146 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



young branches pale brown, compressed. Leaves raombranouR, minutely 

 pellucid-punctftte, elliptic-oblong, almost equally ncute at base and 

 apex ; above fibining, below rather dull ; nerves about 7 to 10 pairs, 

 pale; reticulations minute; length 1'5 to 3"5 in., brendth "75 in. to 1'25 

 in., petiole '1 in. Flmuers slightly supra-axillary, solitary or in 1- to 

 3-flowered cymes, "5 in. in diam. Sepals elliptic, obtu.se, as long as tbe 

 petals. Petals oblanceolate, veined. Hypogynotis glands large, fleshy. 

 Ca2:isnlp slightly exceeding the persistent sepals. Seeds obliquely winged. 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 257 ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. I, pt. ii, p. 516. 



All the Pi'ovinces. Distrib. Bintish India, China, Philippines. 



Yar. I. LiGUSTKiNDM, Blume Mus. Bot. IJ, 16 (sp.) ; leaves narrow- 

 ed nt both ends, acute. C. lanceolatnm, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp. I, 500. 

 Ancistrolohus ligustrinus, Spach Suit. Buff. V, 861. A. hrevipes, Turcz. 

 Bull. Mosc. 1858,1, 383. Hypericum pulchenicw,Wii\l Gnt 4.821. R. 

 carneum, Wall. Cat. 4820. 



Andamans, Malacca, Penang. 



Ynr. 2. Wightii, B1. 1. c. 18. (sp.) Leaves brondly oval, mostly 

 obtuse. Ancistrolohus sp. Wight. Ill, I, 111. Hypericum horridam, 

 Wall. Cat. 4822. Elodea sp. Griff. Notul. IV, 669. 



Perak, King's Collector. 



Sect. II. Tridesmis, Spach. Petals not persistent, with a basal 

 squamule. Stamens 3- or 5-adelphous. 



2. Cratoxylon arborescens, Blume Mus. Bot. II, 17. A tree 15 to 

 50 feet high, all parts glabrous. Toung branches robust, the bark pale 

 brown, often ridged. Leaves coriaceous, broadly oblanceolate, obovate- 

 elliptic or oblong-obovate, very shortly acuminate ; dull on both surfaces, 

 tbe lower pale, yellowish-brown with block dots; nerves numeroue, 

 ol)solete; length 3 to 45 in., brendth 1"25 to 2 in. ; petiole "25 in., stout. 

 Cymes in large terminal panicles usually longer than the leaves. 

 Floxoers "3 in. in diam. Sepals unequal, ovate-rotund, veined. Petals 

 about as long as the sepals, biofidly cuneate, conspicuously veined and 

 with a laciniate basal scale. Capsule longer than the persistent sepals. 

 Seeds winged all round. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 258 ; Kurz Fl. 

 Burra. I, 84. G. coccineum, Planch. Hypericum arhorescevs, Vahl 

 Symb. II. 86, t. 43. H. coccineum, Wall. Cat. 4823. Ancistrolohus 

 qlaucescens, Turcz. Bull. Mosc. 1858, 1, 383. Vismia ? arhorescens, Choisy 

 Prod. Hyp. 36. 



In all the Provinces. Distrib. Malayan Archipelago ; Burmah. 



Var. ]\Iiqnelii, branches more slender than in the typical form ; 

 loaves thinner in texture, oblanceolate, acuminate. A small tree 15 to 

 20 feet. G. cuneatum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt, ii, 517. 



Penang, Perak. Distrib. Sumatra. 



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