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The short rusty- tonientose panicles, and almost glabrous flovvei's on 

 slender pedicels distinguish this from 8. faaciculata, to which it is 

 closely allied. The leaves also give diagnostic marks, those of this 

 species having more nerves and being pubescent beneath. 



J 2. SANTitiiA CONFERTA, A. W. Benn. in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Tnd. I, 

 637. A tree : young shoots rather stont ('35 in. in diam.), rusty-puber- 

 ulous, afterwards glabrous and striate. Leaves 12 to 18 in. long, 

 stipules (if any) deciduous, the rachis vufous-puberulous when young. 

 Leaflets coriaceous, 9 to 13, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, gradually tapering 

 to the acuminate apex, the base rounded : upper surface glabrous, 

 shining, minutely reticulate, olivaceous when dry ; the lower brown 

 when dry, minutely rusty-puberulous when young ; main nerves about 

 10 pairs, spreading, curving, slightly prominent on the lower surface : 

 length 3'5 to 6 in., breadth 1"6 to 2 in., petiolules "6 to '7 in. Panicles 

 3 to 4 in. long, several from an axil and much shorter than the leaves, 

 rufous-pubescent, densely crowded, bi-acteoles minute ; pedicels slightly 

 shorter than the flowers. Flowers "1 to 'IS in. long. Calyx cupular, 

 with 3 shallow broad teeth, rusty-tomentose outside. Petals imbricate, 

 I'otund, concave, puberulous. Stamens 6, inflexed, the anthers ovate, 

 about as long as the flat filaments which are inserted on the edge of the 

 fleshy ring-like disc : rudinieutary ovary small, glabrous, ovoid. Female 

 flowers not seen. Bipe drupes obliquely ovoid, dark-coloured, glabrous, 

 rather less than '5 in, long, the scar of the stigma near the base, pericarp 

 stoutly coriaceous. Engler in De Candolle Monogr. Phanerog. IV, 160. 



Malacca : Maingay (Kew Distrib.) N"o. 306, Griffith N'o. 1150. 



This is readily distinguished by its crowded condensed rufous- 

 tomentose panicles and small glabrous fruit. 



13. Santikia multiplora, a. W. Benn. in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. lud. 

 I, 538. A tree, 60 to 100 feet high : young bianches rather stout 

 (•35 to '5 in. in diam.), densely and minutely rusty-tomentose like the 

 rachises and under surfaces of the leaves and the inflorescence. Leaves 9 

 to 15 in, long ; the rachises terete in the upper part, but channelled near 

 the base. Leaflets 5 to 7, coriaceous, oblong or elliptic-oblong, tapei'ino- 

 slightly to the shortly acuminate apex ; the base cuneate or obliquely 

 rounded ; upper surface glabrescent except the tomentose midrib and 

 16 to 20 pairs of sub-horizontal main nerves which are bold and pro- 

 minent on the lower surface ; length 4-6 to 10 in., breadth 2 to 3 in., 

 petiolules "4 to -6 in. Panicles axillai-y or terminal, solitary, shorter 

 than the leaves, ebracteolate, (? bracteoles caducous) spreading. Flowers 

 crowded at the extremities, I in. long, slightly longer than their tomen- 

 tose pedicels. Calyx a shallow cup, the mouth almost entire or with 3 

 shallow wavy teeth, tomentose outside. Petals much longer than the 

 calyx, slightly imbricate, thick, broadly ovate, obtuse, with short 

 slightly inflexed apical appendix, glabrous. Stamens 6, the ovate anthers 



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