Rhodoleia.] lii. hamamelide^. 691 



nerves and reticulations depressed above; nerves 6 to 8, strongly 

 elevate beneath, some secondary nerves prominent, 4 in. long, 

 2'5 in. wide; young leaves lanceolate acute, base acuminate, 

 4*5 in. long, 175 in. wide; petioles densely velvety eventually 

 glabrous, 1-5 in. long. Heads solitary; peduncle 1-5 in. long, 

 hairy red. Bracts rounded, inner ones very densely red hairy. 

 Petals linear spathulate, '5 in. long, "i in. across, blunt, rose pink. 

 Filaments slender, 75 in. long; anthers oblong. Capsule -5 in. 

 long, densely red-hairy. Hab. Mountains on open rocky spots. 

 Pahang, Gunong Tahan at 5000 ft. altitude (Robinson, Ridley). 



2. MAINGAYA, Oliver. 



Tree. Leaves ovate or oblong, acuminate, base rounded, 

 membranous to thinly coriaceous. Stipules small. Heads sub- 

 terminal peduncled of about 15 white flowers. Calyx-tube adherent 

 to ovary. Petals 5-linear, perigynous. Stamens 5 perigynous ; 

 filaments very short ; anthers horned. Staminodes 10, horned. 

 Ovary half inferior, 2-celled; styles 2, distinct. Ovule i in each 

 cell. Capsule woody, ovoid truncate. Species i. 



(i) M. malayana Oliver, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 517, /. 44; 

 Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 428 ; King, I.e. 307. 



Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall. Stem 18 to 24 in. through. Leaves 3*5 to 

 10 in. long, 1*25 to 375 in. wide. Peduncles '5 to 2 in. long. Head 

 75 in. through. Capsule tapering into a thick pedicel, 75 in. long, 

 apex truncate more than half enclosed in calyx-tube, usually 2 

 together. Hab. Mountains, 2000 to 3000 ft. altitude. Perak, 

 Gunong Bubu (Kunstler). Penang Hill, Sungei Penang and Moniot's 

 Roads (Curtis). 



3. BUCKLANDIA, Br. 



Tree about 80 ft. tall. Leaves alternate, cordate ovate acumin- 

 ate, petioled ; stipules large coriaceous oblong deciduous. Inflores- 

 cence of 3 to 5 peduncled heads at first enclosed in a pair of stipules. 

 Flowers adnate by calyces, about 8 in a head. Calyx-tube adnate 

 to ovary, 5-lobed. Petals in bisexual flower linear spathulate, 

 fleshy. Stamens 10 to 14 ; filaments long. In females, petals 

 rudimentary. Stamens o. Ovary half inferior, 2-celled ; styles 2, 

 separate ; ovules 6 in 2 rows in each cell. Capsule nearly superior, 

 woody, sub-globose. Seeds 6, upper wingless, sterile, lower winged 

 fertile. Species i, Himalaya, Burma, Java, Sumatra. 



(i) B. populnea Br. Wall. Cat. 7414; Griff. As. Res. xix. 95, 

 plates : Hook. fil. I.e. 429 ; King, I.e. 308. 



Leaves coriaceous often base rounded, apex acuminate; young 

 leaves tricuspidate ; nerves 5, prominent, radiating from base ; 

 3 to 8 in. long, 275 to 7 in. wide ; petioles i to 2*5 in. long. Stipules 

 2 in. long, 75 in. wide, apex round. Peduncles silky at first "5 in. 

 long. Heads "3 to '4 in. through in flower, '5 in. in fruit. Hab. 

 High mountain forests, but very rare in flower or fruit, at 5000 ft. 



