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elliptic, rather suddenly and sharply acuminate, the base moi'e or less 

 cuneate; lower snx'face pale brown when dry, the upper olivaceous ; 

 main nerves about 6 paii^s, curved, ascending, faint ; leno^fch 4*5 to 5 

 in., breadth 1-85 to 2-5 in., petiole '3 in. Cymes axillary, condensed, 

 sessile, not much longer than the petioles, G-to 8-flowered. Flowers '25 

 in. in diam., sessile. Sepals 4 or 5, narrowly reniform, with dark coaise 

 teeth. Petals 4 or 5, larger than the sepals, sub-rotund, fleshy, with 

 sub-entire membranous edges. Stamens 4 or 5, slightly shorter than 

 the ovary, much shorter than the petals; anther-cells divaricate at 

 the base ; the filaments flattened, broad and united into a tube in their 

 lower half. Ovary 2-celled, produced into the long cylindro-conic 

 glabrous style ; stigma capitate, faintly 2-Iobed. Fruit glabrous, ovoid, 

 tapering to apex and base, the style and calyx persistent, length -6 to 

 *7 in., its peduncle "2 in. 



Malacca: Maingay (Kew Distrib.), No. 945/2. Penan g : Curtis 

 Nos. 345, 968. Perak: King's Collector, Nos. 1333, 1582, 4193. 



2. MiCROTROPis DISCOLOR, Wall. Cat. 4337. An erect shrub or 

 small ti-ee ; young branches thin, terete, smooth, dark-coloured when 

 dry. Leaves tliinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, much acuminate, 

 entire, the base acute ; both surfaces dull when dry, the lower pale : 

 main nerves 4 or 5 pairs, curved, ascending, faint ; length 3*5 to 4* 5 in., 

 breadth 1 to 1'75 in., petiole "25 to '3 in. Cymes '5 to '75 in. lon>^ or 

 less, slightly extra-axillary, spreading, divaricate, 8- to 10-flowered, 

 bracteolate. Floivers 'I in. in length, subsessile. Sepals narrowly reni- 

 form, unequal, the edges minutely ciliolate. Petals much larger than 

 the sepals, broadly oblong-ovate, rather concave, with a slight central 

 ridge, glabrous. Anthers 5, ovoid, with short filaments inserted on a 

 tliin hypogynous disc. Ovary longer tlian the stamens, 2-celled, tapering 

 into the thick conical style : stigma truncate, 2-lobed. Fruit sub- 

 globular, glabrous, "3 in. long. Kurz For. Flora Burma, I, 251 ; Lawson 

 in Hook. fil.Pl. Br. Ind., I, 614; Arn. in Ann. Nat. Hist,, iii, 152. Cassiue 

 discolor, Wall, in Koxb. FI. Ind., ed. Carey, ii. 378. Gelastrinea ? Wall, 

 Cat. 9014. Euonyinus garcinifolius, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 628. 



Penang, in damp ravines on West Hill, elevat. 2,000 feet, Curtis 

 No. 1727; also on Government Hill. — Distrib. Sub-tropical Himalaya, 

 Khasia Hills, Burma. 



A species very common along the base of the Himalaya and the 

 Khasia Hills and in Burma ; but found in these provinces only in 

 Penang. Mr. Curtis's specimens differ from those from British India 

 in having rather smaller flowers and fruit, and much shorter filaments ; 

 otherAvise they agree perfectly. 



3. MiCROTROPis 13IVALVIS, Wall. Cat. 4340. A bush or small tree ; 



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