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* -Ceylon; Ambagamowa and Eatnapoora districts, Gardner, &c. 

 ■^A tree; branches slender, glabrous; buds rather silky. Leaves 3-5 by 1-1 f in., thin, 

 coriaceous, base acute, pale beneatb ; petiole i-| in. Flowers 1 in. long, pale ochreous 

 °.''^^^*Hi^">.tomentose, triquetrous, broader than m its congeners ; pedicels J in., brown- 

 ^j; bracteoles 2-3, minute, basal Calyx sHghtly S^lobed. Petals triquetrous 

 «>ove; inner narrower, one-third shorter. Ovary solitary, 4-ovuled, Carpels I' 

 ^eds enveloped in pulp. 



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10. X. caudatety ff.f. d; T. Fl Tnd 125 ; leaves oblong or lanceolate 

 !?,^S obtusely acuminate tip mucronate glabrous except the midrib above 



I ,^^^*^» peduncles 1-3 very short axillary bracteolate at the base and 

 Mder the calyx, sepals connate at the ba«e, carpels subglobose or ovoid pu- 

 trescent short stalked. Guatteria ? caudata, WaU, Cat.^^5% ^' 



;. Singapore, Wallich; Malacca, Griffith - ; V J ,;.';/' 



Flow 



very slender'. ._....,„„, 



Ccir^ds 2-3, \ in., 2-seeded. 



^j 3~\ n^v thin, coriaceous, pellucid-punctate, grey beneath ; petiole xr i"* 

 !*» h\ in. long, subsessile. Sepals hoary. Petals silky, about equal in length, 

 lender. Ovaries 2, silky hairy, 2-ovuled; styles long, clavate, glabrous, exserted. 



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giaorous tip narrowed obtuse dark beneath, nerves faint, peduncles solitary 

 or geminate very short, sepals united to the middle. 



Malacca, Maingay, , 



^. tree?; branches pale, minutely %vhite-dotted, glabrous. Leaves 1-2 by |-l in^ 

 ■»e acute coriaceous, thick, hardly shining above with obscure veins, reddish browa 

 f^a reticulated beneath, nerves and venules all alike ; petiole ^ in. Flowers 4 in. 



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?^_short ovate, subacute, Vusty-pubescent. Petals densely appressed pubescent; 

 .W f ^^ ^^^^"^ ^ rather broader concave base, obtuse ; inner much narrower, rather 



Wrter, trigonous with 



•nliAr ,:o^"""°. "*••" a uroaaer excavaiea case, oiameiis ouwjiu' 

 cave ton f 1^'^°^' septate, top of connective rounded. Ovaries 5-8 

 lop ot the torus, strigose ; style slender, clavate; ovules several. 



outside the torus, linear ; 



i?5.^' ^aingrayi, II, 



obtusely 



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vprvfi 1 eiuptic-oblong glabrous subacute or obtusely acuminate, nerves 

 tnZ .^^ reticulate, flowers solitary, peduncles very short and calyx rusty- 

 «>geDtose, buda hooked, ovaries many. 



coriacrn^' ^'^»^H^8 minutely white-dotted. Leaves 2-3 by 1-1 J in., base subacute, 



Detinlp 1 ' P,"*'® ^'^O'e. <Jarker beneath, nerves verv slender reticulate on both surfaces ; 

 short J * "■' H i°- blowers l-Ii in. lone, pendent, pale orange ; peduncle very 

 SevalT ' ^^'^^^^ and calyx rustv-tomentose ; bracteoles 2-3, orbicular, persistent, 

 lilkv fA^""^. *° ^^^ middle. Outer petals flat, very narrow, subacute, base concave, 

 J lomentose ; inner as long, very narrow, 3-gonous, base excavated. Anther-cells 

 torus Ijvr ?^ connective rose-coloured, rounded. Ovarks about 9, immersed in the 

 ^' ''^'« glabrate ; ovules 6. • 



, J3 X. dicama. 



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Witarv ni- -^ acuminate glabrous, nerves very nneiy ict 

 iniddlp ^^ geminate, pedicels short and calyx glabrous, sepals 

 ^*e,ovanes2. • . . -, 



finn, ^ril^"'"'*^ 'i'^'-t. minutely dotted. Leaves 3-4i by IJ-lf in., base acute, 

 ■^W* ?i?°^' "^"^8 oblique, fiuely recticulate on both surlaces; petiole i in 

 ^^PaZ, oh,r°-'.P,^°'^^"*> peduncle very stout; bracteoles 1-3,; orbicular amplexicaul. 

 ^ *« obtuse, tubercled.^^ PefoZ* hoarr: outer narrow from » rather broader base, 



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