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Wallich 1586 a; Atran Wallich 1593- (3) in herb. Wallich; 
Zamayi forest Anthony 26030 herb. R.E.P.; Rangoon,-Cleghorn 
93; Rangoon, Tenasserim circle, Conservator of Forests 31718, 
36721 herb. R.E.P.; Prome, Hauzwell 27817 herb. R.E.P.; 
R.E.P. 
Pyinmang, Smales 27378 herb. 
Am 
herst Dist.: Thingau-nyi-nawny, Burkill 24412, 24419 
herb. R.E.P. 
Tenasserim: Chounguas; 1200 m., Gallatly 535 
Southern Shan States: Near Laikan ; 840 m., Scott 29509 
herb. R.E.P. 
Stam. Prae; 150 m. (tree), Luang Vanpruk 460; 180 m 
(shrub), Duane Vanpruk 197; Chiengmai, 300-600 m. (small tree 
or shrub fl. Apr.), deciduous ‘jungle, Kerr 603. 
Inpo-Cutna. Laos: Luang Phrabang; Spire 793 in herb. Mus. 
Paris. 
Vernacular names.—Burmese. Khabaung, Kabaung. Shan. 
Maktiing, Khapundee (Burkill). Karenni. Diterse. Stam 
Tung Ton. Laos. Kok-toung-ki. 
Var. hirsuta, A. W. Hill. Arbor parva, 2 4m. alta (Pierre). 
ami et ramuli pubescentes. Folia late ovata, abrupte subacuta, 
basi late rotundata vel subcord data, 9-18 c m. lon nga, 5-15 em. lata, 
5-T-nervia; nervi pagina superiore ealeata subpubescentes, 
15 (Pierre). S. Nua-vomica var. yoendijiohes Do se in B Soc. 
Bot. Fr. lvii. Mém. 19, uA 18 et in Lecomte, Flor. Gen. Tnd.- 
Chin. pt. iv. p. 169 partim 
Inpo-Curna. Cochin- nse: Bien-hoa, Thorel. Cambodia: 
Prov. Samrong-tong ; Mt. Rancon, Pierre 3687. 
Griffith in his drawing shows the character of the narrow 
lanceolate calyx segments very clearly and also the apiculate 
anthers which are inserted below the sinuses of the corolla lobes. 
vomica, hi 
This new species, which is known in Burma as ‘ Khabaung,’ 
is widely distributed throughout Upper and Lower Burma as 
far south as Tenasserim and extends westwards to Manipitre and 
eastwards into Siam and Laos, with a variety in Cochin-China 
and Cambodia. It is as a rule a small tree according to Praze a 
label, reaching a height of 50-60 ft. in the Kalawa Hills. » 
more normal height appears to be 20-40 ft. with trunk some 2 i 
in diameter. When collected at altitudes of about 4000 ft. 
is said to be a low tree or a shrub. It appears to be fairly 
frequent and is found in somé places as a common tree in 
the half- dens whies forests and it has been collected b Kerr in 
deciduous brie on Doi Sutep. Kurz states that ‘Ka- 
pung’ is a tree 30-40 ft. high and grows in the leaf- 
shedding forests, and Mr. Lace writes that it is en about 
the deciduous forests of Burma. It is remarkable for its large 
abruptly acute or acuminate leaves with their  Gasinent strong 
