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pulviuata; pagiiia superior sicco levl-olivacea vel brunneo- 

 olivacca, glabra, nitida, costa media costis lateialibus et reticula- 

 tioiie obscuris; pagina inferior dilute olivacea; neryi laterales 

 quam in pagina superiore minus obscuri, in costae mediae utraque 

 parte 6-8, teuues, excurvati, intra marginem anastomosantes ; 

 petiolua subteres, glaber, transverse corrugatulus, 3-7 mm. longus; 

 stipulae caducae, lanceolatae, circa 3 mm. longae, glabrae vel par- 

 ciflsime puberulae. Glomeruli floriferi axillares, solum flores 6 

 vel flores 9 gerentes; bracteolae ovatae vel lanceolatae extra 

 plus minusve rufo-pubescentes et subcarinatae, intus glabrae. 

 Flares 5 non visi, Flores 2 ovoidei, sessiles, 6 mm. longi; 

 calyx extra adpresse hirsutus, intus glaber, in sepala 5 deltoidea 

 vel lanceolata diniidiater fissns; petnla 5, obovata, Integra, extra 

 longe adpresse liirsuta, intus glabra, circa 1-5 mm, longa ; discus 

 calycis partem inferiorem vestiens et annulo subconico dentato 

 ovarii partem inferiorem cingente instructus; staminodia 5, 

 minuta, squamiformia; ovarium subgloboso-ovoideum, hirsutum. 

 Capsula pedicello valido 3 mm, longo obconice terete parce 

 adpresse liirsuto instructa, glabra vel prope basem parce liirsnta, 

 levis, fere nitida, levi-brunnea, 1 cm. in diametro verticale; cocci 

 rotundati. Semina suborbiculari-ovoidea, 8 mm. longa, 7 mm, 

 lata, 5 mm. crassa. 



Malay Peninsula, Penang: Penara Bukit, C'wrf/^ 3049; Biikit 

 Tumiary (collector unknown) 1420 (1655), 



Cleistanthus praetermissus, Gage; C. nitido, Hook, f., affinis 



sed floribus glabris distinctus, 



RaTnuli levi-straminei, glabri, pustulati, 2-4 mm. crassi. 

 Lamina elliptico-lanceolata, membranacea, 8-13 cm. longa, 3-5 

 cm. lata, apice longe acuminata, margine integro, basi acuta vel 

 cuneata; pagina superior sicco fusco-olivacea, glabra, subnitida, 

 obscure reticulata, costa et nereis lateralibus leviter impressis; 

 pagina inferior brunnea, plus minusve glauca, in costa et nei-vis 

 lateralibus plus minusve liirsuta; nervi laterales in costae utraque 

 parte 6-8, excurvati et intra marginem anastomosantes; nervuli 

 Iransversi paulum distantes et irregulares; reticulatlo ultima — 

 luce transniissa modo visa — densa, subquadrate polygonalis ; 

 petiolus tenuis, subteres, glaber, in sicco niger, dense et irregula- 

 ritercorrugatulus, 5-6 mm. longus; stipulae caducae. Glomeruli 

 parvi, pauci-floriferi et flores 6 vel flores 2 tantum gerentes, 

 axillares vel in ramulis brevibus lateralibus spiciformibus dis- 

 positi; bracteolae minutae, ovatae, acutae vel acuminatae, extra 

 plus minusve .adpresse birsutae et earlnatae, intus glabrae. 

 Flares 6 non visi. Flares 5 sessiles, ovoidei; calyx omnino glaber, 

 in sepala 5 deltoidea vel lanceolata ad medium fissus ; petala 

 breviter unguiculata, subspatulato-obovata, subcrenulata, circa 

 1'5 mm. longa, glabra; dicus glaber, calycis partem inferiorem 

 vestiens et annulo menibranaceo subconico irregulariter dentato 

 ovarii partem inferiorem cingente instructus; staminodia 5, 

 minuta, squamiformia ; ovarium subgloboso-ovoideum, hirsutum; 

 styh basi connati, breves, subteretes, glabri, breAassime bifidi; 

 stigmata subspatulata. Cap.nda sessilis, 8 mm. alta, 11 mm. lata, 

 prope apicem et basem et in sulcis parce liirsuta, aliter glabra, 



