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10. C. latlfolius, Wall. Cat 8637 (hj error 6837) ; leaflets elliptic- 

 t tt V^^ ■ ^•^'it^acted obtuse or notched points, capsule | by | in. shortly 

 subcylmdnc very turgid abruptly contracted into the stalk, top rounded scarcely 

 apculate. Connaracea ? 8545. 



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Leaflets 4-7 by 1^-3 in., coriaceous, quite glabrous ; nerves 5 pairs, slender, arched, 

 miculations indistinct. Panicles widely spreading. Flowers ^ in. long, Capmles 

 ^ !!7,-^.?^^*^ ^^f ^' ^"^ ^° obscure sublateral point, finely puberulous within. 



1, ^' ff randls, JacA in Mai Misc. 2, vii. 40 ; leaflets 8-14 in. elliptic- 

 owong obtuse or obtusely acuminate thickly coriaceous polished, nerves 8-10 

 pirs; capsules 2 by f-1 in. contracted into the stalk turgid woody. Planch, in 

 ^ni^a xxiii. 429. 0. Wallichii, Planch, in Linnma, xxiii. 426. Comiaracea, 

 y^^ll Cat 8638, A, B (in partj. 



Eastern Peninsula, Sincapore and Penang, Wallkh] Malacca, Griffith, Main* 



B f'^^^™ ^^ Andaman Islands, Heifer. 

 most ^^^^ ^^^ petioles very robust, quite glabrous. Leaflets 3-5, much the largest, 

 short^^^^^^*^^^ ^^d polished of the genus, transverse nerves distinct beneath ; petiolules 

 \ Send v^^*'' ^^'^iclcs spreading, clothed with hoary down. Flowers ^ in. long^. 

 ^^5imear-oblong, obtuse. Petals twice as long, almost glabrous, linear, dilated 

 c^r 1 ^' f^^^^^^^^ puberulous, longer, three times as long as the others. Capsule 



sely striated, glabrous, sutures rounded, not keeled or raised. 



Bcum'* ?■ "*^'^ffayl» Sook.f,; leaflets ovate or elliptic-ovate obtusely 

 or Wv j^^^ coriaceous pale, nerves very faint, capsules 1-1^ by \ in. elliptic 

 suDcyiindric, stalk obscure. 



' p^f T^ ^^^^Ns^A ; Malacca, ilfam^rty. 



lated T^ ^''^^^^^ ^^°^^' glabrous. Leajieis 5, 3-5 by 1^2^ in., closely finely reticu- 

 I in J P^*l^^ ^iid pale grey on both surfaces. Panicles hoary-pubescent. Flowers 

 wackdT T,'^-^*^-^ small, ovate-lanceolate. ' Petals three times as long, linear, with 

 ^oth su? "^^ ^^ ^^^^ surfaces. Capsules, young, 1^ by ^ in., terete, grooved at 



^alres ^^^^* *^^ rounded and mucronate, striae quite longitudinal ; old more elliptic; 

 Blume T^^' velvety within.— Very near and perhaps identical with C. falcatus, 

 "^rtla ■°'^^^®^- I find great varieties in the capsules of Maingay's specimens, in 

 in jj "^\*^®P®»ding on age ; the longer are almost straight and subcylindric anS 

 and'ttAV V- ' shorter are ellipsoid and f in. diam. ; a few are %\ in. long, curved 



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lanceoifl?' ®"eropl»yllus, Planch, in Lmn<Ba, xxiii. 427 ; leaflets elliptic- 

 Panic] p if °'**^^^^y acuminate lower 2-3 pairs of nerves prominent l)eneath, 

 aniciiL I'^'P^^^^cent, capsule lf-l+ by* in. fusiform-claTate symmetrical 

 A'lSS ^T"''^^y stalked grooved on one face. Connaracea, Wall. Cat. 8542 

 ^"^ part) and 8539, D (in pirt). 



'^^^'^^a, Porter. 



<»ria(Sm ^i,^"!^ '^''^^^ ^"^*® glabrous, ir^^^^s 5, 4-7 by li-2i in. ; base acute, thinly 

 S'ute ba 1^ v'°^ on both surfaces, pale red-brown beneath, the lowest pair of nerves 

 Wendep » succeeding pairs distant, all very oblique; petiole and petiolules 



t^bescenf 1^7^^ subpvramidal, nearly black; branches slender, ascending, rufous- 

 ^rk brnt,, ^*'"* i '°- ^^'^'g- -S^a^-s oblong, obtuse, hoary. Capsules nearly straight, 

 ^elv rZ^' smooth, striated lonffitudinally, tip rounded, apiculate ; valves coriaceous, 

 ftagieJif?' «^ithin-.-The sheet of 8539 D. in Wall.'s Herb, contains three 

 ^^) aml*7k^ ^^ J'^*'^*^ without fruit, one flowering specimen of 8539 A (C. pamcu- 

 of floC^„ °^^^ capsules of the same (glabrous inside)..-,;The sheet of 8642 consists 

 '^ocar^°^ specime^ijs of this'; and 8542 B. consists of this^tind C. paniculatusot 

 «eeji)s(/j.' ^^^ specimen given to Bentbam by WalHch is in fine fruit. Thi^ 



««ep entirely from C. Mamgayi in iite foliage, large panicle, and sepals. , , 





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