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1. BROWNZiOWZA, Eoxb. 



V "^^^A^ Pubescence stellate or scaly. Leaves entire, 3-5-nerved, feather- 

 veinecL Mowers numerous, small, in large terminal or axillary panicles. 

 ^dtyx bell-shaped, irregularly 3-5-fid. Petals 5, without glands. Stamens 

 ^any tree, springing from a raised torus. Siaininodes 5, yfithin the stamens, 

 cei?^9^^^ } petals and petaloid. Anthers subglobose. Ovarv 6-celled, each 

 eu 2-ovulate; styles awl-shaped, slightly coherent ; ovules ascending, 

 ta;^^ ultimately nearly free, 2-valved, 1-seeded. Albumen ; cotyledons 

 *aicic, fleshy.— DiSTRiB. Three species confined to Tropical Asia. 



-^*- elata, Hoxb, Cor. PL iii. 61, t. 265; leaves ovate acute base 



t I'i-n ^"^-iierved undulate downy beneath, petiole long. Bot Reg. 

 »• i4/2 ; WaU, Cat. 1178. Humea elata, RoxK FL Ind. ii. 640. 



Cbittagong to Tenassekim, ^oa:6wr^^, Griffith kc—Di^-xm^, Borneo. 

 nM#>, ^^ *^-^^* -Bm/icAe^ spreading. Leaves 4-12 by 3-8 in., glabrous, white be- 

 lerm- ^*^^^*}'"^^ peltate ; petiole 3-4 in. or longer, thickened at the apex. Panicles 

 thanTh *f^ ^^^^ *'^^ '^^ adjacent leaf, branches pubescent, ultimate pedicels longer 

 slian H 1 1 *^^^" P^^^^^'^'buds clavate-oblong. Flower 4 in., yellow. CaXyx funncl- 

 tase*^! *^^\^^^*® shorter than the tube. Petals oblong, spreading, tapering at the 

 , longer than the sepals. Filaments slender; anther-lobes divergent at the base, 

 U in ^ K ^^ \ ^^^ ' staminodes linear-lanceolate. Style as long as the petals. Follicle 

 pube ' ^^ortion solitary, obliquely ovate, woody, covered with fine ash-colourod 

 P^ Hcence. Seed mlit&ij. rarely 2, albumen 0; embryo erect, cotyledons 2 nearly 

 ^qualamygdaloid. •'^ J > 



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kifp ^' ^aaceolata, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. Suppl. ii. 57 ; leaves 



short fvf'^^"^"^^*^ ^^^^^^ ^^'^ scaly beneath, petiole short, panicle much 

 .ner tnan the leaves. 



Sj^sdeebdnds, Griffith ; Tenasrerim, at Moulmein, Parish. 

 hnidZ\ ^f""^ 4-6 by 1-2 in., glabrous; petiole ^ in., thickened at the apex. 

 PetioU 5SJ'"^1 a»d axillary, shorter than the leaves, peduncles longer than the 

 equali; ,/' '<*«'«»"-^w^^« ovoid. Caliix ^ in. diam., campauulate, lobes lanceolate 

 widelv r ^"^^- ^"^^^^ 3 in-, o^ong base broad. Anthers small, didynious, lobes not 

 style 1: '''fS'^nt. connective thick ; staminodes petaloid. Ovary -i-Idbed, cells 2-ovuled, 

 J ample, stigma 4-Iobed. Young fruit pyriform, truncate.;, 



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2. PENTACE, Hassk. 



Lea^T: ^.Herbaceous portions pubescent or scaly, ultimately glabrous. 



PaniX!" if^; leathery, 3-5-nerved. Flowers numerous, small, m terminal 



Wj^pt ^"^^^ bell-shaped, irregularly 3-5-fid. Petals 5, glandless. Stuniens 



8, 0Dnn?f ' ?? a slightly raised torus, sometimes pentadelphous. S^mimxles 



5-celK ^ \}^ ««I'«i«- ^^ff^rs subglobose, pollen globose 3-pored. Ovarj/ 

 jV,cuea, cells 9_ntr„i„4 . i,, j..i.,„„ raphe next the placenta. J<ruit 



umin --- "->.-«ca, uv «uui..uu .-celled, 1-seeded. aSscc^ solitary, 



«>inous.-DisTRiB. Three species, all Malayan. 



\ *• barm 



leaves elliptic ovate 



acute •C-"'™*'»'»*«a' ^"rz in Flora, 1871, 278; leaves eiiipuc ovaie 

 fruit obi^-'^erved pubescent beneath, pedicels long, ovary globose 5-lobed, 



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oblnr. . ^ H"w«sceni oeneatn, peuiceio ju^sj "■ 



"^m truncate 5-wiuged wings longer than broad 



»ate, Sahr J^'^''',' pubescent. Leaves 4 by 2i in , oWbng, rounded at the base, acumi- 

 • glabrous, whitish beneath; peiiole J in. FtdiceU long, covered with tawny down. 





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