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:<Tnstama.'] Lix. MXETACEiE. (J. F, Duthie.) 467 



at the apex, staminal bundles 6-10-androus, capsule roundish large exserted 

 , nearly ^ in., seeds compressed. Kurz For. Fl. Brit. Burm. i. 473. " Tristanise 

 affinis," Griff. Notul. 660 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 636, f. 3. Melaleuca eugeniifolia, 

 Wall. Cat. 3648. M. decurrens. Wall. Cat. 3649. 



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■_ Mergui, Griffith ; Tbn'assertm or Akdamak Islands, Heifer ; Malacca, Finlayson, 

 Wallich ; Mount Ophir, Griffitk.—'DisTsxB. Borneo. Cap. Rochardo, Wallich. 



A tree with pendeat branches. Leaves 2-7 hy 2^ in., gradually narrowing 

 towards the base, often retuse at the apex, pinnate-nerved, rusty red beneath, darker 

 above and punctate. Branches of the inflorescence compressed, angular, furrowed, 

 ^pper part together with the bracts and calyx covered with stiff whitish hairs. 

 <J(dyx-tube rather less than ^ in., broadly campanulate in fruit, its nearly truncate limb 

 spreading or reflexed ; lobes obtuse. Petals small, transversely oblong with a minute 

 claw at the base. Filaments hairy below. Ovary pilose; style rather long, stigma 

 slightly capitate ; ovules oo, pendulous from the apex of the cells. Valves of the 

 capsule transversely wrinkled externally. Seeds about 8 in each cell, compressed, 

 T ^li .^' — ^^^9ith remarks that the flowers are white and disagreeably scented. 

 In Wallich's M. decurrens the blade of the leaf extends to the base, and the leaves 

 ^re less conspicuously dotted. 



4. T. lHaing'ayi, Duthie-, leaves alternate shortly petioled narrowly 

 oblanceolate attenuated at each end obtuse coriaceous glabrous, cymes chiefly 

 ™aL the upper leaf-axils, branches compressed or angular pubescent, flowers 

 sessile 3-4 together, staminal bundles 5-11-androus, capsule rather large about 

 i m roundish exserted ^ its length, seeds winged 9-10 in each cell. 



Malaya, Maivgay ; Kew Distrib. 767 in part. 

 f^- Leaves U-2^ by A-f in., dark and polished above, rusty-yellow beneath, dotted, 

 ^^gins slightly revolute, nerves not prominent. Cymes dichotomously branched ; 

 P®<»^ncle8 ^-1^ in. ; pedicels and Ciilyx covered with light yellow tomentum, lobes 

 founded at the apex or subacute. Petals small, triinsversoly oblong or orbicular, 

 ^airy outside. Filaments hairy below. Ovary pubescent with white hairs. Capsules 

 1 iQ. m diam. ^ 



5. T. G-riffitliii, Kurz in Pegu Rep. Append. B. p. 50 ; leaves crowded 

 towards the ends of the branches lanceolate attenuated at both ends, cymes 

 ^ubaxillary few-flowered, flow^ers rather large white, capsule scarcely exserted, 



Seeds 



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uL p. 649 : not of 



^^' ^ur7n. i. 474. T. coiiferta, Griff. Nc 



^HGui, Griffith ; Pegu, Kurz. . . 



A shrub. Leaves coriaceous, pellucid-punctate. Terminal buds with imbricating 

 ^embranous scales. Calyx-tube turbinate ; lobes 5, ovate, acuminate, falling oflF cir- 

 ^cissly at the apex of the fruit. Petals round. Filaments nearly equal to the 

 l^^^ls. Style filiform, shorter than the stamens ; stigma capitate.—I have not seen 

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. Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire, not dotted. Peduncles 1- few- 

 *^ered; flowers large, white. Caly.v urceolate or oBovate; limb undivided in 

 g^ivation, separating valvately into 4-5 lobes when in flower. Petals 4 or 5, 

 ^- Stamens oo. Ovary 2- or more-celled with many ovules in each celL 

 (j^T^^any-seeded. Seeds with hard testa; embryo curved, radicle loner, 

 ^yledons short.— Distrib. Tropical and subtropical America 

 P^ies have been enumerated. 



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