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4. HiPPOCTBATEA Akdatmanica, h. sp. King. A <Aimher; jmmg 

 ixranches slender, glabrous, pal«-ljrown wlien dry. Leaves thinly coria- 

 ceous, oblong to elliptic, sub-acute or eliortly and obtusely cuspidate, 

 entire, the base cuneate ; both surfaces glabrous ; main nerves 5 to 7 

 pairs, ascending, curved, slightly prominent beneatlj; length 4 to 5'5 iiu, 

 breadth I'S to 2'75 in., petiole '4 to '6 in. Panicles ofiteu sevei-al 

 together, axillary or terminal, as long as or slightly longer than th« 

 leaves, many-flowered, much-branched. Flowers '15 in. in diam,, oa 

 pedicels longer tiian themselv^es, buds globular. Galyx of 5 broad 

 rotund spreading sepals, united at the base and irregiilajly dentate onihe 

 edges. Petals 5, larger than the sepals, broadly oblong-obovate, obtuse, 

 ^abrous, spreading. Disc broad, fleshy, hollowed out to accommodfite 

 the small 3-partite ovary. JStumens 3, inserted on the inverted <edge 

 of tliedisc; filaments short, broad, Teourved; anthers bi-oad, 1 -celled by 

 abortion, dehiscing transversely. &ty le short, stigma suh-cupititie. Frait 

 Tinknown. 



South Andaman Island ; King's Collectors. 



5. HippocrateaNicobxrica, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Bung, for 

 1'875, pt. 2. p. 203. Scandent ; young branches slender, dark-coloured, 

 with sparse minute pale warts. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, shortly and 

 obtusely cuspidate, remotely and rather minutely serrate, the base 

 rounded ; both surfaces glabrous, the upper shining, the lower dull and 

 pal«r ; main nerves 7 to 10 pairs, spreadiner, faint ; lengfcli 4*26 to 65 

 im, breadth 225 to 3 25 in., petiole '35 in. Panicles dichotomously 

 oymose, axillary, shorfer than the leaves, about 2 in. in diam., minutely 

 bracteolate, many-fl<i)wered. Flowers nearly '15 in. in diam. Galyx 

 cupular, glabrous; the lobes short, broad, blunt. Pe^a/s larger than the 

 calyx, orbicular, glabrous. Disc convex, its edge up-turned, glabrous, 

 obscurely 5-angled, almost concealiag the ovary. Anthers small, sub- 

 Bessile. Fruit unknown. 



Nicobar Islands ; Kurz. 



6. HiPPOCRATEA iNDiCA, Willd. Sp. PI. I. J 93. A small glabrous 

 ehrab or tree usually with dimbing branches ; young branches slender, 

 dark-coloured. Leaver thinly coriaceous, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, 

 sub-acute or bluntly cuspidate, the edges finely serrate ; the base 

 more or less nairowed, rarely rounded ; main nerves about 5 pairs, 

 inconspicuous ; length 2 5 to 3*5 in., breadth 14 to 1*8 in., petiole "3 in. 

 Panicles utibellately cymoee, much-branched, peduncled, spreading, 

 axillaiy or terminal, usually shorter than the leaves but sometimes much 

 longer, 1 to 3 in. in diam. Flowers -05 in. in diam. Galyio-hhes broadly- 

 triangular, the edges hairy. Petals longer than the calyx, sub-eroot, 

 oblong, obtuso, coBoave. Anthers small, sitb^iM-bicular. Qvai-y broadly 



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