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The plant described above is probably more nearly related to 

 A. Bunius, Spreng. than to A. mspidatum, Muell.-Arg. From the 

 former it differs in its larger leaves and by the ovary which in 

 A. Bunius is long exserted but in A. Collettii is included in the 

 calyx to about the middle. A. Bunius and A. Collettii have very 

 similar male flowers and inflorescences. 



Antidesma diandrum, Roth — F.B.I., v. p. 361 ; For. Fl. Burma, 

 ii. p. 360 ; Coll. et Hemsl., .lourn. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 125. 



Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on lower slopes of Doi Sootep, 

 300-600 m., Kerr, 608, 608a. 



Distr. India, Burma, Assam. 



Antidesma Kerrii, Graih, A. nigrcsceyiti, Tul., similis sed ovario 

 baud glabro facile distinguenda. 



Arhuscula ad 7*5 m. alta (ex Kerr) ; ramuli juventute densius 

 molliter pubescentes, pilis plus minusve persistentibus. Folia 

 oblonga, oblongo-elliptica vel elliptico-oblanceolata, apice acuminata, 

 acuta, basi obtusa vel subrotundata, 4-12 cm. longa, 1 •5-4*3 cm. 

 lata, chartacea, utrinque costa nervisque sed costa densius 

 pubescentia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-8 intra marginem 

 arcuatis supra conspicuis subtus prominentibus nervis transversis 

 paucis subtus prominulis ; petioli ad 6 mm. longi, indumento ut 

 ramuli ; stipulae lineares, ad 3 mm. longae, dorso pubescentes. 

 Racemi (^ solitarii vel parum paniculati, vix 3 cm. longi, laxi ; 

 pedicelli 0'5 mm. longi, bracteis pedicellis subaequalibus. iSepala 4, 

 0*5 mm. longa, 0*75 mm. lata. Discus cum ovarii rudimento parvo 

 glaber. Stamina 4, filamentis circiter 1 mm. longis glabris. 

 Spicae Q solitariae, terminales, densiusculae ; bracteae calycem 

 subaequantes. Ca.lyeis circiter 0*5 mm. longi segmenta 4, dentata. 

 Discus annularis, carnosus, glaber. Ovarium longe exsertum, 

 oblique ellipsoideum, 1 mm. altum, parce adpresse pilosulum. — 

 Graib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 462. 



Chiengmai, in thick evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 1200 m., 

 Kerr, 618 S , 618a Q. 



Antidesma sootepensis, Craib, A. Moritzii, Muell.-Arg., peraf- 

 finis sed stipulis onmibus deciduis, foliis minoribus, spicis (^ 

 densis, calyce filamentis antheris ovariique rudimento longioribus, 

 bracteis Q minoribus, calyce breviore, ovario minore magis globoso 

 hand tam exserto differt. 



Suffrutex 3-3*5 m. altus (ex Kerr) ; ramuli primo ferrugineo- 

 tomentelli, mox glabri vel subglabri, cortice rubro-brunneo parce 

 lenticellato obtecti. Folia plerumque oblonga vel oblougo- 

 oblanceolata, apice acuminata, acuta, rarissime obtusa, basi cuneata, 

 3-12*2 cm. longa, 1-2*9 cm. lata, chartacea, utrinque costa nervisque 

 pubescentia et cetera subtus parcissime pubescentia, margine 

 ciliata, nervis lateralibus utrinque 6-7 intra marginem arcuatis 

 supra conspicuis subtus prominentibus nervis transversis supra 

 conspicuis ; petioli 2-4 mm. longi, indumento ramulorum. Spicae (j* 

 terminales, paniculatae, ad 10 cm. longae, densae, pedunculo circiter 

 1 cm. longo suffultae, pedunculo ut rhachi tomentello. Calyx 

 4-lobatus, circiter 0*5 mm. altus, extra pubescens. Discus glaber ; 

 ovarii rudimentum columnare, parcissime pubescens. Stamina 4, 

 filamentis fere 1*5 mm. longis glabris. Racemi Q simplices, ad 



