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3. A. Maingati, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 188. A small tree, glabrous 

 except the inflorescence. Leaves membranous, nearly sessile, elliptic, 

 acute or sub-acuminate, serrulate, the base rounded ; main nerves 10 to 

 12 pairs, prominent below as are tlie transverse secondary nerves ; length 

 5 to 6 in., breadth 25 to 275 in., petiole '15 in. ; stipules lanceolate, "25 in. 

 long. Umbels axillary, solitary, on peduncles '5 in. long, 8- to 16-flowered ; 

 the bracteoles, small, ovate. Sepals imbricate, ovate-rotund, or broadly 

 ovate, obtuse, villous in the middle externally. Petals longer than the 

 sepals, ovate, concave, villous in the middle externally and -with a villous 

 line along the midrib internally. Stame7is with short, thick, densely 

 tomentose filaments inserted on a thick, sub-glabrous, fleshy disc; con- 

 nective tomentose behind. Anthers elongate-ovate, with 2 ovate 

 setose anterior, and 1 broad sub-terminal ovate, dorsal appendages. 

 Ovary sub-globular, style thick, both densely villous-tomentose. Capsule 

 ovoid, sparsely strigose, the valves acute. Seeds with a white spongy 

 caruncle. 



Malacca, Giiffith. 



4. A. MEMBRANCEA, King, n. sp. A tree or shrub, the young branches 

 shortly pubescent or tomentose. Leaves thin when dry, obliquely 

 obovate-elliptic, shortly and rather abruptly acuminate, serrate, the 

 base narrowed, rather unequal-sided, both surfaces glabrous, except 

 the midrib and 6 to 8 pairs of pubescent arching nerves, the reti- 

 culations wide; length 6 to 7 in., breadth 25 to 3 in. ; petiole pu- 

 bescent, "5 in. long ; stipules subulate, pubescent, "2 in. long. Racemes 

 axillary, condensed, sessile, shorter than the petioles, few-flowered. 

 Sepals 5, unequal, the outer 2 rather smaller than the inner, all broadly 

 ovate-obtuse, pubescent externally. Petals 6, obovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 the margins ciliolate with a few adpressed hairs on the back. Stamens 

 5, glabrous, the filaments very short, ri.sing from a fleshy 5-lobed disc. 

 Anthers broadly cordate or sub-reniform, with 2 small subulate processes 

 on the apices of the cells and a large dorsal, cordate-acuminate, brown, 

 membranous appendage as wide as the anther. Ovary sessile, ovoid, 

 villose ; style cylindric, glabrous ; stigma cup-shaped. Capsule ovoid, 

 glabrous, the valves in dehiscence blunt ; seeds sub-globular with a 

 beaked caruncle. 



Perak at low elevations. King's Collector, Scortechini. 



A shrub or small tree. This comes near A. dasycaula, Miq. in 

 externals ; but has fewer-nerved, more glabrous leaves. 



5. A. HoOKERiANA, King, n. sp. A small glabrous tree, the branch- 

 lets lenticellate. Leaves membranous, shining, shortly petiolate, elongate- 

 oblanceolate or lanceolate, apex shoitly and rather bluntly acuminate, 

 entire or obscurely serrulate, gradunlly narrowed below the middle to 

 the base; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, arching, slightly pi-ominent; length 5 



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