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Leaves membranous, with many fulvous 



bristles on the edges midribs and nerves 3. C. Griffithii. 

 Leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic 



Midribs of leaves strigose beneath ; cymes 



•5 in. in diam. ; ripe drapes '65 in. broad 4. C. Helferiana. 

 Midribs of leaves quite glabrous ; cymes 

 ■3 in. in diam. ; ripe drupes 125 in. in 

 diam. ,,. ,,. ... 5. (7. Laurocerasiis. 



Leaves elliptic but more or less ob-lanceo- 



1 ate or obovate, glabrous ... ... 6. G. audamanica. 



Leaves elliptic-obovate, retuse, minutely tomen- 



tose on the lower surface ... ... 7. G. dejlfxifolia 



var. tomentosa. 



1. Chailletia tenuifolia, King, n. sp. A shrub, 6 feet high; 

 young branches, angular, puberulous. Leaves thinly membranous, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, tapering to either end, the apex shortly acuminate : 

 both surfaces glabrous and reticulate ; main nerves 5 to 8 pairs, ascend- 

 ing, curving and interarching boldly, depressed on the upper, promi- 

 nent on the lower surface; length 6 to 8 in., breadth 225 to 275 in. ; 

 petiole '15 in., strigose. Gymes small, globular, '25 to '4 in. in diam., 

 axillary, solitary ; their pedicels '15 in., strigose. Flowers sub-globular, 

 •05 in. in diam. Sepals erect, elliptic, obtuse, minutely sericeous out- 

 side, glabrous inside. Petals shorter but broader than the sepals, 

 glabrous, slightly bifid at the apex, the lobes sub-acute. Stamens 

 shorter than the petals, the filaments slightly sericeous, shorter than the 

 oblong innate anthers, connective slightly sericeous. Ovary ovoid, 

 densely sericeous-lanate ; style short. Ripe fruit deeply 3-lobed '6 in. 

 long and '75 in. broad. 



Perak : King's Collector, No. 3498. 



This species shows no tendency to become scandent. 



2. Chailletia Hookeei, King, n. sp. A climber ; young branches 

 terete, puberulous at first, afterwards glabrous. Leaves coriaceous 

 oblong-lanceolate and acuminate (rarely oblong and obtuse or sub-acute), 

 the base narrowed, reticulate and shining on both surfaces, glabrous 

 except a few strigose hairs on the midrib near the base; main nerves 

 8 to 10 pairs, curving and interarching far from the edge; length 4-5 

 to 6'5 in., breadth 1'5 to 2 in. ; petiole 25 in., strigose. Gymes axil- 

 lary, usually in pairs, pedunculate, tomentose, dichotomous, spreading, 

 1 to 2 in. in diam., the peduncles "5 to "75 in. long. Flowers about '1 

 in. long. Sepals oblong, blunt, erect, concave, sericeous-tomentose 

 outside, glabrous inside. Petals glabrous, shorter but broader than the 

 sepals, deeply divided into two concave irregularly obovate overlapping 



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