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obscurius crenulata, rarius crena'ta; petioli 1 cm. longi, supra 

 conspicue canaliculati. Cymae axillares, pedunculo communi 

 4r-9-5 cm. longo ut ramxilis quadrangular! et bifacialiter 

 caualiculato suffultae; pedunculi partiales 1-3-5 cm. longi, ultimi 

 J)edicellis subaequilongi ; bracteae miiLutae, triangulares, scrru- 

 latae, fugaces; pedicelli graciles, saepius 4 mm. longi; florcs 

 4-meri. Calycis lobi, rotundati, recurvi, 2 mm. latL Fctahi 

 viva viridi-alba, orbicularia 3 mm. diametro, late unguiculata. 

 Filamenta 1-5 mm. longa, antlieris globosis. Discus 2b mm. 

 diametro. Ovarium echinatum, stylo paulo ultra 1 mm. longo. 



Indo-China. Burma : Maymyo Plateau, an underslirub or 

 small tree in damp localities, 1050 m., Lace G149. 



Allospondias laxiflora, Lace [Anacardiaceae-Spondieae] ; ab 

 A. lakonensiy Stapf, foliis multo majoribus, panicula terminali, 

 fructu cum Odinae simulante recedit. 



Arbor excelsa, decidua, cortice laevi argeateo. Folia al tenia, 

 apices versus ramulorum sita, imparipinnata, usque ad 65 cm. 

 petiolo communi 5-10 cm. longo incluso longa; foliola opposita 

 vel subopposita interdumve alterna, utrinque 6-9 juga, ovato- 

 lanceolata, ovato-oblonga oblongave apice abruptius longe acumi- 

 nata, acuta, basi saepius rotundata, interdum inaequilateralia, 

 superiora interdum latere altero cuneata, altero rotundata, usque 

 ad IT cm. longa et 6-5 cm. lata, inlerioribus quam aliis conspicue 

 minoribus, cbartacea, pilis albis divaricatis pagina superipre hie 

 et illic instructa, inf eriore ad nervos nervulosque ^ densius 

 structa, subtus pallidiora, nervis lateralibus utrinque 12-14 

 brunneis arcuatis subtus prominulis, margine Integra, sessilia, 

 terminali a lateralibus 1-2-5 cm. distante quam aliis pa rum 

 minore, basi cuneata; rbacbis ut petiolus teres sed sicco plus 

 minusve canaliculata pilis bruuneis brevibus molliter tomentosa. 

 Flores ante folios evoluti, in paniculam copiose ramosam termi- 

 nalem pubesoentemSOcm.Tel ultra longam dispositi ; bracteae subu- 

 latae linearesve, 1-1-5 mm. longae; pedicelli brevissimi, aggregati. 

 Sepala 5, libera, imbricata, ovata, apice obtusa, circiter 0-5 mm. 

 longa, dorso puberula, persistentia sed baud accrescentia. Petala 

 5, viva alba, ovata, apice parum cucullata, 2-5-3 mm. longa, 

 3-nervia, dorso minute puberula. Stamina 10, filamentis inferne 



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mm 



aurantiacus, 5-lobatus, lobis retusis. Styli 5, liberi, stigmatibus 

 truncatis. Drupa oblonga, basi inaequilateralia, circa 1^ cm. 

 longa; semina solitaria, pendula, radiculasupenore.— ^«c/m»«nm 

 laxiflora, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. xh. p. 304 et For. 

 Fl. Burma, vol. i. p. 307: Brandis, Indian Trees, p. 206— certe 

 quoad flores, foliorum descriptione exclusa. 



Burma. Thaton District : a conspicuous ti;ee on the dry lime- 

 stone hills which rise suddenly out of the plain on both banks of 

 the lower Salween river, Lace 4574 (flowers), J. C, Murray (fruit 

 and leaves). 



Burmese name, Taung-gv.e 



[Leguminosae-IIedysareae] 



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