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patent veins connected by a vein just within the margin. Flowers 
solitary, on erecto-patent slender axillary or terminal pedicels 
3-2 in. long. Calyx i in. long, 1 in. broad; segments coriaceous, 
obtuse, much imbricated. Stamens with a cylindrical tube } in. 
long, and 5 lingulate lobes bearing 3 anthers each. Stigmatic 
lobes oblong-lanceolate, stellately patent, not more than j line 
long.— Woods between Tankay and the east coast, Baron 1526 a! 
SYMPHONIA (§ CiinYsoPIA) EUGENIOIDES, n. sp. 
Glabra, ramulis gracilibus, foliis petiolatis oblongis acutis basi rotundatis 
coriaceis venulis crebris subtilibus erecto-patentibus, floribus solitariis ter- 
minalibus, pedicellis flori subequilongis, calycis parvi dentibus ovatis 
imbricatis, disco cupulato quam calyx longiore, dentibus stamineis lanceo- 
latis quam tubus duplo brevioribus, lobis stigmatosis lanceolatis stellatim 
patentibus. 
An erect tree, with slender woody branches. Leaves oppo- 
site, distinctly petioled, rigidly coriaceous, 2-253 in. long, 1-14 in. 
"broad at the middle, rounded at the base, with fine close distinct 
ascending veins, connected by an intramarginal nerve. Flowers 
few, solitary, on moderately stout terminal pedicels about 3 in. 
long. Calyx jin. broad, j in. long, with 5 ovate slightly im- 
bricated coriaceous teeth. Staminal tube } in. long, with 5 lan- 
ceolate teeth 4 in. long, bearing 3 anthers each. Cupular disk 
din. long. Stigmatic lobes lanceolate, twice as long as in S. pauci- 
flora.— Woods between Tankay and the east coast, Baron 1638 a! 
A near ally of the last species. 
SYMPHONIA (S CHRYSOPIA) LEPIDOCARPA, n. 8p. 
Fruticosa, glabra, ramulis confertis, foliis parvis rigide eoriaceis breviter 
petiolatis obovato-oblongis obtusis, floribus solitariis terminalibus brevis- 
sime pedicellatis, sepalis minutis orbicularibus late imbricatis, ovario 
ovoideo obliquo squamis minutis peltatis aduatis lepidoto, stylo brevi, 
stigmatibus 5 lanceolatis patulis stylo aquilongis. 
A small shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with crowded branch- 
lets. Leaves rigidly coriaceous, green and glabrous on both sur- 
faces, 4 in. long, 4 in. broad, obtuse, narrowed gradually from 
ihe middle to the top of a very short petiole. Flowers solitary 
at the end of the branchlets, on a pedicel j-} in. long. Calyx 
2 line long, of 5 orbicular coriaceous imbricated sepals. Petals 
not seen. Mature ovary under 3 in. long, covered with spaced 
minute brownish adnate entire membranous peltate scales; 
style cylindrical, 2 line long; stigmas 5, lanceolate, patulous.— 
