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tomentosc on the edges and along midrib. Stamens indefinite, connective 

 glabrous. Ovary cylindric. Stigma hemispheric. Fruit pisiform, 2-6- 

 seeded. Hook fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 190 ; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 107. 

 Phoberos i-hi7ianthera, Benn. PI. Jav. Kar. 187, t. 39. P. macrophylla^ 

 W. & A. Prodr. 30. Flacourtia inermis, Wall. Cat. 6673 G, H, only. 

 Malacca, Griffith ; Penang, Curtis. Distrib Java, Borneo. 



2. S. RoxBURGHii, Clos in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. IV, Vol. 8, 250. 

 A glabrous shrub or small tree with spiny stem. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 

 shining above, ovate, ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, shortly acu- 

 minate, sub-entire or faintly and remotely crenate ; the base rounded 

 or slightly narrowed, 3- to 5-nerved ; lateral nerves about 3 pairs, bold ; 

 length 4-5 to 65 in., breadth 1*75 to 3'o in. ; petiole biglandular at the 

 apex, "35 in. long. Racemes pubescent, axillary, about I in. long, 2-6- 

 flowercd, bracteolate. Floioers on tomentose pedicels. Sepals and petals 

 5 or 6 each, densely tomentose externally, broadly ovate. Stamens in- 

 definite, the connective citiate. Ovary ovate, style cylindric, stigma 

 3-lobed. Fruit baccate, the size of an olive. Seeds few. Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Br. Ind. I, 190 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 107. Phoberos Boxhurghii, 

 Benu. PI. Jav. Bar. 192. Liulia spinosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 507. Fla- 

 ■coiirtia stigmarota, Wall. Cat. 6678, (in part). 



Penang, Curtis ; Perak, King's Collector. Distrib. Burmah, Su- 

 matra. 



3. S. ORENATA, Clos in Ann. S. Nat., Ser., IV, Vol. 8, 250. A 

 tree, glubrous except the inflorescence. Leaves coriaceous, shining above, 

 ovate to oblong-lanceolate, obtusely or sharply acuminate, obscurely 

 glandulai'-creaate ; the b;ise narrowed, rarely rounded, obscurely 3-5- 

 nerved ; lateral nerves about 5 paii-s, faint ; length 2 to 5 in., breadth 

 1 to 1'75 in., petiole "25 to '35 in. Racemes axillary or termiunl, pube- 

 scent or tomentose, bracteolate, 1 to 3 in. long. Floivers pedicelied. 

 Sepals and petals 4, rnrelj 5 or 6, the former tomentose and smaller 

 than the petals. Connective of anthers glabrous. Ovary globular, smooth. 

 Style cylindric. Stigma discoid. Fruit globose, about '75 in. in diam. 

 Hook fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 191 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I pfc. 2, p. 167. 8. 

 pseudo-crenata, acuminata, chinensis, lanceolata, and crassipes, Clos 

 I.e. S. sosva, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, xviii, 182. Phoberos crenatus, 

 W. & A. Prodr. 29 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 11. P. lanceolatus and P. 

 Wightianns, W. and A. Prodr. 30. P. acwiiinatus, Hoolcerianus, and 

 Arnottianas, Thwaites Enurn. 17 and 400. 



Penang, Curtis; Perak, King's Collector. Distrib. Biit. India and 

 Ceylon, China, Philippines. 



In the young state this is thorny. It is a very variable species 

 indeed, and too near S. rhinanthera. 



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