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lateral, long ; albumen fleshy, cotyledons flat, radicle inferior. — Distrib. 

 About 7 species, 6 of which in South India and Ceylon. 



1. IsoNANDEA PERAKBNSis, King & Gamble, n. sp. A small tree 

 reaching 30 to 40 feet in height; ultimate branchlets, leaf-buds and 

 young leaves appressed greyish-brown-pubescent. Leaves coriaceous ; 

 obovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, cuneate sometimes un- 

 equally at the base ; the margins reflexed, glabrous and dull above, 

 thickly brown-pubescent beneath ; 2 to 3'5 in. long, 1 to 1"5 in. 

 broad ; midrib prominent ; main-nerves 8 to 10 pairs at about 60° 

 with the midrib, reticulations very inconspicuous ; petiole "2 to "3 in. 

 long, rather stout. Floiuers fasciculate, on very short, -1 in. long, thick, 

 angular pedicels in the axils of upper leaves ; buds '15 in. long, obtuse, 

 brown-appressed-pubescent. Calyx of 4 lobes, an outer pair and an 

 inner pair, the outer valvate, the inner shining within, minutely ciliate ; 

 lobes -15 in. long. Corolla 4-lobed ; lobes rounded, about equal to the 

 tube, together about equal to the calyx. Stamens 8, filaments thickened ; 

 anthers lanceolate, sagittate at base, extrorse. Ovary slightly hairy, 

 conical, surmounted by a short linear style as long as the calyx ; cells 4. 

 Berry oblong, acute, smooth, '4 to -5 in. long. Seeds ellipsoid, acute 

 at apex, scarcely flattened, -35 by -15 in. ; hilum large, oblong; testa 

 dark brown, hard, smooth, shining; albumen fleshy; embryo large, 

 cotyledons oblong. 



Perak : at 1,000 to 1,500 feet elevation, King's Collector 7138. 



Doubtful Species. 



2. Isonandea rufa. King & Gamble, n. sp. A small tree, 

 reaching 20 to 30 feet in height and 4 to 6 in. in diam. ; younger 

 branchlets and innovations densely ferruginous pubescent. Leaves 

 membranous ; obovate, long acuminate sometimes abruptly at apex, 

 cuneate and finally more or less rounded at base ; sparsely pubescent 

 above when young, nearly glabrous when old; roughly pubescent 

 beneath, especially on the nerves ; 5 to 7 in. long, 1-5 to 2*5 in. broad ; 

 midrib prominent ; main-nerves 8 to 10 pairs, irregularly distanced, at 

 first at an angle of about 45° with the midrib, then arching upwards ; 

 secondary nerves and reticulations prominent ; petiole '3 in. long, 

 slender, rusty-pubescent, channelled above ; stipules very short, 

 subulate, rusty-pubescent, very caducous. Floivers solitary or in 

 pairs in the axils of the upper leaves or on the upper branchlets, 

 very small ; pedicels slender, "25 in. long, recurved. Calyx-lobes 4, 

 densely ferruginous-pubescent ; 2 outer valvate, ovate, "2 in. long ; 

 2 inner imbricate, ovate, somewhat scarious and ciliate on the margins. 

 Corolla tubular-campanulate ; '2 to '25 in. long ; tube slender, minutely 



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