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and sliiuing above, dull and paler t3efleatli, both sides quite glabrous; 

 petiolules very short under '1 in., stout, stipels deciduous; stipules small 

 coriaceous at length scarious, completely united from base to apex, 

 narrowly ovate-oblong 6 in. long, '2 in. wide, tip subacute. Floivers 

 in dense corymbs 4-5 in. in diam,, axillary, peduncles and pedicels 

 leddish, glabrous, slender, basal bracts ovate-subacute with ciliolate 

 margins, bracteoles 2 subopposed persistent spreading, ovate-obtuse not 

 amplexicaul, '15 in. long, pedicels below bracteoles lo-'^ in. long. 

 Calyx orange becoming at- length light-red, tube "25 in. long, cylindric, 

 hardly longer than the limb of 4 ovate-obtuse sepals. Petals 0. Stamens 

 7 or 8, all filaments slightly widened and faintly connate at base, dark 

 claret-coloured ; anthers not much longer than broad ; filaments thrice as 

 long as sepals. Ovary stalked, veiy sparsely puberulous along sutures, 

 in most flowers rudimentary and then quite glabrous. Pod reddish- 

 yellow, smooth, polished, faintly reticulate, 6-8 in. long, 2-35 in. across ; 

 stipe '2 in. long. Seeds 4-6. 



Perak; Larut; in open jungle generally near iwinning streams, 

 Kunstler 2749 ! 2382 ! 4059 ! Kinta, near limestone hills, Kunstler 7221 ! 

 Larut, ScortecMni 1503 ! Batu TogoL, Wray 2152 I 



This is the nearest of the native Malayan species to the common Indian Saraca 

 indica ; it is however very distinct on account of its 2-jugate leaves, its smaller 

 flowers witli spreading bracteoles and its very different pods. Elsewhere the writer 

 has indicated the possibility of this proving ultimately to be only a variety of the 

 not very fally described Javanese 8. minor Miq. Bat from Miquel's account of that 

 plant this must be at least au exceedingly distinct variety. 



7. Saraca macroptera Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 1080. A tree 30-40 

 feet bigh, stem 4-6 in. in diam. Leaves with rachis 4-15 iu. long; 

 leaflets rigidly subcoriaceous 4-7-paired, oblong-lanceolate, apex gradu- 

 ally narrowed to an acuminate tip, base slightly unequally rounded, 

 5-12 in. long, l*5-35 in. wide, secondary nerves about 12 pairs, 

 curving forward, prominent beneath, bright-green shining above, paler 

 dull beneath ; petiolules '15 in. long, glabrous as is the racliis, stipels 

 caducous; stipules completely united in a scarious bud-sheath -5 iu. long. 

 Flowers in densely fascicled corymbs in leaf axils and on old nodes, 1 in. 

 long, 1"5 in across ; peduncles and pedicels quite glabrous very slender, 

 the latter •25-*3 in. long below the two ovate-oblong spreading persistent 

 bracteoles "15 in. long ; bracts ovate-acute '1 in. long. Calyx bright- 

 yellow, tube slender cylindric "25 in. long, exceeding the limb of 4 oblong 

 sepals 2 in. long. Petals 0. Stamens 3-4, twice as long as sepals, 

 filaments slender and inserted on the crenately lobed disc; anthers 

 short oblong. Ovary stalked glabrous. Pod not seen. 



Perak; Larut, in low wet ground, Kunstler 5511! Distrib. 

 Sumatra, Borneo. 



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