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marginal to lialf-way np, the others curving forward prominent beneath ; 

 dark-green shining above, dull beneath, glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 petiolules -15 in. long, glabrous as is the rachis, stipels caducous ; 

 stipules completely united in a scarious bud-sheath '5 in. lono-. Flowers 

 in lax fascicled corymbs in leaf-axils and on old nodes, 5-8 in, long and 

 broad ; peduncles and pedicels slender pubescent, the latter "75 in. lono- 

 below the two ovate-oblong spreading persistent bracteoles '25 in long ; 

 bracts ovate subacute '2 in. long. Calyx yellow becoming pink or red, 

 tube slender oylindric, "25 in. long, about as long as limb of 4 oblong 

 sepals. Petals 0. Stamens 3-4, two and a half to three times as lono- as 

 sepals, filaments slender, inserted on a crenated fleshy ring, purplish as 

 are the anthers. Ovary long-stalked, densely pubescent, mostly rudi- 

 ■ mentary. Pod oblong, very obliquely rounded at base on lower suture, 

 obliquely obtuse at apex with lower suture projecting as a beak -25 in. 

 long; 4-6 in. long, 1-5-1-75 in. wide, mucli compressed, valves browu 

 when ripe, uniformly finely puberulous. Seeds 3-4. 



Malacca; Griffith! Miller! Hervey ! Goodenough 1463! 1478! 

 Maingay 563 ! Perak ; in dry rocky places, Kunstler 2138 ! 2757 ! 34S4 ' 

 3797 ! 3886 ! 3912 ! 3937 ! 4507 ! 4517 ! 5563 ! 7912 ! 8516 ! 8561 ! 

 Ridley 3026! 3099! Wray 41! Scortechini 1143! 1675! Penang ; 

 Government Hill, Curtis 165! Dinpings; at Rajah Hitam, Bryant! 

 DiSTRiB. ; Sumatra, (Moera Enim ; Teysmann 3638 !) 



Mr. Goodenough gives the native name of this as " TalnnJ^ The species is re- 

 mai'kably closely related to 8. palembanica and differs only by its larger Inxer 

 corymbs and its fewer leaflets, and further investigation on the part of field -bota- 

 nists in Malaya may demonstrate that Mr. Baker's species is only a form assumed in 

 dry localities by the tree that was previously described by Miquel as Jonesia -palem- 

 hanica. Both the synomyms of the Flora of British India should be deleted, for 

 Jonesia triandra Roxb. is Afzelia bijuga, while J. scandens Roxb. is, by Roxburgh's 

 definition, clearly not this species and probably not a Saraca at all. 



10. Saraca latistipulata Prain. A small tree with slender leafy 

 pubescent branches. Leaves 8 in. long, rachis puberulous, leaflets 

 rigidly coriaceous, 6 pairs, ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base slightly 

 obliquely rounded, 4"5-6 in. long, 1*5 in. across, dark-green, dull glab- 

 rous above, pubescent on the midrib beneath and puberulous along the 

 margins, petiolules short, "15 in. long, pubescent, stipels small subulate 

 persistent pubescent ; stipules large foliaceous each with a strong midrib, 

 ovate-acute, auriculate at base on their outer free margin, connate 

 between petiole and branch for one-third their length on the inner 

 margin, from •5-l"5 in. long, '25-1 in. wide, usually slightly unequal. 

 Flowers in very few-flowered cymes, sometimes reduced to single pedicels, 

 clustered on rugose woody nodes along thick old branches, under '75 

 in. long ; with ovate-lanceolate persistent basal bracts and two sub- 



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