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shrub ; young branches puberulous, speedily becoming glabrous. Leaves 

 sub-opposite, 1-foliolate ; leaflet thinly coriaceous, oblong, elliptic or 

 sub-obovate, obtusely acuminate or obtuse, the base much narrowed ; 

 both surfaces glabrous, sliining, reticulate : main nerves little more 

 prominent than the secondary, 14 to 18 pairs, forming a double series 

 of loops within the edge ; length 2 to 6 in., breadth 11 to 24 in., 

 petiole '5 to '75 in. Cymes axillary, slender, long-peduncled, corymbose, 

 the branches opposite, bracts and bracteoles minute. Flowers linear in 

 bud, when open '35 to '75 in. in diam., pale yellow. Sepals small, semi- 

 orbicular, short. Petals linear-oblong, obtuse, widening at the base, 

 revolute, more or less villous on the inner surface. Filaments villous 

 below. Ovnry villous, style short, stigma capitate. Drupe sub-globular 

 to ovoid, with an angular apiculus, sometimes narrowed at the base 

 and occasionally lobed, 4-angled when dry, from "25 to "4 in. long, 3- or 

 4-celled. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 498; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 668 ; 

 Kurz For. Flora Burmah, I, 184. A pedunculata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 Suppl. 532 : Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. Ill, 245 ; Thwaites Enum. PI. Cevl. 

 409. Cyminosma pedunculata DC. Prod. I., 722 : Thwaites Enum. PI. 

 Ceyl. 69: Wall. Cat. 1-205. W. & A. Prod. 147; Wight 111. I, 165, t. 

 65 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Fl. Bombay, Suppl. 17. C. Ankeuda, Gaertn. Fruct. 

 I, 280, t. 58. Glausena simplicifolio , Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. Ill 180. 

 JaviboUfera pedunculata, Vahl Symb. Ill, 52, fig. 61. Gela lanceolata, 

 Lour. Fl. Coch. I, 282. SeJas lanceolatum, Spreng. Syst. II, 216. 

 Ximenia ? lanceolata, DC. Prod. I, 533. "Wall Cat. indeterm. 9028. 



In the Andaman and Nicobar Ltslands. Distrib. British India 

 and Ceylon, Malayan Archipelago, Cochin China. 



A widely distributed and variable species, of which Sir Joseph 

 Hooker (Fl. Br. Ind. I, 498) recognises six varieties. Of these, 

 however, only two occur in the Malayan Peninsula, the only very 

 well marked foi-m being (6) with flowers 1 in. in diam. and subglobose, 

 fruit nearly 7 in. in diam. ; and (5) with small fruit lobed at the apex. 



2. AcRONTCHiA PoRTEBi, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 498. A tree 

 15 to 30 (or even 50) feet high : young branches glabrous, pale. Leaves 

 opposite or alternate, 1-foliolate; leaflet coriaceous, oblong, slightly 

 obovate, usually acute or shortly acuminate, sometimes obtuse, the base 

 much narrowed : both surfaces glabrous dull and opaque : main nerves 

 8 to 10 pairs, straight, oblique, slightly prominent beneath when dry ; 

 length 3 to 8 in., breadth 1*25 to 3 in., petiole '5 to -75 in. Racemes 

 often several from one axil, sometimes as long as, but u.sually shorter 

 than the leaves, slender, puberulous towards the apex, minutely bracteo- 

 late. Blowers "15 in. in diam., much shorter than their pedicels, in 

 pairs or sub-vertieellate, globose in bud. jS'ej'aZs triangular, acute. 



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