272 XXIII. auTTiFER^. (T. Anderson.) [Calophyllu 



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C. bancanum, Miguel Fl. Ned. Ind. SuppL i. 498 and 499, and C. plicipes, ib. 

 {according to Kurz in Joum. As. Soc, Bengal^ xxxix. pt. 2, 64). C. mesuae- 

 folium, Wall. Cat 4850. 



Eastern Peninsula, Sincapore and Malacca. — Distrib. Sumatra, Banca. 



Branches slender, terete, shoots 4 gonal. Leaves 1-2 4 by |-U in., rigid, thin^ ob- 

 tusely acuminate, base tapering acute; veins slender on both surfaces; petiole J-« i^-j 

 sleniler. Racemes from the axils of the oldest leaves, slender, glabrous, ^^^'^^^.^ffiTt' 

 pedicels J in., very slender. Sepals all equal, broadly ovate. Petals 0. — Of Wallicns 

 C7. mesuce folium only a branch with a few leaves are known. 



Var. oUongifolium ; leaves li-2^ in. oblong, tip rounded. Malacca, Maingay (iiew 

 distrib. 173.) 



4. C. Burmanni, Wight III i. 129, let. 107, 188; leaves small (1-2 in.) 

 elliptic-ovate; tip rounded, racemes small axillary few-flowered glabrous. 

 Planch (fc Trian. Mem. Guttif. 233 {not of Seemann FL Viti.) ; Thwam 

 JSnuni. 52 j Beddome Flor. Sylvat. Gen. xxii. 



Hotter parts of Ceylon, at no great elevation. ' -u i 1 1 • 



Young shoots 4-gonal, clothed with ferruginous toraentum. Leaves l\-'^\ by 1-14 i^-i 

 thinly coriaceous, tip scarcely emarginate, finely and equally veined on both surfaces, 

 petiole l-l in. Racemes siemier. Flowers scarcely \ in. diara., pedicels long sl^"??[' 

 Sipal3 4, orbicular-ovale. Petals 0. -fVwu' nearly fin. diam., sub-globose [reddisn- 

 brown, Beddome].— -W IghV s var. /3 parvifolium passes so gradually into the -typical 

 form as hardly to deserve recognition as a distinct form. 



5. C. floribundum, Hook. /. ; leaves 1-2 in. elliptic-lanceolate ob- 

 tusely acuminate margin thickened, petiole ^-J in., racemes glabrous in 

 most of the axils, pedicels J-J in. 



Eastern Peninsula; Malacca, Maingay. (Kew distrib. 170, 172, &? 171.). . 



Much-branched, everywhere glabrous ; braucblets 4-angled, strict. Leaves ^'^p^^^ * 

 pale when dry, hardly shining, nerves close-set uniform on both surfaces. ^^ .^^ 

 erecto-patent, about half as long as the leaves, 6-8-flowered, pedicels spreading. -^/^ ^^ 

 \ in. diam., opposite. Sepals 4, outer broadly ovate, subacute, inner ^^^^^^^,^vi^lJ 

 tips rounded, membranous, veined. Petals 0. Stamens very numerous add style na ; 

 exceeding the sepals. Fruit unknown, — /. D. H. 



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6. C. retusum, Wall Cat. 4846 ; leaves 1-2 in. ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 tip rounded, petiole short downy, racemes axillary slender V^^^^^%^ 

 Tvards the base. Choi^. Guttif. Ind. 41 iexcl synonym) ; Planch. & TTUin' M^^ 

 Gattif. 237. C. amoenum, Wall Cat. 4849. C. Burmanni var. bracteaiuiu, 

 Wight III i. 129. C. pisiferum, Planch. & Trian. I.e. 266, ^ 



Eastern Peninsula, from Martaban to Sincapore, Griffith, (Kew distrib. 876, 88^'| 

 An erect much-branched, densely-leafy shrub; shoots clothed with ferru^Uvius ^^.^^^ 

 Leaves 1-2 by f-1 in., coriaceous; veins most prominent on the upper ^^*^^ 'fender, 

 ^-J in., downy. Racemes in the axils of the lower and fallen leaves, few-flowered, ^ ^^| 

 erect; peduncle ferruginous towards the base. Flowers small, izbibrous. ^^-^ gUo^r, 

 long, ovate-oblong. Petals 0. Anthers minute, ovoid. Fruit pisii'orm, deep y 

 pericarp thin. 



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Flowers solitary or in pairs. 



7. C. mlcropbyllum, T. Anders. ; leaves obovate or cuneate-obo 



obtuse or retuse, flowers few glabrous. 



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Eastern Peninsula, near the top of Mt. Ophir, Griffith, Lohh, Maingay \ ^ 



distnb. n. 165). 



uisino. n. looj. y^ ' Leatf^ 



A glabrous shrub; branches many, short, slender, leafy; shoots ^^T?".l'gurface9l 

 f-li by i-} in., tapering to the truncate base; veins prominent on botn ^j^^jcr, 

 petiolo j^a-J iu. Flowers in the upper axils, minute; pedicels J-i 7^'' 





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