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nearly its full length before one-third its full breadth ; in Maingay's examples nearly 

 ellipsoid : exocarp very thick, fibrous. f* ■■ 



■^ 3. B. ceylanica, G^rtre/n. i¥iS. ; mcenies pendulous pedicels ^-| in.; calyx- 

 tube in the bud broadly funnel-shaped segments 4 at first rounded rather than. 

 oTate; B, racemosa var. ^., TMvaites Enum. 119. Butonica ceylanica, il/«er« 

 in. Trans. Linn. Soc, ser. ii. Bot. i. 77. 



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. Cktlon, south of the island abundant ; Thwaites, 



Treated by Mr. Thwaites as a var. of B, racemosa, and after specific separation uj 

 Micrs Lc. reduced to B, racemosa again by Kurz in Journ, As Soc, 1877, pt^ u. 70 

 Butonica intermedia, Miers I. c, from New Caledonia differs by calyx-lobes 2-3, ovate. 



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4, B. conoidea, Griff. Notul 666, Ic, 636, 636 fig. 1 ; racemes suDem 

 calyx-tube in the bud campanulate somewhat urn-shaped, fruit ovoid with q 

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TFa«. Cat. 3633. 



Butonica alata. Miers in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. ii. Bot. i. 



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An ererereen shrub or small tree (KurzY e-labrous. Leaves 7 by 2| in., oblong, 



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narrowed downwards, at the yery base cordate, crenulate 



petiole I in., thick. Raceme 4 in., lax, but erect ; pedicels ^ ^ — ., ^-- 



irhat puberulous, Kurz), Calyx-tube broad at the base, the 8 descending processes 



often manifest in the bud as figured by Griffith. Calyx-lobes usually % | m., ovate. 



Petals and style as in B, racemosa. Fruit Ii by 1 in., conically ovoid, broadest at tne 



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1877, pt. ii. 70. Griffith's figurt 



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but Kurz has rectified uuio ^^ «- . ,- 



agree more closely with the material thaa ao 



ses. — Mr. Miers 1. c. has asserted that. Griffith's fimires are mixed, ana mat i^****;^^, 



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cuneate-ellipticj racemes elongate pendulous, fruit quadrangular oblong ^^^^:\ 

 narrowed towards and subtruncate at each end. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 635 ; J^*^. 

 A. Prodr. 333 ; Miq, FL Ind. Bat I pt. i. 488 : Dalz, ^ Gibs. Bomhil-^^y 

 Sedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 204 ; Brand. For. A 235 ; Kurz. For. Fl. I 497. Eu^^ma 

 acutangula, Linn. Sp. PL 673. Stravadium acutangulum, Miers in Trans. J^nj^^ 

 Soc. ser. ii. Bot. i. 80. S. rubrum, WalL Cat. 3635. S. obtusanguliun, demissuni, 

 Kheedii, globosum, Miers 1. c. pp. 81, 82, 86 with syn., and probably (/f^^, ^"J- 

 descriptions) several others of which examples authenticated by Mr. Miers na\ 

 not been s^m.—Mheede Sort. MaL iv. t. 7. 



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Throughout Indu from the Himalata to Ceylon and Sincapobe very com«°°^ 

 no tree is more plentiful in the plain of Bengal.— Distbib. Malaya ; and ^ortn- " 

 Australia (if Stravadkm gracile Miers be considered the same species as by -d"- ' 

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., Attaining 30-40 ft., glabrous. Lmves 6 by 2 in., minutely ^enticulate-creii y 

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