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Blume), Hook. fil. aud Thorns., Fl. Ind. 113; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Tud. I, 

 76 ; Wall. Cat. 6484. 



Penang ; Wallich, Curtis. Pangkore ; Curtis. Malacca; Maingaj, 

 (Kew Distrib.) No. 65. Perak : King's Collector, Scortechini, Wray. 

 Burma, Kurz. Distrib. Java. 



Var. Kurzii, Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate to elliptic : pe- 

 duncles of racemes woody, 1 in. or more long, tomentose ; outer petals 

 narrowly oblong. M. vandaeflora, Kurz F. Flora Burma I, 45. 



Burma ; Kurz, Brandis. 



Allied to the Cambodian species M. Thorellii, (Pierre Fl. Forest. 

 Cochin-Chine, t. 37). 



2. MiTREPHORA RETICULATA, Hook. fil. and Tlioms. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 

 77. A tree 20 to 30 feet high : young branches tawny-tomentose, 

 ultimately glabrous and dark-coloured. Leaves narrowly oblong, ofteu 

 slightly obovate, acuminate, the base cuneate or rounded ; both surfaces 

 shining, reticulate, glabi'ous ; the midrib puberulous on the upper, 

 sparsely setose on the lower, surface ; main nerves 12 to 14 pairs, 

 spreading, prominent, distinct beneath ; length 5 to 14 in., breadth 2 

 to 4"5 in. ; petiole "25 in., swollen. Flowers "2 in. in diam., axillary, 

 solitary or in pairs, or in few-flowered, puberulous cymes ; pedicels long, 

 slender, with many lanceolate bracteoles. Flowers as in M. macro- 

 phylla^ monoecious. Eipe carpels ovoid, apiculate, rugose, hoaiy, '8 in. 

 long and '65 in diam. Seeds 2. 



Kurz F. Flora Burma, I, 44. Orophea reticulata, Miq. Ann. Mus. 

 Luo-d. Bat. II, 23. JJvaria reticulata, Blume Fl. Jav. Anon. 50, t. 20. 

 Fseudtcvaria reticulata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 30. 



Burma : prov. Tenasserim ; Heifer. Malacca ; Maingay (Kew Dis- 

 trib.), No. 64. Perak : Wray, King's Collector, Scortechini ; not so 

 common as M. viacroplijlla, Oliver. 



This species has the inner petals rather larger than the outer and 

 much vaulted ; and in this respect it conforms to the characters of 

 Orophea ; but its stamens are uvarioid in character and they are numer- 

 ous • its flowers, moreover, are unisexual. The characters of Mitrephora 

 therefore preponderate, and it is better located in the latter genus. But 

 there is no doubt it forms a connecting link between the two genera. 



3. MiTKiU'HGRA MACROi'HVLLA, Oliver in Hook., Ic. Plant, t. 1562. 

 A small tree ; young branches more or less puberulous, speedily becoming 

 glabrous and cinereous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, clliptic-obovate or 

 oblong-oblanceolate, acute or shortly acuminate ; the base rounded, 

 slightly oblique ; both surfaces puberulous at first but speedily glabrous, 

 shining, minutely reticulate ; main nerves 14 to 20 pairs, oblique, in- 

 ter-arching 15 in. from the margin, prominent beneath ; length 7 to 13 



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