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specimens bearing the name I would refer to B. spicata, Bl. It is however a widely 

 distributed and common tree in India and particularly so in Burma and it is quite 

 likely to occur in Quedab and the northern part of Perak. 



11. Barringtonia spicata, Blume Bijdr. 1097. A tree, 30 or 40 feefc 

 high ; young branches slender, smooth, brown when dry. Leaves oblong- 

 oblanceolate, tapering to the short petiole, the apex acnte or sub- 

 acute, the edges distinctly serrate-dentate ; main-nerves 8 to 10 pairs, 

 curving slightly, ascending ; length 4 to 8 in. ; breadth 1*4 to 2*4 in. ; 

 petiole '2 to '3 in. Spikes axillary or terminal, exceeding the leaves, 

 very slender, pendulous ; bracteoles minute, caducous. Flowers small, 

 numerous but not crowded, sessile or with a very short pedicel, about 

 •5 in. in diameter when expanded. Calyx with obconic, rusty-pubescent 

 tube less than '1 in. long, and 4 broad, rounded teeth half as long. 

 Stamens '5 in. long. Fruit sub-globose, glabrous, crowned by the 

 enlarged calyx-lobes, about '6 in. in diam. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 

 1, 489 ; Yriese Ned. Kruidk. Arch. Ill, 41. Stravidium spicatum, DC. 

 Prodr. Ill, 289; Blume in Van Houtte Flore des Serres VII, 24. 

 iS. spicatum and glohosum, Miers in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. II, Bot. 1, 



85. Gustavia glohosa, Span. Trans. Linn. Soc. XV, 204. ? Stravidium 

 denussum, pubescens, reticulatum, Horsfieldii and serratum^ Miers I.e. 81 to 



86. 98. coccineum, DO. Prodr. Ill, 289 ; Miers I.e. 



Malacca: Griffith (K.D.) 2425; Derry 1221 ; Maingay (K.D.) 765. 

 Penang : Gttrtis 397. Trang : King's Collector 1404. Perak : King's 

 Collector 4681. Province Wellesley : Ridley 7043. Distrib. — Java, 

 Borneo ; Motley 537, 582 ; Zollinger Cat. 534. 



This resembles B. acutangula, Gaertn., but differs in having sessile flowers, 

 shorter stamens, and sub-globose not elongated angular fruit. The leaves also are 

 less obovate. It is a widely distributed species and therefore presents various 

 forms, many of which have been treated as species. 



11. Planchonia, Blume. 



Trees with alternate, membranous, crenulate, pinnately-nerved leaves 

 without dots, crowded towards the ends of the branches. Floivers white 

 or yellowish-green, in short terminal racemes. Calyx-tube turbinate, 

 little produced beyond the ovary ; its mouth with 4 imbricate lobes. 

 Petals 4, imbricate. Stamens very numerous, in several series, slightly 

 united at the base into a ring, the inner without anthers, the filaments 

 of all long and slender. Ovary inferior, 3- 4-celled, crowned by an 

 annular disc. Style 1, long, slender, crowned by the small stigma ; 

 ovules many in each cell. Fruit large, fibrous, ovoid, crowned by the 

 persistent calyx-lobes, 1-3-celled. Seeds several, ellipsoid, the testa 

 coriaceous, albumen absent, cotyledons short. Distrib. — Three species; 

 littoral, from the Andaman islands to Australia. 



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