1 3 1 A N N I L S OP ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
a n d 4 pnirs of sub-erect nerves prominent below as are tho transverse vema ; length
5 to 10 ill., breadth 1-75 to 4-5 in.; petiole -75 to 1-25 in., slightly Twinged at the
apo-t. Racemes solitary or in pairs, axillary or from below the leaves, 6 to 9 in.
long, longer in fruit. Male flototrs pedicelled. Calyx with 3 broadly ovate teeth,
pubescent externally. Poia/s 5, oblong-ovate, pubescent externally, each -with a triangular
sericeous scale half as long as itself, S/ammal tube pubescent; anthers 5, ovate,
roflexerl. Female flower; se-pah and feials as in the male; disc annular, with 5 conical
staniiiiodes. Ovary ruguloso, pubescent, globular, 1-celled. Stigmas 2, sub-biliti,
spreading. Fruit globular, crowned by the stigmas, rugose, pubescent, -5 to -75 in.
i u diam., 1-seeded.
P c r a k ; King's Collector, Wray; rather common.
FLATS 165. Sypama Wrayi. King. 1, branch <ribk m.tls floors; 2, brnnok with ripe fr jit : of natural tixi ;
3, male liuwer: enlarged; 4. sepal of mab fiower; 6 petal o! the saioo ; ti, stamioal column: mud enlarged.
P L A T E 156.
RiTARosA SCOETECOIM!, 'King, ill Joum. As. Soc. Bengal, for 18^2, pi. 2, p. 126.
A slender tree; the branchlefs aud inflorescenca rusty, otherwise glabrous. Leaoea
large, thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate or oblanoeolate, shortly and abruptly acumin
a t e , gradually norrowod from the middle to the base ; both sui-faces glabrous, the
upper shining, the lower dull, pale; the midrib and 5 to 7 pairs of nerves very
p r o m i n e n t ; length 10 to 15 in., breadth 3 to 6 in.; petiole 1-5 to 2-5, thickened
and bent at the apex. Racemes in tufts from tubercles on the stem and largfi
branches, the male 8 to 12 in. long. Calyx splitting into 3 ovate segments, tomentose.
Petals 4, ovate, acute; the gland large, rotund, sericeous. Female racemes shorter; sepals
a n d petals as in the male; ovary tomentose, obscurely 4-angled; stigmas 2, discoid.
Fruit angled when young: when ripe transversely oblong, the apex retuse, 1-5 in.,
•by I in., velvetty rusty-tomontose with green or white dots; seeds two, plano-convex.
P e r a k : Scorteciiiiii, Kunstler, "Wray; common.
The male flowers Lave been foand only by SoortecHni, from whose £
of thorn Las been taken.
PLITE ISß. Bypansa ScarteeUnii,
llöffBrs ; 3, raceme with young fruits ;
the same ; 7, pistil: enlarged.
I notes the above desoriptiou
King. I, branch with sdTanced female flowers ; 2, rnccme o£ yonng female
4. ripe seods: o/ aalural size; 6, petal fr.jni female flower ; 8, sepal from
P L A T E 157.
RIPAEOSA KUNGTLFIII, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1892, pi. 2, p. 127.
A tree 50 to 60 feet high, the branchlets minutely rusty puboruloua. Leaves coriaceous,
ovate-oblong, obovate-oblong to oblong, shortly and abruptly acuminate, the base
naiTowod; upper surface shining; lower dull, pale, miitsh reticulate, the midrib and 5
to 7 pairs of nerves very prominent; length o to 8 in., breadth 2 to 3 in.; petiole
1 to 1'5 in., swollen and bent towards the apex, Raccmcs axillary, solitary, rarely 9 or
3 from an axil, the male 6 fo 8 in. long, the female iialf as long, flowers pedicelled.
Male flower; calyx thin, pubesoeot outside, with 3 ovate broad teeth. Peiah 5, obloD"-
D E S C E I P T I O N S OP NEW AND BARE INDIAN PLANTS. 13 5
lanceolato, pubescent externally, each with a largo scriceous gland at it» base; itamiml
tube glabrous, the anthers ovate-oWong. Fettrnk Jlomr-, sepah and petah as in the
male, annular disc at base of ovary small, slaminodes none; omnj ovoid, on.»led
tomentose, l-colled, with 4 parietal bi-ovulate placentas; stigmas obovate, radiatio-.-'
I'ruu globular, yellowish, velvetty, about 1-5 in. diam.; „ed! 6 or 6, oblong, ooiUpressed,
striate, about -75 in. long,
Porak, at elevations up to 800 feet, common.
A tree 40 to 100 feet iu height, with shorter and ¡in proportion) broader leaves
t h a n II. fmeiailata, 4 stigmas, ami more globular pedicellate fruit.
iLira 16?. B„.„,. E.n„l,H, Eh,,. 1, „1,1, „j . j ... _ „ ft;.'; sr -^r-r 7, pitl.1 oftliB BBme; 8, Btaminul column; 9, pisUl; „„„i inlors.d.
P L A T E 158.
EYPAHOSA pAsoiCDUTi, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1892, f t . 2, p. 127.
A glabrous tree 30 to 60 feet high. Young branches lenticollato. th i n l y
coriaceous, narrowly oblong, acuminale, tho base narrowed, shining above pole
b e n e a t h ; midrib, 5 to 7 pairs of lateral nerves, and tho bold sub-horizontal transverse
nerves and reticulations very distinct especially beneath; length 9 to 15 in breadth
a.25 to 3.75 in.; petiole 1 to P5 in., grooved, thickened in its upper fourth." Redeem,,
m fascicles of 4 to 7 from tubercles on the large branches and stem. a,l,x with 3
broadly ovale teeth. FeUh rotund, much imbricste and inflexed. Femak flower with
annular disc bearing 5 conical staminodes, the petals with li.iry scales at their bases-
— . . it c.,1. — r u s t y - t o i u e n t o s e , '" "
b y the remains of the stigi , ab:a n d c r own e d f o r some t iut 6- s e eded, l-ò to 2
in. long.
Perak, at elevations up to 800 feet; common.
I m . l . Ho™, 4. „p. tr.,1,, 5. ,„iio. rf Hp, tall, . /„,„. ( .¡„,- j. „.l. £ „ „ „„„ , "
.10,«, froinl.W, B, p,l.l, 9, „ ,„¡„1 .ol™.i 10, f.„.lo âo, „ f„„ ,h, ,ld„ '' •
TniGOh'usisUM HYroLliUcuM, Miq. n . Ind. Bat. Sappi, I, 395.
Nat. Ord. Poiygalm.
A slender tree, 30 to 60 feet high; young branches hoary-pubescent; tho older
with dark brown, lenticellate bark. Leave, elliptic-lanceolato, shortly and bluntly acumi
nate, narrowed to the base; both surfaces shining; the upper glabrous; the lower pnle
very minutely scurfy-pubescent, the reticulations and 6 pairs of nerves bold and nromi'
n e n t ; length 4 to 5 in,, breadth 1-25 to 1-75 in.; petiole -2 to -3 in. Pauùle,
a x i l l a r y and terminal, slender, spreading. Fhmn -25 in. in diam., shortly pedi
collate. Sepab 5, pubescent, slightly unequal. ha i r y . Smans 2 in. lono the'