618 CI. UETICACEiE [Pipturus 



spikes. $ perianth ovoid, narrowed to a minute mouth. Syncarpium white, pellucid, 

 formed by the succulent perianth, I in. diam., enclosing numerous achenes. 



SarcocMamys pulclierrima, Gaud. Veni. Satcha, Burm. Assam. Khasi hills. East 

 Bengal. Chittagong. Low^er Burma, abundant on deserted Taungyas. — Sumatra. A 

 large shrub or small tree, evergreen, branchletb pubescent, 1. alternate, lanceolate, 

 serrate, upperside rough but shining, underside white and grey-pubescent or velvety, 

 basal n. 3, strong, the lateral extending to the tip, sec. n. and tert. n. elegantly reticu- 

 late, the meshes quadranglar, blade 4-7, pet. 1-2 in. long. Spikes sessile, branching, 

 1-3 in. long, clusters confluent. ? jperianth campanulate, accrescent and fleshy in fr. 



2. DEBREGEASIA, Gaud.; M. Brit. Ind. v. 590. 



Shrubs or trees, 1. alternate, 3-nerved, midrib and lateral n. on the outside 

 loenninei'ved, tert. n. parallel, stipules bifid. Fl. sessile, not connate, in round 

 compact heads, which are sessile on the branches or arranged in dichotomous 

 panicles. ? i^eceptacle fleshy, perianth ovoid or obovoid, mou.th minute, succu- 

 lent in fr. Stigma penicillate, sessile or nearly so. Species 5, from Abyssinia 

 to Japan. 



A. L. narrow, petiole short. 



1, B. velutina, Gaud.— Syn. Conoceplialus nireiis, Wight Ic. t. 1959; Morocarpus 

 loiigifoliin^ Blume ; Bedd. Man. t. 26 fig. 5. Vern. Tablnai i, Sansarii, Siaru, Hmd. ; 

 Put thaiL\ Lower, Kifet Kijidauk, Upper Burma. Outer Himala3^a, 2-7,000 ft., from 

 the Jumna eastwards. Assam. Khasi hilK. Burma, Upper and Lower, often in 

 deserted Taungyas. Western Ghats from the Koukan southwards. — Ceylon, moist 

 region up to 8,000 ft., common, Java. A shrub or small tree, young shoots silky 

 with long hairs, bi'anchlets, pet. and underside of 1. gre^^-pubeseent or tomento&e, 1. 

 lanceolate, serrulate, up]}erside rough and uneven, blade 3-6, pet. I in. Heads m small 

 lateral dichotomous panicles, fr. bright orange-yellow, edible. 2. D. hypoleuca, Wedd. — 

 Syn. D. hicolor^ Wedd. Yemi. CJi in jll, Haz. ; S'laru, Seharu, Hind. North- West 

 Himaia.ya, Indus to Sarda, 2-6,500 ft. — Afghanistan, Abj-ssinia, common in ravines 

 and on the edge of rice terraces. A large shrub, sometimes a small tree, branchlets and 

 underside of 1. clothed with snow-white wool, 1. serrulate, lanceolate, upperside rough, 

 blade 3-6, joet. ^-1 in. long. Fl.-heads sessile or nearly so. ^ ] in. diam., stamens 

 exserted, ? smaller, fr. amber-coloured, edible. 



B. L. broad-ovate, pet. long. 



3. B. WalllcMana, Wedd.— Sjm. Morocarpw^ WalHcJiimius, Ivurz. Sikkim 4-7,000 ft. 

 Assam. Khasi hills. Pegu Yoma, rare in the up^jer mixed forests. Tenasserim. A 

 small tree, sometimes ex)ipbytic, 1. sinuate-dentate, sometimes entire, white beneath 

 with closely ajDpressed tomentuni, glabrous above, blade 5-12, pet. 3-10 in. long. Fl.- 

 heads in dichotomous cymes, peduncles 2-3 in. long, fruiting beads J in. diam., very 

 succulent, glassy white, tips of perianth pink. 4. B. dentata, Hook. f. Chittagong. 

 A large shrub, 1 membranous, serrate, upperside rough, underside ashy-grey with 

 minute hairs, blade 4-8, pet. 2-6 in. long, fl.-heads in shortly peduncled cymes, peduncles 

 find ramifications slender. 



a VILLEBRUNEA, Gaud. ; M. Brit, Ind. v. 589. 



Trees or shrubs, 1. alternate. M. usually dioeciouSj sessile in compact heads, 

 but not connate. <? stamens exserted. J: peiianthtubulai'-ventricose, adnate 

 to the ovary and enclosing it, stigma sessile, discoid, long papillose-ciliate. 

 Jl. supported by connate bracteoles, wbicli in fr. become succulent, enclosing 

 the lower portion of the achene. Species 8, eastern Asia. 



1. V. integrifolia. Gaud. — Syn. Oreocmde acuminata^ Kurz ; 0. si/Ivatica, Miq. ; Bedd. 

 Man, t. 26 fig. 4. Outer Himala3'a, 2-5,000 ft,, from Nepal eastwards. Assam. Cachar. 

 Manipur. Chittagong. Andamans. Burma, Upper and Lower. — Tonkin. Ceylon. 

 On deserted Taungyas in the Tunzalin district. A small evergreen tree, branchlets, 

 petioles, 1. beneath and inflorescence pubescent or tomentose, 1. elongate-elliptic, penni- 

 nerved, entire or obscurely crenate, blade 8-16, pet. 1-6 in., stipules |-1 in. long, 

 deciduous, clothed with long silky hairs, FL~heads in lateral dichotomous fascicled 

 panicles 1 in. long. 2. V. frutescens, B^i^^^f^e. Yem. Gar-tush lara^'Kum. Subhimalayan 

 tract and outer Himalaya, from the Sutlej eastwards, ascending to 5,000 ft. Khasi 

 hills. China. Japan. A shrub with slender pubescent branches, 1. serrate, with B 

 basal n. Fl.-heads sessile or shortly pedunculate. 



