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Tanety of it, the ms. name oi' lanufftno8a, his specimen having softer puhedcence on the 

 leaves than Griffith's; but the nature of the clothing of the branchlete, leaves, and frmt 

 is far from heing ^TOolly; he further describes ihe styles as 2, short and distinct, which 

 J)robably applies to male flowers, as in GriflSlh's plant it is slender and 3-fid at ine 



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^ %. C- X«aurocerasus, Planck in Herb. Rook ; branches terete smooth 

 black and leaves perfectly glabrous, leaves oblong and elliptic-oblong very 

 sbortly petioled obtusely acuminate, nerves very slender, cymes very smaU 

 few-flowered, fruit large hoary transversely oblong or globose when one 

 carpel ripens. - ,,.:* 



Pe^ang, in every part of the hill, Maingay, (Sincapore? Lohb^) ^ ^ ". 



A scandent shrub ; remarkable am<mgst the India species for being per.ectly g 

 brous, even the }oung twigs and leaves; branchlets black when dry, *'*^^ E^f'"!; 

 Leaves 3-5 by 1^-2 in., on short slender petioles, coriaceous, very smooth and mg 

 red-brown when dry. Ci/mes, female only seen, small, few-flowered, shortly pedunciea 

 Flowers I in, diam, Cah/x divided nearly to the base, lobes very ^'""^^"^^^J^^^'l 

 equal, hoary externally. Petals glabrous, about twice as long as the calyx. ^'"'", 

 equalling the petals ; anthers empty. Ovary minute, pubescent; style '<^"Si ^*^,^ ' 

 3-fid at the tip. Fruit fully formed 1^ in. across, epioarp hard, endocarp thick, wuy, 

 tubercled on the surface, white inside.— Lobb's specimen is ticketed trom bmcapon', 

 but is more probably from Penang. 



C. sp. ?' Wall Cat 7443, from Penang, Porter, without flower or frnit, i\P^^^^Jf.^- 

 undescribed species of Cfmilletia. It has terete brancbes, pubepcent branchlets, nan 

 oblong glabrous leaves, 5-8 in. long, with obtuse or subacute tips and ^""^n r^^; 

 beautifully reticulated and shining on both Rurfacea: the cvmes are small ana lui 

 pubescent. 



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Trees or shrubs rarely herbs, sometimes climbing. Leaves 



rescence 



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or less peduncled, rarely capitate. Flowers regular, l^ermaplirofiit 

 unisexual, often dioecious. Calyx usually small, 4-5-toothed, so™^" ^^ 

 accrescent, free, or adherent either to the ovary or to the fruit, iou?s ^^^ 

 va,te or imbricate. Petals 3-6, valvate or imbricate, free, or n^^"^; ^j,eni 

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erect, 2-celled, splitting longitudinally. ■ Disk hypogynous, cup-sn H^ 

 pengynous or epigynous. Ovary free, or half-inferior, l-cei^ea, ^^^ 

 perfectly 2-3-5-celled (from the dissepiments not reaching the aptx u^^^ 

 cavity) -style simple or 0, rarely divided, stigma entire or lobea, 



placenta 

 ovule. . 



from the side or apej 



ak"ed nucleus,^ f unices 

 ,,« obturator,' above^ 



-celled. l-««^,f 'JSe.* 

 Seed pendulous, aiDuu^^^ 



Y, entire or lobed rarely ; radicle supenor, cotyit 

 ± rarely fleshy.— DistRiB. Genera about 40, species 



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