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slender; leaf-buds linear-lanceolate. Leaves coriaceous; elliptic-oblong, 

 rounded or shortly obtusely acuminate at apex, cuneate at base ; glabrous 

 on both surfaces, but with prominent raised glandular papillae ; 4 to 

 9 in. long, 2 to 4 in. broad ; midrib stout, slightly impressed above, pro- 

 minently raised beneath ; main-nerves 11 to 13 pairs, fairly prominent 

 and regular, curving upwards to and along the margin near which they 

 anastomose ; secondary nerves and reticulations obscure ; petiole •? to 

 1-3 in. long, thickened at base. Floioers pale yellow or white, in com- 

 pound axillary panicles, 4 to 6 in. long ; main branches 1 to 2 in. long; 

 rachis slender, glabrous, somewhat angular ; bracts leafy, ovate or 

 spathulate, "5 to 1 in. or sometimes longer; bracteoles ovate-acute, very 

 small ; pedicels slender, -05 to 1*5 in. long, much thickened and pale 

 in fruit even when quite young. Calyx-tube short ; teeth 4, ovate-acute, 

 •05 in. long. Corolla-lobes in two pairs, oblong, -1 to -15 in. long, 

 slightly hairy within. Stamens "05 in. long ; filaments short, broad, 

 -anthers elliptic, emarginate, with a gland on the front of the connective. 

 Drupe ellipsoid, -75 in. long, -3 to -4 in. broad, blueish-black when ripe ; 

 exocarp fleshy, endocarp thin, crustaceous. Seed 1, testa pergamaceous ; 

 albumen none ; cotyledons fleshy, '55 in. long ; radicle very small, 

 superior. Olea (?) paiiciflora. Wall. Cat. 2812 ; A.DC. Prod. VIII. 288. 

 ChionantJms palembanica, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 558 ; Kurz For. 

 Fl. II. 159, and Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. ii. 243. 



Kedah : Curtis. Penang : Wallich 2812a, b ; G. King ; Curtis 

 ■695, 2773 ; King's Collector 1693 ; Bidley 10178. Perak : Bidley 7160 ; 

 Scortechini 952 ; King's Collector 4172, 4834. Singapore : Ridley 5079. 

 — DiSTRiB. Tenasserim, Andamans, Borneo {Haviland 1766). 



2. LiNOCiERA macrocarpa, King & Gamble. A small tree; 

 branchlets pale greyish-brown, stout, lenticellate ; innovations ashy- 

 pubescent. Leaves coriaceous ; obovate-oblong or obovate-lanceolate, 

 obtuse or very shortly and bluntly acuminate at apex, long cuneate 

 at base; glabrous on both surfaces; margins entire or slightly recurved; 

 6 to 10 in. long, 2 to 3-5 in. broad; midrib very stout, broad and 

 plane above, much raised beneath ; main-nerves 14 to 17 pairs, pro- 

 minent beneath, curved only near the margin to meet in a faint looped 

 intramarginal nerve ; secondary nerves and reticulations obscure ; 

 petiole 1 to 1*5 in. long, enlarged at base. Floioers in ashy-pubescent 

 panicles, 2 to 4 in. long ; bracts leafy, sometimes oblong-lanceolate, 

 more generally spathulate ; bracteoles linear-subulate, short ; pedicels 

 variable, often 0; rachis and pedicels much enlarged in fruit. Calyx 

 pubescent ; tube short ; lobes ovate-acute, "05 in. long. Corolla-tube 

 very short ; lobes oblong-linear, •! to '15 in. long, margins much 

 incurved. Starnens -Qilb in. long ; anthers oblong ; filaments very short, 



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