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opposed, small pn nicies or spikes appearing in February to April. Flow- 

 ers about f inch long, hermaphrodite, pedicels \ inch. Calyx d-lobed, 

 green fleshy, lobes obtuse. Petals 4, fleshy, buff- coloured. Staminal 

 column tubular, mouth crenulate : anthers 8, large, included. Style 

 equalling'the column, thick, fleshy. Stigma large, appearing above the 

 column. Disk cup-shaped, toothed. Ovary 4-Gelled. Fruit, a smooth 

 round capsule 2 to 3 inches in diameter, ripening about October, seeds 

 3 to 4, large. A very large evergreen tree, up to 100 feet high and 



3 feet in diameter, fairly common in the forests of the Ravi river from 

 1,000 to 2,000 feet, but very local, somewhat resembling D. malaharicum 

 but leaves darker, broader and softer. 



Bark pale, smooth, wood reddish-brown, hard, not scented. Pores 

 small, evenly distributed. Medulary rays crossed by irregular bands of 

 white tissue. Annual rings marked by dark lines, but not distinct, 

 6 to an inch. 



Weight 52 lbs. per cubic foot. P.-=708. 

 Description of Plate II — 



1. Flowering branch with leaves. 



2. Flowering branch. 



3. Fruit — natural size. 



4. Flower X 4. 

 Aqlaia mai(c, sp. nov. Plate III. 



A medium-sized tree. Leaves alternate, pinnate, from ] to 2 feet 

 long. Leaflets 9 to 13, opposite and alternate, pale when young, very 

 glossy and dark green when old, elliptic, acuminate, quite entire, sides 

 often unequal, obscurely penniveined with about 1 5 pairs of veins, 



4 to 9 inches by ^ to 2^. Petiolules ^ to | inch. Inflorescence in terminal 

 lax panicles, 8 to 15 inches long. I lowers polygamo dioecious, small, 

 globose, honey-scented, about ^ inch long by /^- inch broad, almost 

 sessile, j^ellowish. Calyx 5-lobed, imbricate. Petals 5, concave, imbri- 

 cate. Staminal tube subglobose, obscurely 5-toothed : anthers 5, large, 

 sessile, included. Ovary 2-celled, style very short. Fruit, a fleshy 

 berry, buff-coloured, downy, globose, | inch in diameter, containing one 

 large seed. 



An evergreen tree found in the forests about Ariyaukam and 

 Colatoorpolay from 500 to 1,500 feet. Flowers in May and June. Fruit 

 ripens in August and September. 



