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beneath ; length 4^65 in., breadth l*75-3'25 in., petiole 'SS-'S in. 

 Racemes from the axils of fallen leaves, solitary or several together, 

 2 or 3 inches long, slender, tawny-pubescent. Flowers '15 in. long, on 

 pedicels '1 in. long ; bracts narrowly oblong, sub-acute, very deciduous, 

 Cahjx-tuhe broadly campanulate, -15 in. wide at the mouth ; teeth about 

 6, narrowly lanceolate. Petals 6, oblanceolate, obtuse, sericeous outside. 

 Stamens about 80, long-exserted, glabrous. Flstil as long as the 

 stamens ; ovary glabrous ; style slender, straight ; stigma discoid-capi- 

 tate. Fruit transversely oblong, slightly compressed, minutely apiculate, 

 glabrous, but slightly rougli, '5 in. long and '8 in. broad. 



Andaman Islands. Distrib. Burma, Chittagong, Assam Range, 

 Eastern Tropical Himalaya. 



7. Pygeum poltstachtum, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 320. A tree 

 30-60 feet high ; young branches Tvith dark-coloured glabrous leuti- 

 cellate bark. Leaves very coriaceous, elliptic- oblong, usually with an 

 abrupt obtusely acuminate apex ; the base broad or slightly and sud- 

 denly cuneate and with 2 large thick glands on its upper surface just above 

 the petiole ; upper surface glabrous, shining, pale greenish- brown when 

 dry ; the lower brown when dry, dull, minutely rugulose, glabrous ; main 

 nerves 7-10 pairs, oblique, rather straight, depressed on the upper and 

 prominent on the lower surface ; length 4*5-7 in., breadth •25-4 in., 

 petiole "5 in., stout. Racemes (occasionally racemoid panicles) axillary, 

 shorter than the leaves, slender, covered with short scanty rusty pubes- 

 cence. Floivers about '2 in. long and "25 in. in diam., on pedicels varying 

 from •l-*2 in. long; bracts (if any) deciduous. Calyx-tube campanulate, 

 ribbed and tomentose externally, glabr esc ent within ; lobes 5, oblong, 

 obtuse, rufous-tomentose. Petals 6, like the calyx- lobes. Stamens 40-50, 

 much exserted. Ovary glabrous ; style as long as the stamens, glabrous ; 

 stigma dilated, compressed laterally. Drupe sub-globular or transversely 

 oblong, bluntly apiculate, '65 in. long and from •6-*75 in. broad, glabrous. 

 Seeds glaucous. 



Malacca ; Maingay 627. Singapore ; Ridley 3830, 4453, 4666. 

 Perak ; Scortechini 2045, 2063. Ki7ig's Collector 5676, 6603, 5676, 

 6847, 10942 ; Wray 3113, 3384. 



This species is very near P. acuminatum, Colebr., of which I believe it to bo 

 probably ouly a southern form. 



8. Pygeum Scortechinii, King n. sp. A slender tree 40-50 feet high ; 

 young branches puberulous, the bark dark-coloured. Leaves coriaceous, 

 elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, acute or shortly acuminate ; the base 

 cuneate, eglandular ; upper surface shining, glabrous except for occasion- 

 ally a few scattered hairs on the depressed midrib near its base ; lower 

 surface pale, not shining, glabrous, minutely rugulose ; main nerves 



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