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buds, petioles and iufloi-esceuce ferruginous-pubesceut, sub-pulverulent. 

 Leaves coriaceous, narrowly elliptic, blunt or retuse, the base narrowed ; 

 upper surface glabrous, shining; the lower rather dull, pubescent on the 

 prominent midrib ; the nerves rather distinct on both surfaces ; length 2 

 to 2-75 in., breadth 1 to 1'4 in., petiole A in. Racemes solitary or two to- 

 gether, axillary, umbellate, compact, 3- to 5-flowered, ferruginous-tomen- 

 tose, much shorter than the leaves and with several navicular ferruginous- 

 toinentose bracts at their base. Flowers '25 in. in diam., the pedicels "2 

 long, more than twice as long in fruit, and the uppermost the longest. 

 Sepals 4 ; the outer oblong, sub-obovate, ferruginous-tomentose ; the 

 inner smaller, oblong, sub-glabrous. Petals 0. Fruit ovoid. 



Penang ; on Government Hill, at 500 feet, Curtis, No. 523. 



A very distinct species ripe fruit of which is unknown. 



10. Caloph\llum molle. King, n. sp. A tree 40 to 80 feet high ; 

 the young shoots, buds, under surfaces of adult leaves, and young fruit 

 softly ferruginous-tomentose. Leaves corisLceoas, narrowly oblong, gradu- 

 ally narrowed in the upper fourth to the sub-obtuse apex, the edges 

 thickened and slightly recurved, the base rounded or slightly narrowed ; 

 upper surface when adult sub-glabrous, the nerves close, slightly visible, 

 the midrib sparsely and coarsely pubescent ; lower surface pale and, ex- 

 cept when very old, more or less softly toraentose especially on the very 

 stout midrib ; length 5 to 8 in,, breadth 1'25 to 225 in., petiole "4 in. to 6 

 in. Racemes axillary, solitary, about 1 in. long, 1- to 2-fiowered, densely 

 ferruginous-tomentose as are the ovary and young fruit. Sepals 4, the 

 outer oblong, ferruginous-tomentose externally. Petals 0. Fruit glo- 

 bular, slightly apiculate, 1 in. long, sub-glabrous when ripe. 



Penang ; Curtis, No. 1426. Perak ; King's Collector, many numbers. 



A species collected by Sig. Beccari in Sumatra (P. S. 953) comes 

 very near this ; but the leaves are broader and more inclined to be ob- 

 lanceolate, the thickening of the edge is greater and is pale in colour, 

 while the young fruit is ovoid and not tomentose. Judging from Pierre's 

 figure (he gives no description) of his 6', Dongnaiense, Fl. Coch, -Chine, 

 t. 108, that species and this must be near allies, 



11, Calophylldm canum, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i, 271. A tree 40 

 to 80 feet high ; young branchlets as thick as a goose-quill, smooth. 

 Ltaves coriaceous, glabrous, narrowly elliptic-oblong, bluntly and shortly 

 acuminate, slightly undulate, the base acute, upper surface shining, the 

 lower less so ; midrib very strong, nerves very thin and numerous ; length 

 6 to 7 iu., breadth 175 to 225 in., petiole 'o to "75 in. Flowers '75 in. in 

 diam., in terminal hoary- pubescent panicles less than half as long as the 

 leaves ; or in axillary racemes, pedicels "15 in. Sepals hoary-puberulous, 

 Oibicuiar ; the outei- pair coriaceous, concave ; the inner pair larger aud 



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