shortly and rathcv abruptly acumiiiate, tlio base rounded or somewhat cunea^e and
slightly oblique ; both surfaces glabrescoofc or glabrous, jninutely reticulate, the reticulations
on the lower surface tesselate, main-nerves 9—12, rarely 14 ¡jairs, spreading,
curving upwards at the t i p s ; length 8—16 cm., breadth 5 - 8 cm., petiole 2 cm',
long often with 2 sessile oblong glands at the side near the apex ; panicles lateral and
terminal, with mimerous spike-like, rusty-pub erulous, ultimately glabrous branches
shorter than the loaves when in flower, longer when in f r u i t ; .(lowers 4 mm. in diam.
at the mouth, each subtended by a linear puberulous bracteole as long as itself;
cali/x-i\ibQ narrow, cylindric, thiclcencd and pubescent towards the base, the upper
half and tlio mouth glabrous outside ; the mouth cupular with inconspicuous,
broad, shallow teeth, woolly inside ; stamvis exserted, glabrous ; fi-uit oblong, tapering
a little to each end, slightly compressed on one side, obscurely 5-ridged, quite glabrous,
1-5—2 cm. long, -To—I cm. in diaui. ; pcricarp crustaceous, hard, tiiick,
NICOBAHS : Kin^^s Collectors ! AN'DAMANS : King's Coliectnrs !
The nearest ally of tliis species is probably T. cilrina Roxb. ; it is named in slight
recognition of the great assistance for many years afforded to the Calcutta Garden by
Mr. E. H.Man, C.I.E., of the Andamans Comi ' "
Pi.ATF. 51.—Torminalia Mnnii Ring. 1, flowering branch ; fruiting twij ; 3, fruit ; 4, tho
sair-o cut transversBly,—a// of nahval uz'.; 5, bud ; 6, opeoo-I flo-ver ; 7, oaly.'c-mouth, laid open to
show staminal ins e it ion ; 8, stamens; i), ovary, split open; 10, 07al<3,—all enlarr/ed,
G. K.
P L A T E 52.
53. HEPTAPLEUiiUM HuLLETTii Swff ill Jonm. As. Soc. Bcv(j. Ixvii. 2. 54 (1808).
Natural order Araliacc®.
A small tree, 10 — 15 feet h i g h ; branches stout, ruguloae, deciduously pubescent;
leaves large, digitate, tlie common petiole terete, glabrous, 2-5—6 dm. long ; leaflets 7 11
coriaceous, oblong or elliptic-oblong, occasionally somewhat broader in the upper
the lowe than r half, shortly and abrupt ly acuminate, s l ight ly na r rowed to the
riiunded base, both surfaces glabrous, not reticulate, the midrib prominent; main-nervcs
5—8 paii-s, distant, slightly curved and ascending, prominent on the lower surface
•when dry, obsolete on the upper; length 1—3 dm., width 4—8 cm.; petiolules 3—9
cm. long, .'•lender, glabrous ; panides 3 dm. long, terminal, several together,
Jong and narrow, with short, horizontal, slender brandies from 1-25—2-3 cm. long,
bearing terminal, 8—12-fld. umbels of small, 6- merous, subglobular flowers 2'5 mm.
in diam. ; Jruit elliptic, 6-ridged, 6-celIed, crowned by the G short distinct styles,
glabrous, the pedicels 6—7"5 mm. long.
MALAYAN PENINSULA: Singapore; iJj'i/^^ / Wray ! Kunsiler ! Johore ; King and IJulleti!
A species much resembling 11. dicaricatum Miq., but with leaflets that have fewer
nerves anil ,-how no reticulations, with mucii longer panicles and a nairrower fruit. It is
also allied to IT. longifolium Seem., but tho leaves of that species have many more mainnerves
and the paniclcs are densely clothcd with broad scale-like hairs and havo longer
lateral branchlets.
PLATE 52.—Heptapleunim Hullettii King. I, flowering twig with baf; 2, fruiting panicle, both
from Singapore,—both of nalurol gise ; 3, flower unopened ; 4, flower opoced, from outside ; o, the aime
from abovo; 6, stamens; 7, fruit; 8, the same, cut tranaverscly; 9, stj'les, seen from abovo; 10, seecj
G. p .
PLATE
54. HKPTAI'LEUHUM RIDLEYI Kii/g in Journ. As. Sos. I>m¡j. Ixvii. 2. 54 (1898).
Naiurnl order Araliaccie.
A scandent shrub, young branches stout, glabrous; leaves digitate, common-pctiolc
terete, glabrous, 12—24 cm. iong, leaflets 5, very coriaceous, oblong, obloDg-elllptic or
oblanceolate-oblofig, acute, slightly narrowed at the base; the edges entire, very slightly
revoluto when d r y ; both surfaces glabrous, tho reticulations faint when dry; main-nerves
very slightly prominent on the lower surface, about 8 pairs, spreading, the intermediate
nerves almost as conspicuous; length 10—16 cm., width 5 - 7 cai., petiolules unequal, 2—6 cm.
long; panicle terminal, glabrous, 12—15 cm. long, with several spreading branches; the
branchlets few, about 1-25 cm. long, each bearing an umbel of 10—20 globular flowers
4 mm. in diam.; caljx-iohQ short, wide-campanulate, tho limb narrowed and truncatc;
petals 5, elliptic, glabrous; fruié ovoid, somewhat succulcnt, smooth, f a i n t l y 6-ridged,
6 mm. long, 6-celled.
MALAYAN PENINSULA : S i n g a p o r e ; Ridley 6336 1
Pi-Ai'ii 52.—Heptaplourum liidleyi King. 1, fruiting brnnoh from S i n g a p o r e , — 0 / « ' S " ; ~t
fruit; 3, fruit, cut trausveriely; 4, seed Í;Í situ; 5, seod removed.
G. E .
55. WARDENIA SIMPLEX King in Journ. As. Soc. Be-.ig. Ixvii. 2. GO (1898).
Natural order Araliaceas.
A shrub 6—8 ft. high, deciduously rufo as-pubescent towards the apex, prickly
near the base ; leaves simple, elliptic, coriaceous, tapering gradually to the shortly
acuminate apex, not narrowed to the slightly cordate base, both surfaces witli minute,
scattered, rusty, stellate hairs ; length 2—4 dm., breadth 1 - 2 dm., petiole 1-2Ó—2-5 dm,,
terete, expanded at the base into a short sheath with 2 minute stipules on its inner
surface ; injlor^scencc a terminal, shortly branched, compound umbel; flowers hermaphrodite,
buds 2-5 mm. across, conical; pedicels 1—1'25 cm. long, slender, rustypubescent,
10—20 in each umbel ; calyx slightly rusty-pubescent, tuba narrowly campanulate,
limb with 5 small, spreading teeth ; petils b, glabrous, calyptrate, their edges
slightly infolde.-l, valvato below, slightly imbricate near tho apex, the midribs prominent
on the inner surface ; stamens 5, alternate with the petals ; the anthers versatile,
with linear, separate cells each united by its middle to t h e tip of the short, straight
filament ; disk large, fleshy, convex, covering the whole of the apex of the ovary,
slightly o l o b o i ; styles united to form a short thick column without any stigmatic
enrax-gement; ovary l-ce'led with 2 parallel, péndulos ovules ; //-«íY 2-cclled by formation
of a false dissepiment, el Up tic-globose, subglabroua, 5 mm. long, cyowncd by
calyx and style, 2-seeded ; seeds compressed.
MALAYAN PENINSULA: Perak, at UIu KexM-a^) Kunstler !
PL^TE 54.—'Wardenia simples King. 1, fruiting twig; 2, fruit, cut obliquely; 3, the samo
cat transversely ; 4, seed ; 5, the same in vertical section.
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