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I "5 in. long, ublanceolate-spathulate, clawed, pubescent on both 

 sides. Stamens in 5 phalanges united at base only, each dividing 

 into 5 or 6 processes bearing 8 reniform anthers. Ovary scaly. 

 Hab. Upper Perak (Wray). Selangor, Bukit Hitam (Kelsall). 

 Kedah at Yan (Ridle}/). Perhaps only a form of D. pinangianus. 



9. BOSCHIA, Korth. 



Trees. Leaves entire scaly beneath. Flowers small, axillary. 

 Calyx deeply 4- to 5-cleft. Petals linear-ligulate. Stamens many, 

 some free, some coherent, outer ones abortive ; anthers globose 

 opening by a terminal pore. Ovary 3- to 5-celled; ovules i or 

 more in each cell. Fruit 3- to 5-valved, muricate. Seeds few 

 ovoid, arils half covering them. Species 4 or 5, Malayan. 



B. Griffithii Masters, in Hook. fd. F.B.I, i. 352 ; Journ. Linn. 

 Sac. xiv. pi. XV. figs. 29 to 39; King, I.e. 55. 



A slender tree 30 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves oblong or elliptic, 

 shortly abruptly acuminate, base round; nerves 8 to 11 pairs, 

 beneath grey 5 to 6 in. long, i"5 to 2'25 in. wide; petioles '4 to 

 "6 in. long. Flowers 75 in. across, solitary or in 2- to 3-flowered 

 cymes axillary, yellowish white. Bracts 2, ovate scaly blunt. 

 Sepals 4, ovate pubescent, scaly outside. Petals 4 to 8, twice as 

 long, linear or spathulate. Ovary ovoid scaly. Capsule oblong 

 fusiform, scarlet, covered with short spines 175 in. long. Seeds 

 3 to 6, black, -5 in. to i in. long, aril half-way. Hah. Forests 

 whole peninsula, from Singapore to Kedah. Common. Distrih. 

 Sumatra. Native names : Durian-Durian, hence Dendurian and 

 Daun Durian ; Durian Hadji ; Dada Ruan. 



10. NEESIA, Bl. 



Trees. Leaves entire, not scaly; stipules leafy; cymes from 

 the axils of fallen leaves scaly. Bracteoles 3, connate into a cup, 

 covered with scales. Calyx ventricose conical above, opening 

 by a circular orifice at the top, finally dilating and cushion-shaped. 

 Petals 5, free, imbricate. Stamens numerous ; filaments more or 

 less united ; anthers 2-celled. Ovary oblong, 5-celled. Style 

 short ; ovules numerous, biseriate. Fruit large, ovoid woody, 

 muricate, dehiscing part way loculicidally. Seed small ; aril small 

 waxy. Species 7, Malayan. 



(i) N. SYndiadra. Masters, in Hook. fd. F.B.I, i. 352 ; King, I.e. 56. 



A tall straight tree 60 to 70 ft. or more tah. Branches stout. 

 Leaves at the ends of branches, coriaceous, oblong-elliptic to 

 obovate-elliptic, tip rounded emarginate, base sub-cordate, above 

 glabrous, beneath pubescent ; nerves 13 to 22 pairs, elevated 

 beneath, 7 to 16 in. long, 3-5 to 8 in. wide; petioles i"5 to 3 in. 

 long. Cymes 1-5 long, 8- to 12-fiowered on the main branches 



