse, 

 spreading. Yar. nitida^ has elliptic, retusa ]_3roper more rounded 1. 27. F, glabella, 

 Blume ; King, Ann. i. t. 60. — Syn.i^. affinis, Wall. Bhutan. Khasi hills. Andamans. 

 Burma, Upper and Lower. — Malay Penins. A tree with a large dense crown, young 

 shoots sometimes minutely hairy, otherwise perfectly glabrous, 1. elliptic or ellij^tic- 

 lanceolate, sometimes broader at apex, acuminate, blade 2^, pet. -^-l in. Fr. J-l in. 

 diam., sessile or on peduncles up to | in. long, basal bracts minute. 28. F. Talboti, King, 

 Ann, i. t. 63. Common in evergreen forest of Belgaum and on the southern G-hats of 

 ISTorth Kanara. A large smooth-barked epiphytic tree, quite glabrous, fr. greenish- 

 yellow J in. diam., basal bracts ovate, acute. 



29. F. indica, Linn. ; King, Ann. i. t. 45. Yern. Nyaung tliabye^ Burma, Paunglin 

 forest, Pegu Yoma (D.B. Jan. 1862), Martaban, Tenasserim. Andamans. Malay 

 Penins. and Archip. A large spreading tree, stipules and sometimes young shoots and 

 bracts pubescent, otherwise glabrous, 1. elongate-elliptic, shortly and usually abruptly 

 acuminate, blade 4-6, pet. J~l in., sec. n. slender, 6-8 pair, the lowest pair basal, 

 numerous intermediate nerves between, joined by reticulate veins. Fr. sessile, yellow, 

 often cylindrlc, ^ in. long, basal bracts 3, ovate, acute, spreading. 30. F. obtusifolia^ 

 Hoxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 662 5 King, Ann. i. t. 49. Yern Kyaung gyaf, Burm. Sikkim, 

 foot of hills. Khasi hills. Manipur. Chittagong. Burma, Upper and Lowei\ Malay 

 Penins. A large tree, often epiphytic, perfectly glabrous, 1. thickly coriaceous, shining, 

 elongate-elliptic or obovate, blade 4-7, pet. stou.t J-1 in.*, midrib prominent, sec. n. 

 slender, 15-18 pair with numerous intermediate ones. Fr. sessile, often crowded above 

 the scars of fallen 1. (the internodes being short), globose, somewhat trigonous, | in. diam., 

 basal bracts 3, large, coriaceous, rounded. 



81, F. rhododendrifolia, Miq. ; King, Ann. i. t. 58. Western Duars (D.B. Jan. 1879) 

 Assam (Makum forest, D.B. Apr. 1879). Khasi hills, Chittagong. Pegu Toma. A 

 moderate-sized or large tree, sometimes epiphytic, glabrous, save stipules. L. elongate- 

 elliptic or elliptic-oblong, acuminate, blade 3-7, pet. 1-1 in. Fr. sessile, red, J-| in. 

 diam., basal bracts 8, triangular or ovate. This is x^robably var. 1 of F. vuda, Kurz, F. 

 Fl. ii. 445, not Miq. 32. F. Kurzii, King Ann. i. t. 57. — Syn. F. nuda^ Miq. var. macrocarjoa , 

 Kurz ; F, eiipJiylla, Kui-z (doubtful). Pegu and Tenasserim.' — Java, Similar to 31. 

 Sec. n, 10-12 pair, joined by intramarginal veins, the lowest pair basal, parallel inter- 

 mediate n. joined by reticulate veins, on Jihe underside almost as distinct as sec. n. 

 Fr. dark purple, J in. diam. on slender peduncles J in. long, 8 minute caducous bracts 

 at base of peduncle, basal bracts 0. 33. F. Maclellandi, King, Ann. i. t. 64. Pegu. 

 Branchlets grey-silky, 1. coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, blade 5, pet. -J in. long. K-eceiDtacles 

 sessile, grey-tomentose, I in. diam., basal bracts small, silky. 



0. Sec. n. 00, nearly at a right angle to midrib, reticulate veins few. 



34 F. elastica, Eoxb.; Wight Ic. t. 663 ; King, Ann. i. t. 54. Indian 

 Caotctchouc tree, Vern. Bor Attahy Ass. Nyaung Kyetpaunffj Burm. 

 A gigantic tree, perfectly glabrous, sending down numerous aerial roots 



