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calyx-scar, glabrous, '2 in. in diam. when dry. Seeds 2, plano-convex, 

 the plane surface with a large pit. 



Kedah : Curtis, 2545, 2546. Langkawi : Curtis^ 2805. Peeak ; 

 Wray, 8612. 



5. Webbra odorata Roxb,, Horfc. Beng. J5 : Fl. Ind. I, 699. A 

 short shrub 6 to 10 feet high ; young branches cinereous, sub-terete. 

 Leaves membranous oblong-elliptic (often narrowly so), shortly acumi- 

 nate, the base much narrowed ; both surfaces dull, glabrous, the lower 

 pubescent in var., deep olivaceous when dry : main-nerves 8 or 9 pairs, 

 faint, little curved, ascending or spreading, length 5 to 8 in. ; breadth 

 1"5 to 3 in,; petiole "4 to '8 in.; stipules triangular, acuminate, much 

 shorter than the petioles. Cymes large terminal, paniculate, trichoto- 

 mous, lax, 5 or 6 inches wide and equally long, spreading ; the peduncles 

 and branches long and slender, 4-angled, cinereous-pubescent : bracteoles 

 lineal', persistent. Flower-pedicels as long as or longer than the flowers, 

 pubescent. Calyx urceolate-carapanulate, about "1 in. long; the teeth 

 shorter than the tube, lanceolate. Corolla-tube slender, cjlindric, "25 in. 

 long, the lobes imbricate, clavate in bud, about the same length, nar- 

 rowly oblong, acute, sub-falcate, reflexed, their upper surfaces glabrous. 

 Ovary 2-celled, each cell with 2 ovules ; stigma exserted, clavate- 

 subulate. Fruit the size of a large pea, 2-celled, 2-seeded. Hook fil. Fl. 

 Br. Ind. Ill, 102. W. macrophylla, Roxb. I.e. 697. Pavettawebersefolia, 

 Br. in Wall. Cat. 6182 A, in part. P. cerhersefolia, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II, 

 279. Stylocoryne Wehera "Wall. Cat. 8401. S. penangensis, Miq. I.e. 207. 

 Cupia macrophylla DC. Prod. IV, 394. 



Penang: WalUch. Perak: King's Collector 3121, 3807, 4236; 

 Wray 1147. 

 Var. puhescens. King ; lower surfaces of leaves pubescent. 



Perak : at 3400 feet : Wray, 474. 



6. Webera grandifolia. Hook. fil. FL Br. Ind. III. 105. A shrub 

 or small tree : young panicles obtusely 4-angled, deciduously and 

 minutely rusty-pubescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic- 

 oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, shortly and often abruptly acuminate, 

 much narrowed at the base: both surfaces (when dry) brown, tinged 

 with olivaceous, the lower slightly the paler, quite glabrous ; main-nervea 

 8 to 12 (rarely as many as 16) pairs, thin but distinct on both surfaces, 

 spreading, curved: length 6 to 10 (rarely 12) in.; bieadth 2 to 4 in.; 

 petiole "4 to "75 in.; stipules broadly ovate, shortly acuminate, '2 to 'S 

 in. long. Cymes as in W. longifolia, but on shorter peduncles and with 

 fewer bracteoles. Calyx slightly more than '1 in. long, flask-shaped, the 

 limb with 5 short blunt teeth. Flmoers as in W. longifolia, but slightly 



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