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LII. HAMAMELIDEiE. 



[Rhodoleia. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate ; capsules glabrous 

 Leaves ovate, red, scurfy beneath; fruit red scurfy 



(i) R. Teysmanni 

 (2) R. ovalifolia 



(i) R. Teysmanni Me^. in. Versl. en Meded. K.Akad. v. Wetensch. 

 vi. 124 ; King, I.e. 309. 



Tree or big shrub, glabrous. Leaves oblanceolate or oblong, 

 blunt narrowed at the base, coriaceous, glabrous ; nerves very 

 fine and inconspicuous, 6 to 10 pairs, beneath glaucous, 3 to 4*5 in. 

 long, 175 to 2 in. across; petioles i to i"25 in. long. Heads 

 solitary about i in. long, ovoid on curved peduncles, "25 in. long. 



Fig. 61. — Rhodoleia ovalifolia. 



Bracts broad, round, outer glabrous, inner red-hairy. Petals 

 bright rose pink, oblong-lanceolate clawed, tip rounded. Stamens 

 as long. Capsule glabrous, '4 in. long, dehiscing widely for more 

 than half their length. Hah. Mountains, Malacca, Mt. Ophir. 

 Selangor, Klang Gates. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Senaling (Hudson). 

 Pahang, Telom. Perak, Batang Padang (Wray). Kedah Peak, 

 3000 ft. altitude (Robinson). Distrib. Sumatra. 



(2) R. ovalifolia Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 33. 



A big shrub with stout branches about 10 ft. tall. Young 

 parts densely red-pubescent. Leaves adult very stiff coriaceous 

 above glabrous, beneath at first red-scurfy eventually glabrous 

 and white or glaucous, ovate acute, base rounded, sub-cordate; 



