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JS.Ai.KccAj Griffithj Maingai/. r it, 



Zeares 8 by 3 m., glabrescent or thinly stellate-hairy, nerves prominent beneath, secon- 

 dary nerves distant ; petiole 1 in., thickened at the end, tomentose. iitipules caducous. 

 Inflorescence terminal, floccose-tomentose ; cymes half the length of the leaves, ultimate ; 

 pedicels with 3 ovate entire bracts supporting as manv flowers. Buds oblong, oe/ww, 

 linear-oblong, J in., tomentose. Petals notched, dilated at the base, shorter than the 

 sepals. Tortis not much longer tlian the petaline glands. Drupe 1 ia., furfuraceo- 

 tbmentose, crustaceous, fibrous in the middle ; stone l-celled, 1-seeded, 



31. G. calophylla, Kurz in Andaman Eeport, App. B, iii. ; shrubby, 

 leaves glabrous ovate-lanceolate acuminate, base rounded, drupe 2-cellea 



Andaman isles, Kurz; Malacca? Maingay. * ti ja 



Xeare^ 6-7 by 3 in., coriaceous, entire, 3-nerved, secondary nerves distant; petioie 

 ^-\ in. Infloresdtnce terminal, pedicels articulate. Flower-buds ^ybndnc^^boary» 

 striated. Sepah linear-oblong. Petals shorter than the sepals. Drupe i •" 

 obovate, tapering at the base into a stalk, coriaceous and glabrous external], 

 within; stones 2, 1-celIed.— Kurz suggests (Flora 1872, 397) that Jmdaphm 

 latQj Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. Supp. i. 357, from Sumatra is this plant. 



32. G. latlfolla, Mast. ; a tree, leaves glabrescent above stellate-1 

 beneath oblong acumiuate inequilateral entire tapering at the base 

 S-nerved, inflorescence terminal fulvo-tomentose, drupe 1-cellea 



Malacca, Maingay. j 1 a half 



Leaves 7-8 by 3^ in. ; petiole \ in., pilose. Inflorescence cymose, peduncles u^^ 



the length of the leaves, pedicels divaricate. Drvpe ovoid, 1 by | in., S'^t'^^^t' we 



yellow, crustaceous, middle coat fibrous; stone l-celled, 1- or more-seeded. 



not seen flowers of this species, which, however, appears quite distinct ^ ' ^ 



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33. ©. laurlfolia, Hooh ms. ; shrubby, leaves glabrous o^'^^^n^^ 

 acuminate mucronate entire, inflorescence pubescent terminal and axiiA /• 



Malacca and Penang, Maingay, Griffith^ &c. — Distrib. Borneo. \ , ^^^^ 



A shrub or tree? -BrancAe^ terete, glabrous. Leaves 4-6 by If in-, ^'^^.^^^^Teaves. 

 3-neTved, secondary nerves very distant ; petiole 1 in. Cyme shorter than tne ^^ j^ 

 Involiicre of 3 ovate dentate bracts. Sepals 5, pubescent. Petals 5, or ^^ jj^^ 

 abortion, sometimes absent. Drupe 4 in., globose, yellow, l-lobed by *'^^''*^^,?S * ^ ^ed 

 below into a stalk of nearly equal length to itself, fibrous within ; stone 3-ceUea. ^ > 

 1 by abortion. — Fruit agreeable subacid {Maingay). 



Sect. Ill, Kicrocos. Injlor^ 

 iuvolucrate. Drupe entire, flesl 



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34. 6. sinuata, WaU. Cat. 1108; shrubby, branches spreading glabjj^^ 

 cent, leaves ovate obtuse sinuate, stipules entire as long as the very 

 petiole. 



Martaban and Tenasserim, Wallich, Griffith, &o. l^avei 



Branches slender, rigid, widely spreading, thinly stellate-hairy when 7^"^?' ^^rves 



2 by 1 in., glabrous, coriaceous, base rounded, scarcely 3-nervcd, seconaa ^ ^^ ^^^^ 



straight, apex obtusely acuminate ; petiole J-yV in. Stipules subulate, as o S ^.^^j^^ 



Eetiole. Cymes at the ends of the branches. Buds obovoid, longer than tu« F ^^^ 

 oary. Sepals oblong. Petals oblong, entire, half the length of the sepaw. 

 as long as the glands. Fruit not seen. 



35. a. Mlcrocos, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 510 ; shrubby, leaves #^^2 

 ovate or obovate-lanceolate serrulate acuminate, stipules ^^^^f" '^^g Envf^- 



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