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olivacea, elliptico-obovata vel-oblanceolata, eae Re eres 
apice obtuse acuta vel aromas, basi acuta vel acuminata, mar- 
ginibus recurvis ; 4-8 cm. longa, 2-5 cm. lata ; statues 3 ee ineitted? 
raro ramosae ; nervi pauci, breves, inconspicui, praecipue ad latera ; 
reticulatio obscura ; petiolus crassus, circa 5 mm, longus, in laminam 
gradatim expansus. lores in fasciculis brevibus racemorum ex 
foliorum vel foliorum delapsorum axillis; racemi graciles, 
3-4-flori, 5-7 mm. longi, bracteis parvis ovatis ad rhachim et infra 
flores sitis ; racemi ¢ crassiores, pauciflori pedicellis vix 1 mm. int § 
Perianthii tubus in 3 brevissimus, lobis triangularibus 0-5-7 m 
ae apice uncinatis; in ¢ ovarium cingens, quoad lobos sen 
n 6. Discus concavus, 1 mm. latus, in ¢ minute apiculatus, in 
3 cum stigmate 5-lobus. Drupa ellipsoideo-obovoidea, 1 cm. longa, 
75 po lata, non sulcata, endocarpio rugoso ; albumen multilobatum. 
LAY PrENiINsuLA. Perak: in hilly country, 150-300 m., 
King’s Collector, 4214, 10,834; at Sungie Larut and Relan Tujor, 
Wray, 2279, 4032. Malacca, "Goodenough, 1937; Hervey. 
650. Scleropyrum jee Gamble{ Santalaceae-Osyrideae]; species 
S. Maingayi, Hook. £., affinis, foliis infra molliter tomentosis et 
drupa dimidio minore differt. 
Arbor parva, ad truncum spinis rectis acutis 1-2°5 cm. longis 
SEMALS 3. BS ate crassi, etiam _ Spinosi, - ultimi molliter ferrugineo- 
tomento tia et folia omnia vetustioribus 
exceptis. Folia submembranacea, vAdibikn, ovata, obovata vel 
oblongo-lanceolata, apice acuta vel (interdum abru pte) acuminata, 
basi acuta vel rotundata et saepe inaequalia; supra pallida paullo 
bullata, infra pallida, tomentosa; 10-25 cm. longa, 5-10 cm. lata ; 
costa prominens, supra impressa ; nervi utrinque 6-10, irregulares, 
infra prominentes, ad marginem curvati; nervuli transversi irregu- 
lares ut reticulatio ; petiolus 03-1 cm. longus, supra sulcatus. 
Flores S$ in spicis dense rufo-pubescentibus 7-8 cm. longis, rhachi 
crasso, perianthii tubo crasso 5 mm. longo; ¢ in spicis 15-25 cm, 
longis, rhachi dense pubescente, perianthii tubo cylindrico rae 
tomentoso 2-3 mm. longo; lobi ovati reflexi, 2-3 mm. long 
Stamina brevissima, filamentis crassis, antherarum thecis Fane. 
simis. Discus 5-lobus. Ovarium pubescens, stylo crasso, stigmate 
capitato lobato, lobis reflexis. Drupa pyriformis, 3-4 em. longa, 
1-15 cm. diametro, exocarpio fere glabro, endocarpio osseo 
rugoso ; rhachis fructifera aucta. Semen 1 cm. diametro, cotyle- 
donibus tenuibus oblo 
Mavay PrEntnsuta. " Singapo ore: at Selitar and other places, 
Ridley, 1921, 4761, 5889; at Changs Hullett, 850. 
XXII.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
Portrait of the late Sir J. D. Hooker—To Mr. C. P. Hook 
Dollarward House, Cirencester, Kew is deeply indebted for the gift 
of a poptogeernre reproduction of a portrait of his father, the late 
Sir oker, as a eee man. The original, a crayon drawing 
by the late G. Richmond, R.A., was executed in November, 1855, 
and is a companion picture to a similar portrait of the late Dr. T. 
Thomson, the companion of Sir Joseph during the later portion of 
