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1. Pnj:ANTHUS NUTANS, H. f. and Th. Fl. Ind. 147. A small tree : 

 young branches rusty tomentose. Leaves membranous, oblong'-lanceolate 

 or oblanceolate to obovate-clliptic, caudate-acuminate, the base always 

 narrowed and sometimes acute ; upper surface glabrous, the midrib and 

 main nerves tomentose ; lower softly pubescent, the midrib tomentose : 

 main nerves 10 to 14 pairs, spreading, prominent beneath, inter-arching 

 near the edge : length 5 to 9 in., breadth I "3 to 4'5 in. ; petiole "3 in., 

 tomentose. Floicers foetid, solitary or 2 or 3 together, drooping, extra- 

 axillary ; pedicels '5 to I'o in. long with 1 or 2 linear bracteoles, pubes- 

 cent. Sepals linear-lanceolate, spreading, tomentose, "2 in. long. Petals 

 very unequal ; the outer small like the sepals ; inner ovate-oblong, acute, 

 yellow, pubescent, 5- to 7-ribbed, "75 to 1 in. long. liijje carpels ovoid, 

 pubescent, beaked, 6 in. long and 35 in. in diam. ; stalk nearly as long. 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 72; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat I, pt. 2, 51. Utwia 

 nutans, Wall. Cat. 6481. U. tripetala, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 667. U. ophthal- 

 mica, Roxb. ex Don Gen. Syst. i, 93. 



Singapore ; Wallich and others. Penang ; Curtis. Malacca ; Main- 

 gay, (Kew Distrib.) No. 67. Perak ; at low elevations. Sugei Ujong; 

 Ridley. Distrib. Moluccas, Sumatra. 



2. Ph^anthus ldcidus, Oliver in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1561. A tree 

 40 to 50 feet high : young branches minutely rusty pubescent or almost 

 glabrous, dark-coloured and furrowed. Leaves thickly membranous, 

 oblong-elliptic to lanceolate, acuminate, the base cuneate ; both sur- 

 faces shining, glabrous except occasionally the puberulous midrib ; 

 main nerves about 8 pairs, oblique, rather prominent beneath : length 

 4'5 to 65 in., breadth 1'25 to 225 in. ; petiole 2 in. Floivers solitnry, 

 rarely in fascicles of 2 or 3, extra-axillary, erect, "6 in. to 1 in. in diam., 

 buds triquetrous ; peduncles 1 to 1'25 in. long, slender, puberulous, 

 with 2 minute bracteoles. Sepals ovate, acute, less than 1 in. long. 

 Outer petals like the sepals but a little longer : inner petals thick, 

 greenish-yellow, oblong-ovate, acute, about '5 in. long, glabrescent with 

 puberulous edges. Anthers with square truncate heads. Ovaries 

 numerous, 1-ovulatc. Rijye carpe/s oblong, "6 in. long and "S in. in diam., 

 minutely granular, sub-glabx'ous as are the '5 to "6 in. long stalks. 



Penang : Curtis. Perak : at low elevations : King's Collector, Nos. 

 7275 and 10044. 



3. Phjeanthus andamanicus. King n. sp. A small glabrous shrub: 

 young branches pale brown, slender. Leaves membranous, elliptic or 

 elliptic-lanceolate, acute, slightly narrowed to the rounded base, both 

 surfaces rather pale when dry ; main nerves 15 to 20 pairs, faint, slen- 

 der, horizontal, forming double loops near the margin, the reticulations 

 faint; length 4 to 7o in., breadth 175 to 25 in., petiole "35 in. Flowers 



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