536 , XXXVI. BURSERACEiE. (Alfred W. Bennett.) [Cananum. 



pedicels not exceeding the flower/ Petals valvate. Ovary glabrous. Fnut un- 



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17. C. parvifolium, A. W. Benn.; wholly glabrous ^or neany s^, 

 leaflets 7 oblong lanceolate or elliptic acuminate, midrib prominent beneatn, 

 lateral nerves faint, panicle terminal, buds ellipsoidal subsessile on Pedicels 

 not exceeding cupuliform subentire calyx, petals imbricate, stamens msertea 

 around and upon tlie ovoid-subulate ovary-rudiment. . . v 



Malacca, Mainqaij. , . , j^ 



Leaves of flowering branches i ft. more or less ; leaflets 2-3^ by f-lg lo. ; petioi 



i-i in. Buds on expansion -i—i in. lontr. nnbescent or dabrous. Fruit unknown, v^ 





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18. C. coccineo-bracteatum, Kurz Journ. As, Soc. Beng.{i^r^}^' 

 2m ; extremities softly pubescent, leaves glabrous 1-2 ft., stipules cteepiy 

 divided segments rigid coarsely toothed, leaflets 7-9 shortly petioliuaie 

 oblong or ovate-oblong acuminate entire or setose-serrulate glabrous \m 

 about 10 pairs of lateral nerves and loose reticulation beneath, panicie 

 puberulous with scarlet oblong acute bracts. 



South Andaman Islands, Kurz. 



Leajlets 5-7 in. long. Expanded flowers and fruit undescribed. 



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Balsamiferous trees. Leaves alternate, stipulate, 3-foliolate or i^nP^"?^' 

 nate, firm; leaflets opposite, slightly oblique, entire. Flowers laAxmAiy^ 



panicles 



'teoles minute. Cali/x cupuliform, 3-lubed or -fid, valvate. Pejah 3, valval 

 or subiinbncate, much exceeding the calyx. Disk annular, fleshy, ^>"^* ' 

 Stamens 6 (rarely fewer by abortion), distinct, often unequal, in^^^^^l-h 

 the margin or outside of the disk. Ovary 3-celled, with 2 oyul^^^^S. 

 cell ; style short, stigma capitate." Briqje ellipsoidal or subglobose, mv 



or less laterally compressed on the ventral side, 1 -celled, l-.^^^^^^^,',! .v'all 

 crustaceous or woody. Cotyledms contortuplicate. — DisTiOB. ^^^l^ ^ 



Archipelago. Species probably 25. " 



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1. S. Planchonii, A. W. Benn.; leaflets 11 glabrous on both ' 

 ovate-oblong elliptic or oblong obtusely acuminate or shortly <^^"" j.jj 

 acumniate, base obliuuely rounded, nervation inconspicuous above, i ^ . 

 nerves weak often bifurcating before reaching the margin, P^^^V^ i^te 

 numerous canescent Ifix slender ascending branches, bracts odsu^ 

 pedicels shorter than the flowers, calyx-segments deltoid acute, ei'' 

 shorter than the petals. - v ; .5 Sf 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. < " , '-pgi palely 



Tree ; branchlets with pale-brown or ashy-grey somewtat striate bark, 7^1,^ flatten*! 



pubescent. Leaves of tfowering-shoots 8-12 m. ; petiole 2-3 in., slightly , j^^ 



■above, glabrescent; leaflets 3-4^ by l]-l| in., glaucescent beneath, F."*^'"' jucous 



Panicle 2-6 in., pedicels less than -jV in. Flowers with several minute very ^ ^^^^^ 



bracteoles immediately beneath the glabrescent calyx. Stamens with '^Yvtitb the 



rfilaments inserted just beneath the margin of the disk, spathulate above """ u^tiate- 



,aSt|sr:CS!Jl!^ attached on their inner face., Drwue i in. long,' ellipsoitlal^ sonie^ 



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