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narrowed to the short petiole ; main-nerves spreading, less than -1 in. 

 apart, not conspicuous ; lower surface dull and glandular, slightly paler 

 thau the shining upper: length 1*75 to 3*5 in. ; breadth '5 to 1'25 in. ; 

 petiole *! to '2 in. Cymes on angular peduncles "5 to 1*25 in. long, 

 axillary, shorter than the leaves, dichotomous, hoary ; the flowers few, 

 crowded, '3 in. in diam., on very short pedicels. Galyx-tube broadly 

 cup-shaped, tapered to the base ; the teeth shallow, broad, sub-acute. 

 I'etals small, sub-rotund, sab-entire, hairy outside. Ovary pubescent. 

 OopsifZe large ("35 in. in diam.) sub-globular, glabrous, enclosed in the 

 calyx except at the apex; its valves broad, blunt. Seeds winged, 9 or 

 10 in each cell. 



Penang ; Maingay (K.D. 769) ; Czcrtis, 238, 438. 



I keep up this species with mach hesitation. It appears to me to be a form of 

 T. mergitensis with leaves and capsules smaller than usual. 



4. Tristania obovata, R». Br. in Benn. and Horsf. Fl. Jav. 127, 

 t. 27. A large shrub : the young branches reddish-brown, rusty puberu- 

 lous. Leaves obovate, much contracted to the short petiole, the apex 

 rounded or retuse ; both surfaces glabrous, the lower glandular and 

 paler: main-nerves spreading, about 'i in. apart ; length TS to 2'5 in. ; 

 breadth 6 to 1-2 in. ; petiole '2 to "4 in. Cymes extra-axillary and 

 terminal, few-flowered, puberulous or glabrous, much shorter than the 

 leaves. JPloioers '15 in. long, on pedicels shorter than themselves, often 

 in pairs. Galyx-tube turbinate ; the teeth rounded, short. Petals sub- 

 rotund with serrate margins. Ovary silky. Capsule *2 in. long, oval, 

 glabrous, much longer than the persistent calyx : its valves broad, 

 blunt. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, Ft. 1, 397. 



Singapore : Bidley 5886. 



5. Tristan lA White ana. Griff. PI. Cantor. 18. A shrub, the young 

 bark brown. Leaves oblanceolate, bluntly acuminate, much narrowed 

 to the short petiole ; both surfaces shining, the lower pellucid-punctate, 

 pale: main-nerves numerous (about '05 in. apart), sub-horizontal; 

 length 3 to 5'5 in. ; breadth '75 to 1'75 in. ; petiole '25 to '5 in. Cymes 

 on peduncles nearly as long as the leaves, corymbosely paniculate, 

 minutely pubescent, axillary and terminal, the bracts few and leaflike ; 

 bracteoles small caducous. Flowers numerous, on pedicels shorter than 

 themselves, '1 in. across. Calyx-tube obconic, densely pubescent on 

 both surfaces, its teeth obsolete. Petals orbicular, glandular. Capsule 

 under '1 in. in diam., free from the calyx except at the base. 

 T, Wlghtiana, Duthie in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 466. T. sumatrana, 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 308. Eypericinea pimentifoliay Wall. Cat. 

 4828. 



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