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but he adopts Kurz's name for the latter. The variety named above 

 puhescens may turn out to be a distinct species. At present only fruit- 

 ing speciraons of it are known. This species is closely allied to G. 

 Villcrsiana, Pierre, a common Cambodian plant. The leaves of tho 

 latter, as shown in Pierre's figure (Fl. Forest Cochin-Chine, t. 21) have 

 however more nerves; the flowers have longer pedicles, and thestaminal 

 bundles are longer and more slender than in this species ; tho lobes of 

 the disc are also narrower and longer. 



This is the Helferian plant referred to under G. Xanthochymus in 

 FI. Br. Ind. i, 269, as allied to, but dilfering from that species. 



35, Garcinia densiflora, King, n. sp, A tree 60 to 80 feet high ; 

 young branches stout, 4-angled, brown when dry. Leaves thickly coriace- 

 ous, broadly elliptic to elliptic-oblong, sub-acute or rather blunt, the base 

 cuneate; both surfaces shining; the midrib stout ; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, 

 sub-horizontal, auastomising by arches '1 in. from the margin; length 45 

 to 6 in., breadth 2*5 to 375 in.; petiole "6 in., thick, deeply channelled. 

 Male flowers "35 in. in diam., in large dense many-flowered clusters 1 to 

 1*5 in. in diam., on bracteolate tubercles from the axils of the fallen 

 leaves ; buds globose ; pedicels unequal, from "2 to '35 in long ; sefols 5, 

 the 3 outer smaller than the inner 2, orbicular, fleshy, concave, puberulous 

 externally, the margins ciliolate ; the inner 2 as large as the petals, 

 glabrous, the margins ciliolate ; •petals 5, fleshy, orbicular, concave, 

 yellow; stamens in 6 pedicelled, fan-shaped branches of about 12 ; fila- 

 ments thick, fleshy ; anthers with 2 orbicular, suturally dehiscent cells ; 

 Disc large, fleshy, much corrugated, with 5 radiating lobes which al- 

 ternate with the staminal groups ; rttdy. style cylindric, corrugated ; tho 

 stigma oblong, smooth, small. Female flowers andfrtcit unknown. 



Perak at elevations under 1000 feet, King's Collector, No. 5933. 

 A very distinct species collected only once. 



36. Garcikia Prainiana, King n. sp. A small tree; young branches 

 terete or compressed, not angled, pale yellowish. Leaves more or less 

 broadly elliptic-oblong, narrowed to the rounded or slightly cordate 

 base, shining on both surfaces ; nerves 12 to 15 pairs, spreading, inter- 

 arching submarginally, rather prominent beneath when dry; intermediate 

 nerves prominent, bifurcating ; the midrib stout ; length 4'5 to 9 in., 

 breadth 1*75 to 4 in.; petiole "25 in., stout. Male flowers "4 in. in diam., 

 in dense, 6- to 12-flowered, bracteate, terminal cymes ; bracts numerous, 

 lanceolate, fleshy, keeled ; pedicels thick, flat ; sepals 5, fleshy, concave, 

 orbicular ; petals 5, darker in colour than the sepals, fleshy, concave, 

 sub-orbicular ; stamens numerous, in a 5-lobed annulus round the globose 

 rudimentary ovary, 2-celled, with sutural dehiscence. Female floivers 

 unknown. Fruit young 1*3 in diam. globular, pulpy, smooth, crowned 



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