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310 XXV, BiPTERocARPE^. (W, T. Thiselton Dyer.) [Eapea. 



' 7. H. Griffithii, Kurz ms. ; branchlets slightly lepidote at length 

 glabrous, leaves lanceolate caudate-acuminate obtuse lateral nerves about 

 10 pairs evanescent, panicles axillary less than half the lengtli-of the leaves 

 calyx-segments glabrous. 



Tenasserim; Mergni, Oriffith, 



Branches dark-barked, with pale striae. Leaves 3-4 by 1-1 ^ in., firm, base acute, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, midrib prominent below ; petiole A in., slender. Bracts 

 minute, shorter than the pedicels, lanceolate, acute. Floiver-luds yV i"'» shortly pedi- 

 celled. Petals palely pubescent. Anthers suborbicular, appendage about twice as long. 

 Fruit unknown. 



8. K. micrantha, Hook.f, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 160; branchlets 



dark-coloured minutely lepidote, leaves elliptic -ovate or lanceolate caudate- 

 acuminate obtuse lateral nerves very numerous evanescent, panicles terminal 

 or axillary less than \ the length of the leaves hoary-pubescent, calyx- 

 segments varnished. A, DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 634 



Malacca, Maivgay. — Distrib. Borneo. ^ 



A very lofty tree. Leaves 2-2\ by f-1 J in., coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, 

 midrib prominent above and beneath; petiole 4 in., puberulent. Flowers xir ^n., P^"^' 

 eels fully tV in. Petals palely pubescent. Anthers suborbicular, appendage about as 

 long. Nut conical ; bases of fruiting calyx- segments \ in. long with two gibbosities a 

 the bottom, wings 1 4 in. oblanceolate, obtuse, 9-uerved. 



9. B. discolor, Thwaites Eiium. 36 ; branchlets dark-coloured slightly 

 Druinose, leaves lanceolate caudate-acuminate obtuse reddish-brown 

 beneath lateral nerves about 5 pairs depressed above, panicles axina^ 

 sometimes 2-3 together about ^ the length of the leaves, calyx- segments 

 glabrous. A, DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 633. 



Ceylon ; Safifragam and Ambagamowa districts, at no great elevation, Thwaites. 



A large tree. Leaves 2-3 by |-1 in. ; petiole J in. PankU bright red; pe^cc^^ 

 A m- Petals yellow, palely puberulous. Anthers suborbicular, appendages three times 

 their length. Nut | in., conical, acute, glabrous ; bases of fruiting calyx-segments i i"- 

 lanceolate; wings l^-S by \~% in.; oblanceolate, obtuse, T-nerved: 



10. K. racophloea, Dyer; branchlets brown, leaves ovate shortly 

 caudate-acuminate base acute lateral nerves about 4 pairs oblique curvoi 

 about equally prominent on both surfaces with large axillary glanos, 

 panicles terminal or axillary exceeding the leaves. 



Malabar; Wynaad forests, alt. 2-3000 fl., Beddome, , ., x,^ 



A large tree, the bark peeling off in adherent scales {Beddomey Leaves fHyf 

 2-24 m., firm, glabrous on both surfaces; petiole | in. slender. Bases of Jrunuy 

 calyx-segments minute, scarcely distinct, thickened, gibbous; wings 3 by 1 m., omoii^, 

 tip truncate or rounded incoubpicuously 10-nerved, reddish,— iS early allied to the uy*^ 

 M.jucunda, 



11. H, Juounda, Thwaites Enura. 403; branchlets dark pu^^i^Jl 

 brown, leaves ovate or orbicular abruptly acuminate obtuse base roundeau 

 obtuse lateral nerves about Ar^u^T^ r.v.iJr.,,0 r...r*.r^A aliVbt.lv denressed aDo>^^ 

 with large ax 

 2, 633. 



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I nerves about 4 pairs oblique curved slightly depressea <»' 

 illary glands, panicles terminal or axillary. A. DC. Froar. 



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transveihely rugose. Flower-buds J iu. ; pedicels ^ in. Calyx-segments ovAK, 

 nished. Petals paiely-pubescent externally. Anthers with an appendage »">: V .* 

 their length. i'Vurt unknown, *'nYfife 



„ Var. modesta, DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 633 : leaves 1-2 in, fetanches of the pa" 

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