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stylopodium and short style. Fruit ovoid, 1 in. long, glabrous, 
with numerous longitudinal lines; pericarp as well as thickened 
segments of fruiting-calyx woody, the two inner being slightly 
larger than the outer. Hypocotyl three-fourths the length of 
embryo, lying outside. 
B. Malay Peninsula. 
4. BALANOCARPUS PENANGIANUS, King in Journ. Asiat. Soc. 
Bengal, lxii. pars 2 (1893), 131.—Richetia penangiana, Heim 
in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, ii. (1891) 980. 
Penang; Perak. 
Flowers $ in. long, in short unilateral racemes, these distichous, 
forming racemose panicles. Stamens sometimes 10; anthers 
small, awn from the back of connective. Ovary without stylo- 
podium, narrowed into short cylindric style. Fruit ovoid, pube- 
scent with numerous raised longitudinal lines. Base of fruit 
only enclosed by calyx, the two outer segments of which are 
slightly smaller than the others. Hypocotyl nearly as long as 
embryo, nearly in the main axis of it, and surrounded by the 4 
lobes of the bifid cotyledons. Cells of cotyledons filled with 
starch. I am unable to follow Heim in his description of the 
embryo. 
5. B. ANOMALUS, King in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, lxii. 
pars 2 (1893), 132. 
Kedah, “ Malaut ” (Curtis). 
Glabrous, except inflorescence. Leaves ovate; petiole one- 
third the length of blade; secondary nerves 6-8 pairs, arching ; 
tertiary parallel, often curved, so as to be perpendicular upon 
midrib, visible on both sides of leaf. Flowers å in. long, sub- 
sessile, in unilateral spikes, these distichous and regularly 
alternating, forming racemose panicles. Stamens 10 (King), 
I find 15, arranged in the usual manner; anthers on long 
dilated filaments; awn as long as anther. Stylopodium short, 
conical, pubescent ; style conical, glabrous, as well as ovary. 
6. B. Hemstryanus, King in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, lxii. 
pars 2 (1893), 134.— PI. II. fig. 27. 
Penang ; Perak. 
Leaves large, from rounded base elliptic-oblong, thickly coria- 
ceous, underside with tufts of stellate hairs, particularly on the 
nerves. Secondary nerves prominent, 16-20 pairs; tertiary 
