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Mr. Baker attributes to this, just as Mr. Kurz does to A. hijuga, the occasional 

 presence of 3 paii*s of leaflets ; none of the numerous specimens at Calcutta have 

 more than two pairs of leaflets. 



2. Afzelia bijuga A. Gray, Bot. A^ner. Explor. Exped. 467, t. 51. An 

 erect tree reaching 50 feet in height, i-i-5 feet in diam. Leaves even- 

 pinnate, 3-6 in. long; leaflets 2-(very rarely only 1-) paired soraefcimes 

 only subopposite, subcoriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, oblong, base 

 felightly oblique vvide-cuneate or rounded, apex obtuse or bluntisli acumi- 

 nate emarginate, 2-4 ii). long, 1-5-2 in. wide, nerves numerous fine 

 spreading reticulate, petiolules distinct '15 in, long, glabrous as is the 

 rachis. Floivers in leaf-opposed or terminal corymbose pubescent 

 panicles 6 in. long, 4 in. wide, the individual racemes l"5-2 in. long ; 

 pedicels slender puberulous '6 in. long, jointed, 2-bracteolate under the 

 calyx, bracteoles oblong puberulous "1 in. long, bracts oblong '1 in. long 

 caducous. Calyx puberulous, tube cylindric '3 in. long, rather shorter 

 than limb with 4 subequal oblong spreading lobes *35 in." long, '25 in. 

 •wide. Petal '6 in. long, limb '5 in. wide, '35 in. deep, with rounded waved 

 apex and wide cuneate entire base, white or pink, claw very slender, "25 

 in. long ; pubescent along claw and midrib externally. Stamens 3 fertile, 

 filaments 1'25 in., sparsely pubescent, piuk. Ovary stalked, pubescent on 

 both sutures, exserted, style glabrous slender, 1*5 in. long. Pod 6-8 in. 

 long, 2*5 in. wide, oblong, rigid, tliickly coriaceous. Seeds orbicular 1 in. 

 across, '25 in. thick. Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind, II, 274. Intsia amhoinenns 

 Thenars Gen. Nov. Madag. 22; DC. Prod r. II, 509 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. 

 Ij 80, all in part : Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 288. Baryxylum rufum 

 Lour. Fl. Coch. Chin. 266 in part. Macrolobinm bijugum Colebr. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. XII, 359, t. ]7. Oiitea bijuga DC. Prodr. II, 511 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 582.3. Metrosideros amboinensis Rumph. Herb. Amboin. Ill, 

 21 (in part) t. 10. Jonesia triandra Roxb. Flor. Ind. II, 220. 



Andamans ; very common in all the coast forests, Kurz ! Prain ! 

 King's Collectors ! Nicobars ; Ka^morta, Kurz ! Singapore; WallicJi (Cat. 

 n. 5823 B) ! Ridley ! Distrib. All coasts from Eastern Polynesia to the 

 Mascarene Islands. 



In Mr. Kurz's description of this species occurs the statement that the leaflets 

 may be at times in 3 pairs, and the same variation is indicated in llumphius' figure 

 quoted above. But the writer finds, as Mr. Baker does, that this species has not 

 more than 4 leaflets. Mr. Kurz's statement is due to his having treated Andamans 

 specimens of Afzelia palemhanica as representing a form of A. hijuga. 



The synonym Intsia amboinensis only applies to. this species in the sense in 

 which it is used by Miquel in liis Sitxjpl. : thei*e is an autlientic example of the 

 Sumatra plant so named by Miquel in the Calcutta Herbarinm; it is a specimen 

 of Afzelia hijuga. The earlier use of the name mnst be neglected, since it has 

 been mude to cover Eumphins' description. For, while it is clear that that des- 



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