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Calyx I in., pnbescent, sepals lanceolate. Petals otovate-oblong, tapering^ at tie "base, 

 sHghtly exceeding the sepals. Capsule 1^ by U in., oLIong- truncate, wings steilate- 



bairy. 



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2. P. tiiptera. Mast : leaves 1-nerved, ovary 3-celled, fruit 



wings 



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Malacca, Griffith^ Maingay, 



A tree, ieav^^ 6 by 3 in., glabrous, white beneath, oblong-acute, rounded at tne 

 base, 1-nerved, feather-veined ; petiole 1 in. Panicle terminal. Sepals J-J in., ova - 

 lanceolate, downy. Petals twice the length of the sepals, oblong-spathulate. 'f^^"^ "* 

 in 5 parcels, one opposite each petal. Staminodes 5, linear-subulate, much ^"^^^^'•^? 

 the stamens, opposite the sepals. Ovary pubescent, globose. Styles shorter than tne 



stamens. Capsule | by 1 in. 



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3. PIT7BANTIZS, Thwaites. 



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A tree. Leaves obovate. Pankles terminal. Flowers small, numerous. 

 Calyx urceolate-campanulate, 3-4-lobed. Petds obovate, tapering at tne 

 base, glandless. Fertile stamens 15 in groups of 3 before the petals, ma- 

 ments dilated. Staminodes 5, opposite the sepals. Anther-lobes di-^^J^^^ ,^ 

 the base. Ovary sessile, 5-celled, cells opposite the sepals, 1-2-oviilea, ovm 

 pendulous ; styles conjoined, stigma minute 5-lobed. FruU pyriform, locj 

 licidally 5-valved, 1-seeded by abortion. /S^eecfe oblong, netted, pubesceni. 



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verrucosa 



, Tkwaites Enum. 29 ; Beddome Flor. Sylvat.t. 109. 



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Ceylon; Balticaloa, Jaffna, Trincomalee, Tfiwaites. 

 Leaves 2-6 by 1-3 in., shining on the Hpper surface 



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n' escence, crenate, base rounded 3-nerved ; petiole ^-f in. Floioers J "^- Z^, ^jjj 

 s ovoid, acute. Ca^^/x J in., lobes ovate acute as long as the tube, rttais 



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stamens twice the length of the sepals. Capsule |-1 in. 



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CKAaTACAXiVX, Maineay herb. 



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A tree. 

 jBowered. 



Xmws alternate, simple, 1-nerved. Panicle terminal, ^_ 

 ^u»v..cv^. Calyx campanulate, 5.1obed, lobes valvate accrescent cow ^^ 

 Petals 0. Stamens numerous, free, springing from the top of a snon- oj ^_ 

 phore ; anthers oblong, 2-celled, cells parallel dehiscing at the siaes ,.^^ 

 tudinally. Staminodes 0. Ovary stalked, 5-celled ; placentas ^f^^l^gj^l, 

 consolidated stigmas 5 linear recurved ; ovules 2 in each ceU, coi ^^^^ 

 pendulous from near the apex of the placenta. Fruit not seen. ^ , 

 lowing is the only known species. ' ^^ 



1. C. accrescens, Mast 



MAhxccXj Maingay, —DiQTRiB, Borneo. . « clahron^ 



Branches rigid, oblinuely ascending. Xcave^ 2-4 by f-lj in., conaceous, ^^^^^ 



above, rusty tomentosc beneath, base rounded or tapering, 1-nerved, venaii ^^^^^ 

 petiole J-i in. Panicle stellate-hairv. nftdicfil 1 in., iointed near the fase. 



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i-i in. Panicle stellate-hairy, pedicel 1 in., jointed near the ^^ri^telM^ 

 imately 2 in. diam., papery, pink, veins prominent. Filamem s™^ gtyl^ 



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hairy, half the length of the calyx. Ovary pilose, ovoid, obscurely £»-io>^\^^ jnta 

 fcylindric, stellale-pdose, longer than the filaments, dividing at irregular nes ^^^^^ 





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