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551 



ieayes 4-5 in., lanceolate and broad-lanceolate, narrowed to both ends; petiole 

 |-1^ in. Panicle 1-3 in., ultimate pedicels 0-| in. Petals less than I in., obovate. 

 Capsule ^-| in. broad, ovoid or hemispheric. 



19. PTERNANDBA, Jack. 



Glabrous shrubs with round branches. Leaves opposite, sessile or short-pe- 

 tioled, ovate or lanceolate^ entire, coriaceous, 3-nervea. Floicers small, in axil- 

 lary (and terminal) small cymes or panicles. Calyx-tuhe verrucose, campanulate ; 

 limb trimcate, obscurely 4-toothed. Petah 4, blueish or white. Stamens 8, 

 equal ; filaments short, subulate ; anthers broad-oblong, obtuse at both ends, 

 opening^ by slits, connective simple at the base or very shortly spurred behind. 

 Ovary inferior, 4-celled, apex flat glabrous ; style long, stigma clavate ; ovules 

 very many, placentas sub-basal. Berry ovoid, trimcate. Seeds very many, 

 cuneate-obovoid, raphe excurrent on one side towards the end, somewhat an- 

 gular. — DisxRiB. Species 6 (or perhaps 2 only), from Pinang and Malacca 

 through Malaya to the Philippines. 



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1. P. ceerulescenB, Jack in Mai. Misc. ii. 61 ; leaves 2^-4^ in. ovate 



or lanceolate, stamens blue. Wall. Cat. 4077; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xxviii. 163 ; Kurz For. Fl. i. 509 and in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 79. 

 Ewyckia cyanea, Blume Humph. I 24, t. 8; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 568 ; 

 Triana I c. E. Jackiana, Walp. Rep. v. 724. E. paniculata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 



euxis trinervis, Griff. 



Nov. Gen. 



Sujypi 321 ex Kurz. 

 Roxh. Fl Ind. ii. 225. 



PmANG and Malacca; Wallich, Mergui; Griffith. Texasskrim ; Heifer. Ni- 

 coBARs; Kurz. Malacca; Cuming, Griffith.— Distrib. Through Malaya to the 

 ■t^hihppines. 



Leaves narrowed at the base; petiole 0-^ in. Panicles 1-3 in., terminal and in 

 the upper axils, very short-peduncled, often crowded with many flowers, ultimate pe- 

 dicels very short, bracts minute. Beri-y I in. broad, narrower at the month. 



Var. JacJciana\ petioles attaining \ fn., cymes axillary few-flowered. — Malacca; 

 Griffith ^^ Maingay No. 801. 



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2. p. capitellata, Jack in Mai. Misc. ii. Addenda prefixed to the paper 



0-8 in. ovate or broad-elli] 

 se. Wall Cat. 4079; W. 



j^inn. Soc. xxviii. 153; Kurz Fof\ Fl i. 509 and in Joum. As. Soc. 18/7, pt. ii. 

 79. Ewyckia capitellata, Walp. Rep. v. 724; Miq. Fl Ind. Bat. i. pt i. 668. 

 •C-. mediniUiforxnis^ Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sen 3. xviii. 261. 



Pinang; Jack, Wallich. Tenassekim; Heifer (Kew Distrib. No. 2279). Ma- 

 lacca; ilfai??^rty No. 802. Singapore; Wallich. 



Leaves widest near the base; petiole less than \ in.— Doubtfully distinct from 



lUescen 



Benth.in Wall. 



p^^J euipuc or lanceolate, ends ot tne orancnes aiviamg inw) ounuies ui smaii- 

 ^eaved hranchlets on which are the scattered flowers. P. latifolia, Triana in 

 Gratis. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 153. Ewyckia latifolia, Blume Mus. Bat. i. 6. 



cca; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2273).— Distreb, 



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narrow lanceolate, often 1 by |-^ in.— This is probably only a proliferous state of 

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