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tniunte pale brown hair. Leaves thinly coriaceous, broadly elliptic to 

 elliptic-rotund, slightly narrowed to the obtuse apex, very little narrow- 

 ed to the more or less cordate base : upper surface glabrous, very sparse- 

 ly lepidote, the lower covered with a thin layer of very minute pale 

 hair ; basal nerves 4 or 6 (two of them small) : main lateral nerves 3 

 pairs ; transverse secondary nerves distinct : length 5 to 7 in., breadth 

 3"5 to 4*5 in. ; petiole 2'5 to 3 in., thickened towards the apex, pubescent 

 like the under surfaces of the leaves. Panicles mostly terminal, rarely 

 axillary, 9 to 15 in. long (the axillary ones much smaller) the branches 

 rather few, spreading little, the flowers rather closely clustered on the 

 brauchlets. Flowers "25 in. long, on pedicels about half as long. 

 Calyx widely campanulate, cut for a third of its length into 5 acute 

 triangular teeth, minutely tomentose externally, glabrous inside. 

 Petals longer than the calyx, oblong, very obtuse, slightly narrowed 

 but thickened towards the rather long basal claw. Staminodes linear, 

 flat, about as long as the filaments. Ovaries 3 to 5, sub-globose, lateral- 

 ly compressed, pubescent. Styles subulate, a little longer than the 

 stamens, slightly coherent. Fruit unknown. 



On Guuong Bubu in Perak, at elevations of 600 to 1000 feet ; 

 King's Collector. 



A species with leaves not unlike these of Kleinhovia huspita : in 

 many respects closely allied to B. elata, but with much smaller flowei's. 



3. Brownlowia Scortechinii, n. sp.. King. A small slender tree : 

 young branches stout, pale, sparsely lenticellate, pubescent at first but 

 soon glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-elliptic, peltate, slightly nar- 

 rowed to the acute or sub-acute apex ; the edges sub-undulate ; very 

 little narrowed to the rounded, or sometimes sub-emarginate, base ; 

 upper surface glabrous ; the lower pale from a thin continuous layer of 

 very minute hairs ; petiole attached 2'5 to 3 in. above the base, nerves 

 radiating from it about 0, lateral nerves from the midrib about 4 pairs; 

 all i-ather prominent beneath, as are the transverse secondary nerves : 

 length 10 to 15 in., breadth 5"5 to 7 in., petiolu 7 to 9 in. long, thickened 

 at both ends. Panicle terminal, 6 to 12 in. long and about 6 in. broad, 

 or sometimes small narrow panicles in terminal clusters of 6 to 10 : 

 branches spreading, compressed, puberulous ; bracteoles ovate, f ugaceous ; 

 pedicels, stout, "15 in. long in the bud but lengthening as the flower ex- 

 pands, puberulous. Floioers '6 in. long, crowded. Calyx narrowly cam- 

 panulate ; its teeth half as long as the tube, lanceolate, sub-acute, tomen- 

 tose-lepidote externally. Petals longer than the calyx, narrowly ob- 

 ovate, much narrowed to the clawed base. Staminodes linear, about as 

 long as the filaments. Ovaries 5, ovoid, compressed, stellate-pubescent. 



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