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calyx unequally accrescent, two of them being much elongate, and the 
fruit being partly inferior ; while the section Eu- Vatica, as proposed by 
Bcutham :iiul Hooker originally, and adopted by Burck, is characterised 
by having the samo fruiting calyx as Synaptea ; nothing being said about 
the adhesion between the calyx and the fruit. Pierre, on the other hand, 
keeps up Synaptea as a genus on account of the presence of albumen 
and the structure of the embryo (characters not easily worked in 
herbarium specimens of this family). In my own opinion it appears 
advisable to admit Synaptea as a section of Vatica, but to exclude 
Isattxis, Rctinodendron, and Fachynocarpus, retaining these as distinct 
genera. Vatica would, according to this scheme, be divided into two 
sections i — 
I. Eu-Vatica: — Fruit free from the accrescent calyx, i.e., fruit 
superior. 
II. Synaptea : — Fruit adnate in its lower part to the accrescent 
calyx, i e., frnit half inferior. 
Sect. T. Ec- Vatica. — Fruit quite free from the calyx. 
Inflorescence and ripe fruit pale tomentose ; 
flowers "4 in. long ... 
Inflorescence and ripe fruit rusty- tomentose. 
Flowers '25 in. long ; nerves of leaves 13 
to 15 pairs; petioles '3 to '4 in, long ... 
Flowers '45 in. long ; nerves of leaves 9 
to 12 pairs; petioles '6 to 1*5 in. long... 
Sect. II. Synaptea — Calyx- wings adherent to the 
ripe fruit for nearly half its length. 
Leaves 9 to 10 in. long and with 18 to 20 pairs 
of nerves 
Leaves 2*5 to 7 in. long, with 6 to 13 pairs 
of nerves. 
fruit obovate and 
1. V. perakensis. 
2. V.LowiL 
3. V. Maingayi. 
4. V. nit Ida. 
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Larger lobes of calyx of 
very blunt. 
Leaves with 6 to 8 pairs of faint 
nerves ... ... ... 5. V. cinerea. 
Leaves with 11 to 13 pairs of bold 
nerves ... ... ... G. V. Cnrtisii. 
Larger lobes of calyx nan-owl y oblong. 
Leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong, 
with 9 to J 1 pairs of nerves ; 
petals narrowly oblong ... 7. V. faginea. 
Leaves broadly elliptic, with 11 to 13 
pairs of nerves; petals broadly 
elliptic ... ... S. V. Dyeri* 
