TALAUMA. 



203 



Perak 



d Malacca 



open forest on low bills 



From Miquel's description of his T. villosa (Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 366), that species 

 d this must be very closely- allied ; and, if they are identical, Miquel's name, dating 



1860, must take precedence of H. f. & T.'s, which was published 



is: 



Plate 42. Talauma 1 

 2, adult leaves and young 



fruit 



Hook. fit. 8f Thorns, — 1, young leaf and -pathoid bood 



3 



d 4. fl 



o 



y 



young li 



'}, ripe fruit 1) f< 



paration of the individual carpels ; 7, the same after their separation ; 8, a singlo earpe 



yf natural size ; 9, anthers : enlarged. 



T. andamanica, King in Ji 



2 

 ihrub 



A 



Soc. Brng 



I 



S. pt 



li, 372 



A <dabroui 



or 



all tree. Leaves sub-coriaceous, oblance«>late-oblong, 



^ 



arch 



ancool 



tl 



ia 



apex (usually rather abruptly) acute, the base gradually narrowed to 



P 



b 



surfaces sh 

 7 to 10 in 





main nerves 10 to 14 pairs, thin but \ 



h 



w 



* a 



breadth 25 to 3*5 in.; petiole *5 to 1 in., expanded at tho b 



th of blade 



ie. Flo ? 



tary, sub-globo 



1 



in/ long, on thick, tei 



Dulatcd, pubescent ] 



1 in. long; spathoid hood of 

 Ripe fruit globose-pyriform, 

 and nearly as broad, beaked 



aly 



i^l abr 



Sepals 3. PetaU 6, ovate or obovate. 



1*5 in. long; the individual car] 



mb.iid 



6 



seeds '4 



Ion 





•Nag noli a anda 



King MSS 



Ion 



Andaman Islands, o 

 In leaf this closely 



Mount Harriet, 

 esembles T. Rah 



Hook. iil. & Thorns. 



? 



but 



ias sin 



r 



flowers 



d fruit 



The individual carpels of this are not more than a third the size 



of those of T. Rabaniana, which are more 



■ 



not rhomboidal. 



tha 



1 in. long and 



ly oblong 



Plate 43 



Talauma andam 



King 



1 



2 



a 



small flower spread out ; 3 



pe 



fruit 



, branch with fully developed flower; 

 4, central axi- with M*eds attaclx I by their 



podosperms; 5 



o 



le carpels, side and back 



3 



T. mutabilis, Bl Fl. Jav. Magnol. p. 35 



t 10 



d, — all of nutural size. 



i 11, 12, fig. B. A glab 



shrub. Leaves 

 sub-coriaceous, sIk-*« & 



5 to 8 in. 



oblong-lanceolate, acute at either end 



slightly unequal at the 



ha 



se 



» 



both surfaces 



about 12 pairs, spreading; length of blade 

 breadth 2'25 to 2*75 in. ; petiole 73 to *9 in., thickened at the base, minutely 



muriculate when dry, as is the midrib 



Flower 



ovoid 



tary, te 



on annular 



about 1 



peduncles 



Petals 6, in 2 whorl 



m. 



long; 



pathoid bract fuscous 



S 



rpals 3, broadly ovate. 



broader th 



the 



pal 



sometimes obovate, concave, connivent, 



> 



passing from rosy-green to reddish-bi 



& 



at first, ultimately glabrous 



ed beaks, -75 to 1*25 



individual carp 



Ripe fruit ovoid, I'D to 2 

 sis rhomboid, lenticellai 



long, pubescent 

 with blunt sub- 



r 



in. 



ong 



Korth. in Ned. Kruik 



Arch 



n 



• 



D8 



Hook, fil 



Thorns 



Fl. Lnd. i 



i 



14 



King in J< 



74 



A 



Hook 



fl. Fl. Br. Ind. 

 Soc. Beng. vol. 58, pt. ii 



l 



> 



i 



40 

 373. 



Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat, 



l 



' 



pt, 



n 



> 



Manglietia Candolleij Wall, t t 



(not of Bl.) 



In the Straits Settlements, in shady damp spots near water 



DlSTRIB 



A 



7 



The Malayan Archipelago, 

 variable shrub of which Bl 



pecimens I haT 



seen 



from the Straits hav 



describe the leaves as often pubescent 



distinguishes 



glabrous leaves: but Blame 



pilose below 



three varieties. All the 



and others 



Plate 44 



Talauma mutabil 



'j 



Bl 



flower; 3, ovaries; 4, ripe 

 7, stamens : slightly enlarged, 



fruit 



o 



> 



1, branch with flower-bud: 2. fully developed 

 individual carpel, ripe ; 6, seeds : of natural size ; 



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