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Martabaw mi Vtov, Bra-ntlU; Peoc, Kurz. 

 Branches softly Irown-totiicntose 

 L«A« narruw rounded or suLcurdate 



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6-8 by 2-3 in., thin, point verjr sienaer, 

 petiole ,\ in., hain\ Flowers J in. diara. ; pe- 

 1-1 J in., pubescent; bract solitary basal. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, taper- 

 pointed, soflh- bairy. Outer petals i in., ovate, tomcntose, veined on both surfaces; 

 inner | in., claw long narrow, limb subclavate tbickcncd, slightly hairy, compressed, 

 grooved in fmnt. Anlher-ceUs large, obtusely apiculate. Ovaries 6, oblong, softly 

 villous with white hairs; style oblong, glabrous; ovule 1 on the ventral suture. 



8. O. enterocarpa, Maingay rrm, ; quite glabrous, leaves elliptic or 

 oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate membranous, peduncles filiform supra- 

 axillary, carpels very slender subtorulose. 



Malacca, very rare, Maingay, , 



A tree; branchlets slender, black. Leaves 2-44 by I-I4 m., base acute or roundecl, 

 very thin, nerves slender ; petiole xV i^- Flowers J in. diam., nodding ; peduncle 



tl in., 1-flowered ; bracteole minute. SepaU minute. Outer petaU ovate, acute, pu- 

 scent ; inner as long, silky, claws equalling the conical cap. Stamens 6, with 6 stamir 

 Ixodes. Ovaries about 6, cylindric, 2-4-ovuled, hirsute. Carpels 4-6, 3-5 by J-J in 

 red. Seeds 2-4, linear-oblong, l-seriate.— A very curious fruit. 



S3. BOCAGEA, St. Ililaire. 



Trees. 



Flowers small, terminal 

 Se2)ah orbicular oj 



Leaves shining, and branches glabrous. 

 axillary or fiiscicled on woody tubercles, 1-2-sexual. ^ 

 ovate, imbricate. Fetals 6, imbricate in 2-series, nearly equal, usually orbi 

 cular, concave. Stamens 6-21, imbricate in 2 or more aeries, broadly oblong, 

 thick, fleshy; anther-cells dorsal, bbJong; connective produced. Ovaries] 

 3-6 ; style short, stigma obtuse or capitate ; ovules 1 or 2-8 on the ventraV 

 suture. liipe €ar^)€ls globose, stalked.— Di&r^uB. Species ^bout 12, troi^cal^ 

 Asiatic and American. 



1. B. elliptica, H. /. & T.; leaves m Vow-oblong obtuse or SSute; 



flowers monoecious, sepals ciliate, stamens 12^18, ovaries 3. Uvaria ellip- 

 tica, A. DC. in Mem. Soc, Ge?iev. y. 27 ; W(^l Cat 6470,7421. Sagersea 

 elliptica, ff,/, <£• T. FL Ind. 93. Diospyros? t'ondosa, WatL Cat. 4125. 



TE!?ASSKRm to Pe.vano, Wallich; Malacca, Maingay, 



A tree; young branches angular. Leaves 8-12 by ii-4 in., thick, coriaceous, base 

 acute obtuse rounded or cordate, nerves spreading; peffole 4- J in. Floicers axillary 

 »nd solitar;f or fascicled on cauline tubercles, small, red, "monoBcious,'' Maingay; 

 ^cels \ in., bracteoles several, basal, and 1 orbicula« median. Sepals glabrous. 

 ^t«Z« J in. long, ovoid, ciliate. Connective subauadrate, tmthera extrorse, Maingay. 

 OvartcM glabrous, ovules about 8. Carpels 1 in. diam., elobcse, smooth, several seeded; 

 stalk Tery short. '. ;. ' , 



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2. B. Tbwaltesli, II. f. «fc T. ; leaves narrow-o'Jiong obtuse, flowers 

 fascicled on the large branches 2-sexual, sepals glabp'^^s, stamens about 21, 

 ovaries 3, stigma 2-lobecL Sagersea Thwaitesu, U. \ «j& T. FL Ind. 94 ; 

 Thiratte* Enum. 6 ; Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 41. 



Cevw)m ; AmWgamowa and Saffragam districts, Thwaiteuower. 



A tree. Leave^U bj 3-44 in., thick, coriaceous, basf^ .ounded, pale beneath ; 

 petiole i-i in. /-Totrer* pale orange ; pedicels 2-4 in. ; bractecles minute, basal. 

 iiepaU short, very obtuse. PttaU 4 in., orbicular, glabrous, outer larger. StamM 

 reddish. Varptls 1 m. diam., subsessile. • 



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