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6 XLY. SABIACEJ), (J. D. Hooker.) IMeliosma, 



ncatli. leaves 12-18 by 3J-4 in., very long and narrow, very acuminate, T:)ut not 

 caudate, very gradually narrowed into the short petiole ; upper surface minutely 

 scaLrid ; nerves numerous, arching. Panicle shorter than the leaves (m the only spe- 



^„ i). Floxxjers as small as in M, nmplxciJoLia, crowdea on tUe ultimate orancnievs. 



Inner sepals very coriaceous, obtuse, quite glabrous. Petals and/rwij! not seen. 



*• Leaves odd-pinnate. 



f Zeaflets serrate or toothed* 



7. ZIX. plnnata, Roxh. Fl. Jjid. l 104 (Millingtonia) ; nearly glabrous, 

 leaflets 6-12 pairs oblong or oblong- or linear-lanceolate acuminate more or less 

 serrate glabrous, panicle puberulous very large, flowers pedicelled or sessile. 

 iWaxtm. Diapi. FL Jaj>. Dec. iv. and v. 263 j Wall Cat. 8115 & 8117. 



Sdckim Himalaya, alt. 1000 ft. Jl D. H. Stlhet, Boxburgh. Khasia Mts., alt. 

 3-5000 ft. H.f, ^ 21 Uppeb Assam, Griffith,— Dis-v&ib. Japan? ^ - ^ 



A middling- sized tree; branches smooth. Leaves 6-18 in. ; petiole cyllndric; 

 leaflets ^6 by 1-1^ in. shortly petiolulate, much acuminate, sometimes nearly entire. 

 Panicle ^s long as the leaves, terminal; branches spreading; bracts minute, cadu- 

 cous, subulate. Flowers "white, minute. Sepals and hracteoles 5, broadly orbicular- 

 ovate, minutely ciliate, otherwise glabrous. Petals subvalvate, glabrous. Bisk 

 3-angled. Drupe as large as a pea. — The M. rhoifolia^ Maxim., of Japan seems to be the 

 same as this. -^^ ■ , . , 



8, M. Walliclliiy Planch, in Herb.HooJc.; pubescent, leaflets 3-6-pair3 



oblong oblong-ovate or obo-vTite-acuminate more or less spinulose-toothed, 

 pubescent beneath, panicle tomentose, flowers very shortly pedicelled. 



•^ TuoKcAL Himalaya; Nipal, WaUich; Sikkini, Herb. Griffith. Khasia Mts,, 

 alt. 4-6000 ft., H.f. ^ T.— Distrib. Korea. 



A small tree; branchlets rusty puberulous. Leaves, 6-12 in.; leaflets, 3-7 i^-f 

 straight or falcate, rather coriaceous; petiole, petiolules and under-surface clothed 

 -with a spreading rusty tomentum ; nerves many, curved ; upper surface opaque ; 

 base rounded oblique. Panicle stout, much branchod ; bairs short sprciiding; 

 bracts caducous. Flowers minute, on short stout pedicels. Sepals and hracteoles 5, 

 glabrous, orbicular-ovate. Petals subvalvate. Drupe globose, the size of a small 

 pea. — Small specimens of this from Moflong in the Khasia seem identical ■with 

 a Cortan plant collected by Wilford. . 



tt Leaflets quite entire. 



9. ZIK. Amottiana, Wi</htj HI, i. 144, t. 53 (Millingtonia); rusty- 

 tomentose, leaflets 5-7 pairs suWpposite ovate-lanceolate subcaudate acuminate 

 pubescent beneath, panicles rusty pubescent, flowers crowded sessile or shortly 



icelled. Thwaites Enum. 59 : Bedd. FL Sylv. 1. 160. Saplndus ? microcarpus, 

 W. k A. Prodr. 112. 



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Wkstkun Peni^^sttta ; from Canara southwards, Wight. Ceylon ; in the 

 Central province, alt. 4-7000 ft. 



^ A tree ? ; branchlets, petioles, petiolules, leaflets beneath and panicle clothed 



with a spreading subfurfuraceous or' velvety rusty pubescence. Leaves 6-10 



in.; leaflets 3-6 by 1^-1 J in., rather membranous, lower often falcate and 



recurved, base rounded, nerves not prominent, tips finely drawn out, upper surface 



opaque; petiolules J-| in. Panicle axillary and terminal. Flowers very numer* 



ous, crowded on the branchlets of the panicle. Sepals and hracteoles 5, orbicular- 



ovato, obtuse, ciliolate, rather pubescent. Petals subvalvate. Drupe globose, the 

 size of pea. 



10. M. Bumatrana, Jack in Mai. Misc. ii. 30 (Millingtonia) 



pairs elliptic- or obovate- or ovate-lanceolate acuminate base 

 panicle contracted pubescent, flowers large crowded. M. nitida, Blun. 



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