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the others. Tho Samatran species A. dasypyxis, Miq. comes very near 

 this, but hivs longer racemes and more hairy fruit. 



In Ahodeia lanceolata, Wall, there is a transition from Pentalaha 

 to Prosthesia. Many of the specimens of A. hinceolata hhve the smg]e 

 terminal lanceolate appendage fiom the ap>ex of the connective ; others 

 (Curtis's Penang specimen) have tljis appendage ovate and broader, 

 while from the apex of each anther there is a rudimentary apical ap- 

 pendage, thus approaching Prodhesia. 



9. A ScoRTECHiNFi, King, n. sp. A small glabrous tree, the branch- 

 lefs usually pale brown. Leaves membranous, shortly petiolate, obliquely 

 elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate, shortly and bluntly acuminate, irregu- 

 larly serrulate ; main nerves about 12 or 13 pairs, rather bold; secondary 

 nerves transverse, slightly prominent below ; length 7 to 9 in., breadth 



2 to 3 in., petiole 2 in. Raceyties sessile, about "5 in. long, several toge- 

 ther, axillary or extra-axillary, about 3- to 5-flowered, with ovate bracteo- 

 les. Pfoure/s pedicellate. 6'epa?s puberulous, broadly ovate, much shorter 

 than the petals. Petals 5, oblanceolate, with long bluntly acuminate 

 exserted apices. Stamens glabrous, shorter than the petals ; the filaments 

 twice as long as the anthers, slender, rising from a deep, 5-lobed, slight- 

 ly-notched disc ; the anthers short, ovate, with a single very small 

 terminal appendage ; ovary sessile, globose, glabrous, warted ; style 

 long, c)'lindric, glabrous or puberulous. Ripe capsule ovoid, pointed, 

 rather more than "5 in. long, glabrous, lenticellate ; valves compressed, 

 pointed. Seeds 2 in each valve, sub-rotund, whitish, carunculate. 



Perak ; King's Collector, Scortechiui, Wi-ay ; at low elevations. 



A large shrub or tree 20 to 25 feet high. Externally this much re- 

 sembles A. Maingayi, but the flowers, and especially the anthers, differ 

 much. 



JO. A. CONDENSA, King, n. sp. A glabrous tree ; the older branch- 

 lets pale, lenticellate. Leaves membranous, shortly petiolate, inequilateral, 

 elliptic to elliptic-oblong, sub-acute, serrulate, gradually narrowed below 

 the middle to the acute unequal base ; shining above, darker and dull 

 beneath ; midrib aud 13 to 15 pairs of prominetit main nerves pale 

 beneath, and sub-erect secondary nerves transverse ; length 8 to 14 in., 

 breadth 3 to 4'5 in., petiole "25 to "35 in. ; stipules subulate, '35 to 'b in. 

 Panicles axillary, crowded, much branched, spreading, 1 to 2*5 in. long, 

 (longer in fruit) puberulous or glabrescent ; the bracteoles numerou.M, 

 ovate, acute. Sepals unequal ; the outer 2 or 3 lai'ger, rotund ; the inner 



3 or 2 ovate, pubescent on the back. Petals ovate, a little longer than 

 sepals, rhomboid, with pale edges, villous on the back externally and 

 along the midrib internally. Stamens glabrous, the filaments rather 

 short, from a fleshy disc ; anthei'S cordate, with a single terminal white 



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