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the leaves or above the scars of fallen leaves on year-old w^ood below the 

 leaves and shoots of the year ; pedicels "1 to -2 in. long, covered like 

 the obtuse buds vyith rusty tomentum. Calyx-lobes round, -025 to 

 •075 in. in diam., v^ith scarious margins, closely imbricate, rusty- 

 pubescent outside. Corolla campanulate, •! in. long ; tube short ; lobes 

 5, imbricate, rounded, crenulate, sparingly pubescent near the base 

 within, in ? flowers wanting or deciduous. Stamens very short, 

 attached to the corolla-tube above the base ; filaments linear ; anthers 

 rounded, opening by marginal slits ; staminodes subulate or somewhat 

 hastate, acuminate. Ovary depressed, obscurely 5-lobed, pubescent ; 

 stigma short, cylindric, with 5 minute punctiform styles. Berry ovoid, 

 shining "35 by -3 in., 1-2-seeded. Seeds ovoid, -25 by '15 in. ; testa 

 shining, dark brown, thick ; hilum large, oblong ; albumen thick ; 

 ■cotyledons flat. A. DC. Prod. VIII. 178 ; Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Br. Ind. III. 537. S. attemiatum, A. DC. I.e. ; Wight Ic. t. 1590 ; 

 Kurz For. Fl. II. 117, and in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. ii. (1877) 

 229. Mimusops ? attenuata, Wall. Cat. 4150. 



Kedah : Langkawi, Curtis. Penang : Curtis 273, 703, 704. 

 Perak : Scortechini 1463 ; King's Collector 1224. Malacca : Maingay 

 (K.D.) 982; Griffith (K.D.) 3604; Goodenough 1735. Singapore: 

 Wallich 4150; Lobb 319; Bidley 5643, 5908. A sea-shore tree, 

 found also by Eidley on Tiuman Island and at Kwala Pahang (Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. Ser. 2. III. 317). — Distrib. Burma, Andaman Islands, 

 Nicobar Islands, Malay Archipelago to the Philippines and S. China. 



5. SiDBROXYLON FiRMUM, Pierre ; Burck in Ann. Jard. Buit. V. 17, tab. 

 III. (1885). A small tree ; branchlets thick, striate, brown ; innovations 

 ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves coriaceous ; oblong-lanceolate, shortly 

 acuminate at apex, narrowly acute at base ; glabrous above, rusty- 

 pubescent on the nerves beneath and on young leaves; margins recurved ; 

 4 to 5 in. long, 1 to 1*5 in. broad ; midrib strong, prominent, impressed 

 .above; main-nerves 12 to 16 pairs, very prominent, about "2 to "3 in. apart, 

 starting at an angle of about 40° with the midrib, parallel, curved near 

 and along the margin ; reticulations transverse, very regular and 

 prominent ; petiole 1 to 1'5 in. long, channelled above and bordered 

 by the decurrent margins of the blade, rusty-pubescent. Floivers 

 fascicled, 4 to 6 together in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels variable, 

 •3 to '6 in. long, rusty-pubescent, slender in flower, thickened in fruit. 

 Calyx-lohes 5, rounded, imbricate, '15 in. long, densely rusty-pubescent, 

 3 outer thick, 2 inner more or less scarious on the margins. Corolla 

 campanulate, -15 in. long, 5-lobed, glabrous within, slightly hairy 

 without ; tube rather short ; lobes oblong, rounded. Stamens inserted 

 on the top of the tube ; filaments glabrous ; anthers ovate-apiculate ; 



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