298 G. King ^Ma{0riah far a Wlom of ihe MaUnjan Pemimda. [No. I, 
A siili-herbnceoBB Blirub, ivitli Bimple ©xetipnlnte leaven, (luil 
siiccaleiit fruitH with nmraerous smiifl seods ... ... L DtcHROA. 
WcHHly aUrubB nr trees with pitiuate (mrolj aimplej HbipulBta 
leaves J fraita small, dry, capsular, dehiscent, 2-colled ; eeeda 
few liairy ... ... ... „. ... 2. WeinManku. 
Trepfi or large wnotij Rlmiha with simple leaves, 4-mBrons 
flowerfl, and dry fmit with a singlo largo smooth seed ... 8. Polyoska. 
1. DicuROA, Lonv. 
A sub-herbftceona shrub. Leaves opposite, more or fe»s eerrate, 
lanceolate, persitent, exstipulato, Fmiich teriin'ual. Cahj^-inbe ad- 
Bate to tho ovary; limb 5"-0-tt>ot!ied. Petals 5 or 6, thick, valvate, bluo 
or porplish, Siainens }0 or 12, opigynous. Otw^ f -iiifeiior, 1-celled ; 
fltylM 3-5 ; ovules niiraeroTiB» on 3-5 parietal placentas formed by tbo 
infiexed margitiB of tbe carpels. Bert^ |-infei-iorj blue. Seeds nnmer- 
oufi, amall, obovoid; teata with large rolicuIaliouR, 
DiCHKOA FEBRIFDGA, Lour, Fl. Cocliincli, 301, A Bbrub 3-6 feet 
high ; b« anches terete, nenrly glabrous. Leaves raerabi-atious, c^tidate- 
actiminate, the base cuneate, the edges more or less distinctly serrate in 
the upper tbree-fourtlis, entire in the lower fourth ; main nerves 8 or 9 
pftira, ascending ; leirgt.h 4— 5 in., breadth 1-4-1 '8 in.; petioles unequal, 
from *6*-I'75 in. Panicles adpressed-pubeacent. Hook. fil. F], Br, Tnd, 
11, 406; Beiith. Fl. Hongk. 128;Moxim. in Mem. Acad. Pctersb. X 
IG, p. 2. B. cyanitis ^nd latifoUa, Miq. Fl. Jnd. Bat. I, 721, 722. 
Adamiii Dersicolm-, Fortune in Jouim. Hort. Soc. I, 298 ; Lindl. & Paxt. 
Fl. Gaid, I, t, 5. A. cyama. Wall. Cat. 441 ; Tent. PI. Nep. t. 36 ; PI. 
As, Bai'. t. 213; Bot. Mag. t. 3046; DC, Piodr. IV, 16; H. f. & T. in 
Jouin. Limi. Son. II, 76. A. cMne7isiSf Gaidn. & Champ, in Kew Journ. 
Bot. I, 3J1. Cyaniiis sylvaticay Eeinw. in Blume Bijd. 921 ; DC. Proilr. 
IV, 16. 
Perak ; on the Central Range ; Scorfechim 266. Djstjsib. On the 
higher parts of the Malayan Arcliipehigo ; China; Philippines ; Temper- 
ate Himalaya from Bhotan to Nepal ; Khasia Mountaine. 
2. Wkinmankia, Linn, 
Trees or shrubs, usually with tei ete opposite branches. Leaves stipn^ 
late, opposite, coriaceous, iinequallj pinnate, 3-foHo1ate or simple, 
leaflets usually glandular- sen 'ate, Flvwers licrmnphrodite or polygamo- 
dioeceons, On/j/ar- it it fee short, the lobes 4 or 5, imbricate, persislent or 
deciduous. Petnls 4> or 5, sessile, imbricate, spathulate or obovate, in- 
serted under the lobed margin of the perigynous disc. Statn^is 8 or 10, 
inserted with the petals, the filaments often elungated and exserted ; the 
authers smallj 2-cellcd, Ovnry free, ovoid oi- coJiical, 2'celU^<J, 2-bL'iiked; 
