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shorfc acute beak, closely tawny-puberulous, rather distinctly reticulate, 

 4 in. long, 2 in. wide, '6 in. thick ; valves very firmly coriaceous. Seed 

 1, oblong, 1*5 in. long, 1*2 in. across, '4 in. thick, Touchiroa glauca Prain 



MSS. 



Perak ; G-oping, Kunstler 8175 ! 

 This is very nearly related to C Curtisii but differs markedly in having leaflets 

 very glaucous beneath, the leaflets being also rather larger and the pefciolales 

 shorter ; in having the leaf-rachis, petiolnles, and nerves beneath glabrous ; and in 

 having, as is shown by the scars on the rachis of the infruitescence, much more 

 densely flovirered racemes ; the pods also are larger than in G. Curtisii. Flowers 

 have not yet been sent. Of all the Malayan species, this is the one that most 

 nearly approaches the Ceylon G*. zeylanica. 



5. Crudia speciosa Prain. A handsome tree with slender pen- 

 dulous glabrous branches and glabrescent new shoots. Leaves odd- 

 pinnate, rachis 2-3 in. long, petiole articulate on an auriculate node, 

 with an interpetiolar 2-lobed stipule, leaflets 5 (rarely 3), with petio- 

 lnles "15 in. long, glabrous as is the rachis ; alternate, oblong, base un- 

 equally rounded or truncate, apex abruptly tapering to a short acutely 

 caudate tip, 2-2"5 in. long, 1-1 "5 in. wide, papery, dark-green above, 

 paler beneath, quite glabrous or both surfaces, lateral nerves spreading 

 slender, looped within margin, hardly more prominent than secondary 

 venation. Floivers in rather dense narrow racemes at the ends of new 

 leafy shoots, 6-10 in. long with round glabrescent rachis ; pedicels 

 spreading, very slender, quite glabrous, '35 in. long, with a minute brac- 

 teole below the middle ; buds oblong, "25 in., long. CaZ^a;-tube very 

 short, lobes 4, imbricate, reflexed in flower, very sparsely puberulous 

 externally, glabrous within. Petals 0. Stamens 10, filaments glabrous, 

 free, alternately short and long, anthers broadly oblong, versatile. 

 Ovary stipitate, densely pubescent, 1- or 2-ovuled ; stalk as long as 

 calyx-tube, glabrous, style glabrous incurved. Pod not seen. Touchiroa 

 speciosa Prain MSS. 



*PuNGAH ; " a very handsome tree with dark-green leaves and slen- 

 der pendulous branches ; growing in the Rajah's Garden," Curtis 2955 ! 

 Nearest to G. Curtisii and C. glauca bat evidently quite distinct from both. 



6. Crudia Wrayi Prain. A small tree with slender glabrous 

 branches. Leaves odd-pinnate, rachis 1 in. long, petiole articulate on an 

 auriculate node, the interpetiolar lanceolate stipules united at their very 

 base only, glabrous as are the leaf-rachis and the petiolules, '15 in. long ; 

 leaflets 3, alternate, oblanceolate, base cuneate, apex acute or rounded 

 and shortly abruptly acuminate, l'5-2-5 in. long, '5-1 in, wide, thinly 

 papery, pale yellowish-green, glabrous on both surfaces, lateral nerves 

 spreading, 7-8 pairs, slender, looped within margin, secondary nervation 

 fine but distinct. Floivers in narrow dense racemes at the ends and 



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