parts of the world, save only the Arcticand Antarctic re- 
gions and a few alpine heights. Economically important 
members of the family are represented both in the Old 
and the New World. 
THe Cuirivatep SPECIES * 
1. Baccaurea Motleyana Muell.-Arg. in DC., 
Prodr., 15(2): 461. 1866. 
Synonym: Prerardia Motleyana Muell.-Arg.in Flora, 
47: 516. 1854. 
Common name: Rambai. 
Plates IX, X, XI, XII. 
A medium-sized tree, up to 25 m. tall, 40 em. in 
diameter, with rather low, round, bushy, large-leafed 
crown, with the trunk generally fluted at the base (Plate 
XI). ‘The bark is whitish or fawn-brown, finely fissured 
and sealy with small, thin, oblong pieces. The twigs. 
petioles, and the undersides of the leaves are velvety. 
The leat-blades (Plate NII) are 20-35 cm. long, 8-17 
em. broad, slightly obovate-lanceolate to elliptic, aeumi- 
nate, basally heart-shaped to obtuse, sometimes retuse, 
the margin entire to slightly uneven and sinuate; lateral 
nerves twelve to sixteen pairs. The petioles are 8-10 em. 
long, subtended by 6-8 mm. long, lanceolate, acuminate 
stipules. The male racemes (Plate X) are 13-20 cm. long, 
clustered in bunches along the branches, with minute 
yellow flowers borne in fascicles of two to five, with very 
short pedicels. The four to five sepals are oblong, acute, 
and tomentose on both surfaces. The disk glands are very 
small, the stamens four to eight, the rudimentary ovary 
cylindrical, with a concave apex. The female racemes 
(Plates IX, X, NII) are 25-60 cm. long, also often borne 
in clusters, with four- to six-sepaled flowers, about 1 cm. 
* The taxonomic treatment of the following four species has been 
based upon Pax & Hoffmann, 1922. 
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