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MYRISTICACEAE. 



251. Myristica longifolia. Wall. Cat. 6801. 



Mamoh on the Pakchan river, Renong : Brov^n ; tree ; 

 6699 ; Tasan : Red ; tree ; 6936. Distrib. India from Sikkim 

 to Tenasserim. 



PROTEACEAE. 



252. Helicia terminalis, Kurz. 



Tapli : Yellowish ; large tree ; 6815 Distrib. Ava. 



253. Helicia excelsa, Bl. 



Mamoh : Large tree ; Greenish-brov/n ; style black ; 

 6719. Distrib. Khasiya, Tenasserim, Cambodia, Malay 

 Peninsula. 



HERNANDIACEAE. 



254. Illigera trifoliata, Dunn. 



Nam Chut : Climber ; fruit green, tipped and streaked 

 red ; 6679. Distrib. India, Malay Peninsula. 



255. Hernandia peltata, Meissn. 



Koh Pipidon : Flowers white ; stamens yellow ; sepals 

 and bracts pale dull yellowish green ; 65''»8. Distrib. Sea- 

 shores, Africa, Madagascar, Ceylon, Andamans, Malay 

 Peninsula and Islands, Polynesia. 



LORANTHACEAE. : 



256. Loranthus pentandrus, L. 



Koh Pipidon : Flowers dull greenish yellow ; stamens 

 tipped red ; woody climber ; 6555. Distrib. Indin, Malay 

 Peninsula to Borneo, Sumatra and Java. 



257. Loranthus vulpinus, sp. nov. 



Branches black ; young parts red, scurfy. Leaves 

 opposite, stiffly coriaceous when young densely rcd-tomen- 

 tose. Adult glabrous or with midrib pubescent lanceolate- 

 acuminate, shortly base rounded ; midrib prominent on 

 both sides ; nerves invisible or very faint, 3 pairs, 2*5 in. 

 long, 1 in. wide ; petiole -15 in. Flowers axillary, raceme, 

 •5 in. long, densely orange-tomentose. Bracts lanceolate- 

 acuminate -4 in. long. Calyx tube short with very obscure 

 teeth. Corolla 1 in. long curved, narrowed a little above 

 the dilate base and then dilated, lobes 4 or 5, linear, all red- 

 tomentose and hairy. Stamens 4-5 ; anthers linear, -3 in. 

 long. Style slender, all glabrous. Koh Jam Yai off the 

 coast of Takuapa : 6623. Alhed to L. casuarinae, Ridl. but 

 the leaves smaller and much less hairy, and flowers much 

 smaller. 



258. Elytranthe globosa, Don. 



Tapli : Yellowish green blotched with red , 6808. 

 Distrib. Malay Peninsula. 



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