208 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



In its flowers and fruit this closely resembles E. Boxhurghiana, 

 Benth., but the leaves are different. 



2. EvoDiA RoxBDRGHiANA, Benth. Flora of Hong-Kong, 69. A small 

 tree ; branches glabrous, opposite. Leaves glabi-ous, 3-foliolate, the 

 petiole 2 to 5 in, long, terete ; leaflets thinly coriaceous, shortly petio- 

 lulate, obovate, oblanceolate or oblong, the apex rounded acuminate 

 or apiculate : main nerves 12 to 18 pairs, horizontal or slightly ascend- 

 ing, not prominent ; length 25 to 6 in., breadth 1'25 to 3"25 in., the 

 middle leaflet the largest ; petiolule 'lb to "25 in. Cymes pedunculate, 

 spreading ; the branches opposite, minutely bracteolate at the base : 

 peduncles 2 to 3 in. long : cymes about 2'5 to 3 in. in diam. Flowers 

 densely crowded, whitish, "J to "IS in. long; the anthers exserted, 

 shortly pedicelled, sepals very obtuse, ovary pubescent. Cocci about 

 2 from each flower, ovoid, pointed, 1-to 2-seeded, "2 to "3 in. long. 

 Seeds black, shining. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 487 ; Kurz Fl. Burni. 

 I, 180. E. triphylla, Bedd. Flor. Sylvat ; Anal. Gen. xli. t. vi. f. 2. 

 E. Maramhong, Miquel Ann. Mus. Bot. iii. 244. Fagara triphylla, Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. i. 416 (? of Linn.). F. Lunur-anhenda, Geertn. Carp, i., 334, t. 

 68. f. 9. Xantlioxylon triphyllum, Wight Ic. t. 204 ; 111. i. 169 ; Grab. 

 Cat. Bomb. PI. 36 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Flor. 45. X. Boxburghianum, 

 Cham, in Linnsea v. 58. X. zeijlanicum, DC. Prodr. i., 728. X. nila- 

 giricum, Miquel Herb. Hohenack. 



In all the Pi-ovinces : common. Distrib. Malayan Archipelago, 

 British India. 



A widely distributed species very common in most parts of the 

 Malayan Peninsula, and varying a good deal in the size of the leaves 

 and in the degree of density of the cymes. In some cases the latter 

 are lax and open, but in the majority they are condensed. There is 

 some doubt as to what name this plant should bear. Sir Joseph Hooker 

 (F. B. I. 1. c.) has written an excellent note on its synonymy which 

 should be consulted. The species, except in the matter of size, differs 

 very little from E. triphylla. DC. 



3. EvoDiA GLABRA, Blumc Bijdr. 245. A tree 40 to 70 feet high : 

 young branches stout, compressed at the nodes, glabrous. Leaves 3- 

 foliolate ; the petioles 2 to 4 in. long, glabrous, terete, grooved in front 

 towards the apex : leaflets more or less coriaceous, shortly petiolulate, 

 obovate or obovate-elliptic, shortly and abi'uptly acuminate, rarely 

 obtuse, always tapering much to the base, upper surface shining, the 

 lower glabrous or pubei-ulous : main nerves 10 to 15 pairs, oblique or 

 sub-horizontal, prominent on the lower surface and often depressed on 

 the upper when dry ; length 4 to 10 in., breadth 2'25 to 5 in., petiolule 

 '2 to "4 in., the middle leaflet the largest and with the longest petiolule. 



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