Santiria.} xxxvi. BURSERACE^E. (Alfred W. Bennett.) 537 



rally compressed on the ventral, gibbous on the dorsal side, purple, covered with pale 

 bloom ; style very oblique, but not basilar, as stated by Benth. and Hook. f. in Gen. PI. 

 i. 325. 



SECT. II. Santiria proper. Anthers dorsifixed. 

 * Panicle branched from base, or nearly so. 



2. S. costata, A. W. Benn. ; leaflets 7 glabrous above pubescent be- 

 neath elliptic-oblong shortly obtusely caudate-acuminate, base obliquely 

 acute, midrib prominent above pale, lateral nerves about 9 pairs inconspi- 

 cuous above and very prominent beneath divaricate curving towards the 

 margin, panicle pyramidal ferruginously pubescent, branches divaricating 

 subtended by lanceolate obtuse bracts, pedicels as long as the flowers, calyx 

 ultimately truncate-dentate, stamens about equalling the petals. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



Tree ; branchlets with pale ashy-grey bark ; youngest branchlets, petioles and 

 petiolules ochraceously pubescent. Leaves of flowering shoots 6-8 in., petiole 1 in. 

 flat above ; leaflets 3^-6 by 14-24 in-, petiolule ^-^ in., transversely rugose, thickened 

 at both ends. Panicle 3 in. long (occasionally with a peduncle -4 in.). Flowers in 

 fascicles of about 4 on lateral branches of panicle, surrounded by several minute brac- 

 teoles ; pedicels in. Calyx glabrescent. Stamens with slender filaments inserted 

 beneath the margin of the disk. Fruit unknown. 



3. S. apiculata, A. W. Benn. ; leaves trifoliolate glabrous on both 

 sides elliptic or elliptic-oblong shortly obtusely caudate-acuminate, base 

 acute, midrib prominent above, lateral nerves weak bifurcating before reach- 

 ing the margin, panicle narrowly pyramidal, glabrous branches ascending, 

 bracts obsolete, pedicels twice as long as the flowers, calyx-segments 

 deltoid acute, stamens shorter than petals, style completely basal in fruit. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



Tree ; branchlets with pale ashy-grey bark. Leaves of flowering-shoots, 6-8 in., 

 petiole 2 in., striate, flat above ; leaflets 24 -4 by l-2 in. broad, petiolule J-| in., jointed 

 at the apex. Panicle 4-3 in. long (occasionally with a peduncle 4 in.) pedicels & in. 

 Bracteoles minute. Stamens with slender filaments inserted beneath the margin of the 

 disk, about equalling the capitate stigma. Drupe in. long, ovoid, the obtuse protu- 

 berance bearing the style completely basal, giving the drupe the appearance of an 

 anatropous ovule ; stone thin, fragile ; fruit-pedicel | in. 



4. S. puberula, A. W. Benn.; leaflets 7-9 glabrous above minutely 

 pubescent beneath elliptic-oblong shortly acuminate, base obliquely 

 rounded, midrib and lateral nerves inconspicuous above, lateral nerves 

 about 8 pairs prominent below curving towards the margin, panicle pyra- 

 midal lax few-flowered canescent, scurfy branches patent dividing only 

 at the apex, bracts obsolete, pedicels as long as the flowers, calyx ultimately 

 truncate-dentate, stamens rather shorter than petals. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



Tree ; branchlets with brown striate bark when young, as well as petioles and 

 petiolules clothed with minute canescence. Leaves of flowering-shouts 6-8 in.; 

 petioles l|-2 in., flat above ; leaflets 3-44 by 1^-2 in., petiolule in., transversely 

 rugose, sHghtly thickened at the apex. Panicle 24^4 in. long; pedicels T V in. long. 

 Bracteoles minute. Calyx, minutely pubescent. Stamens with slender filaments in- 

 serted beneath the margin of the disk. Fruit unknown. 



5. S. conferta, A. W. Benn. ; leaflets 13 firm glabrous and finely 

 reticulate above clothed with minute rusty pubescence beneath more or less 

 broadly lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate taper-pointed, base obliquely 



