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XVI. HYPERICACE^. 



[Cratoxylon. 



A very beautiful tree. It sheds its leaves before flowering, and as the 

 new leaves appear the flowers are produced. The young leaves are at first 

 lanceolate and deep red, then gradually in a few days become green and 

 oblong. 



(5) C. Maingayi Dyer, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 258; King, I.e. 

 145; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 138, pi. 165. 



Tree about 40 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate 

 (young) acute, narrowed to base, 2 in. long, -5 in. wide; adult 



Fig. 16. — Cratoxylon formosum. 



elliptic sub-obtuse, 5 in. long, 2'i in. wide; nerves numerous, 

 slender; petioles '2$ in. long. Cymes axillary appearing after 

 fall of the leaf. Flowers 3 or 4 in a cyme white ; pedicels "i in. long. 

 Sepals oblong. Petals 36 in. long elliptic clawed, basal scale 

 lanceolate acute. Capsule "3 in. long; valves "i in. across. Seeds 

 •25 in. long; wing unilateral oblong rounded. Hah. Hill forests, 

 local. Penang, common all over Government Hill, and very 

 conspicuous in flower. Flowers in March. Native name : D'rum. 



This tree sheds its leaves as does C. formosum, and as the young leaves 

 appear so do the flowers. The flowers and fruit are much smaller than in 

 C. formosum and the flowers white. 



