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4. Lepisanthes Scorteghinii, King ti. sp. A tree? Leaves 2 to 

 3 feet long, abruptly pinnate : leaflets usually B, sub-opposite, elliptic- 

 oblong, the apex shortly acuminate, the base slightly cuneate ; both 

 surfaces glabrous except the midrib and nerves on the lower ; main 

 nerves 12 to 14 pairs, spreading, bold beneath and puberulous ; length 

 12 to 18 in., breadth 5 to 7 in.; ■pdiohiles 'lb to 1 in. long, stout. 

 Panicles narrow, raceme-like, axillary, only 2 in. long, pubescent; bracts 

 and bracteoles nan-ow, -25 in. long ; fedicels hairy, '25 in. long : Jlower- 

 hnds sub-compressed, "3 in. in diant. Sepals 5, concave, widely imbri- 

 cate. Petals 5, each with a reeurved scale at its base. Disc glabrous. 

 Stamens 8, the filaments hairy, the anthers oblong. Rudimentary ovary 

 (in male flower) hairy. Fruit sharply 3-angled, with thi-ee deep vertical 

 grooves, densely bat minutely rnsty-tomentose, I in. long and about as 

 broad. 



Perak : Scortechini, No. 2090. 



Fr. Scortechini's specimens are in fruit only. The above descrip- 

 tion of the flower has been compiled from his field notes on his speci- 

 mens. The species is notable for its lai'ge leaflets. 



5. Lepisanthes longifolia, Radlkofer iiber die Snpindaceen Hol- 

 landisch-Indiens, p. 35. A shrub 8 to 20 feet high : young parts and 

 inflorescence minutely rusty-tomentose. Leaves 2 to 2*5 feet long ; 

 ?eot/Ze^sahoiit 6, opposite or sub-opposite, narrowly oblong, shortly acumi- 

 nate or acute, the base narrowed, glabrous on both surfaces ; main 

 nerves 14 to 18 pairs, spreading ; length 12 to 15 in., breadth 2 to 4 in. ; 

 petiolules '4 to '8 in., puberulous like the rachis. Racemes solitary or 

 crowded, sometimes branched, axillary or supra-axillary, 2 to 3 in. lono-. 

 Floioers '5 in. long, tomentose ; Iracteoles subulate, about "15 in. lono-. 

 Petals 5, obovate-oblong ; the hasal scale single, short, hairy, flat, entire 

 or bifid. Fruit depressed-globular, trigonous and with 3 broad vertical 

 furrows, softly echinateand densely rusty-tomentose, length 1 in., breadth 

 about '8 in. Hemigyrosa longifolia, Hiern in Hook. til. Fl. Br. Ind. 

 I, 671. 



Malacca: Griffith, Maingay, No. 446. Pei-ak : King's Collector, 

 Nos. 5539, 8465, 10220. 



An uncommon ti'ee of which only a few specimens exist in collec- 

 tions. 



7. Otophora, Blume. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, pinnate, stipulate ; leaflets en- 

 tire. 7«j^0rescenc6 "axillary and tei'minal. Flowers regVL]a.r, polygamous. 

 Sepals 4- or b, concave, widely imbricated. Petals 5, rarely 4, smaller 

 than the sepals, somewhat squamate by inflexion of the subanriculate 



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