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oblong, long-acuminate at apex, cuneate at base ; both surfaces glabrous ; margins 

 recurved; 4 to 7 in. long, ITS to 2-75 in. broad; midrib strong, impressed above, 

 raised beneath ; main-nerves 4 pairs, the lowest pair near the margin at an angle of 

 about 30° with the midrib, the remaining pairs at about 50°, curving upwards to meet 

 in an intramarginal looped nerve, which is also met by secondary nerves above the 

 fourth pair ; reticulations irregular, not prominent ; petiole -5 to -75 in. long, twisted 

 in the middle. Inflorescence of axillary, long-peduncled, trichotomous, pubescent, 

 corymbose cymes, about 1 in. broad at top, usually 1 pair from each node ; peduncle 

 terete, 2 to 3 in. long, sometimes branched, minutely pubescent; branches very short, 

 •2 in. long; pedicels clavate, -1 to '15 in. long; bracts and bracteoles linear-subulate, 

 •25 in. long, one pair of bracteoles to each terminal fascicle of 3 flowers ; flowers 

 white, buds clavate, 1 in. long. Calyx-tube campanulate, -15 in. long; lobes 6, 

 linear-oblong, applicately infolded at the middle inwards, -15 to -2 in. long, pubescent. 

 Corolla-tube cylindrical, 1 in. long ; lobes 6, spreading, oblong, rounded at top, -4 to 

 •5 in. long, prominently 3-5-nerved. Stamens 2, inserted at about the middle of the 

 tube within ; filaments short, decurrent within the tube ; anthers linear-oblong, -2 in. 

 long. Ovary cylindric, truncate and depressed at top, 2-celled ; style very slender; 

 stigma clavate. Fruit not known. 



BoKNEO : near Kuching in Sarawak, Haviland & Hose 3489. 



2. OsMANTHus, Lour. 



Trees or shrubs, glabrous. Leaves opposite, evergreen, entire or 

 dentate. Flowers small, axillary or terminal, fascicled or in very short 

 racemes, hermaphrodite or polygamous. Calyx short, 4-toothed or 

 -lobed. Corolla-tube short or long ; lobes 4, broad, obtuse, imbricate. 

 Staviens 2, more rarely 4, inserted on the corolla-tube ; anthers ovate, 

 sub-extrorsely dehiscent. Ovary 2-celled, ovules 2 in each cell, pendu- 

 lous from its apex ; style short or cylindric, 2-lobed or sub-entire. 

 Drupe ovoid or globose ; exocarp fleshy, endocarp bony or crustaceous. 

 Seeds usually solitary, pendulous ; testa thin ; albumen fleshy ; coty- 

 ledons flat ; radicle short, superior. — Disteib. N.W. Himalaya and 

 eastwards to China and Japan, also in Western North America; about 

 8 to 10 species. 



OsMANTHUS ScoRTECHiNii, King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree, reaching 

 40 to 50 feet in height, and 10 to 15 in. in diam. of stem ; branchlets 

 terete v^^ith pale grey, somewhat corky, bark. Leaves coriaceous; 

 lanceolate, shortly acuminate at apex, cuneate at base ; both surfaces 

 glabrous; margins entire, recurved ; 2 to 4 in. long, -75 to 1"25 in. broad ; 

 midrib thick, impressed above, raised beneath ; main-nerves very obscure, 

 about 5 to 6 pairs ; petiole broad, -3 to "6 in. long, channelled above and 

 bordered by the decurrent margins of the blade. Flowers in very short, 

 close, axillary racemes, reaching -5 in. long in fruit, supported by a pair 

 of ovate, acute, coriaceous bracts ; pedicels slender, -05 in. long. Calyx 

 membranous, -06 in. long; lobes 4, slightly serrate. Corolla campanu- 

 late, tube -05 in, long; lobes -1 in. long, oblong, obtuse, margins incurved. 



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