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crumpled nature of the cotyledons of Alangiwm which distinguishes it 

 from its congener, Marlea^ which latter has a flat cotyledon. 



REMARKS. 



The following are the synonyms given in the Index Kewensis*: — 



1. Alangium acuminatum, Wight = LamarcMi. 



2. Alangium decapetalum^ Lam. Encyc. I, 174 = Lamarckii. 



3. Alangium glandulosum^ Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl.j 133 ''^ La- 



marckii, 



4. Alangium heaapetalum, Lam. Encyc. Ij 174 = Lamarckii. 



5. Alangium latifolium^ Miq. ex C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Flora 



Br. Ind. II, 741 = Lamarckii. 



6. Alangium octopetalumj Blanchoj Fl. Filip. Ed. II, 310 = 



Lamarckii. 



7. Alangium sundanum, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bot. 1, 1, 774= Lamarckii. 



8. Alangium tomentosum^ Lam. Encyc. I, 174 = Lamarckii. 

 This will be considered a formidable array of synonyms. But such 



of my readers as have hitherto followed my previous description and 

 will note carefully the observations embodied hereafter under this 

 head will be able to understand that, barring all seasonal and climatic 

 changes, which are liable to vary at all times, from year to year, the 

 principal characters of the species above depicted under their respective 

 synonyms have been more or less alluded to in the foregoing descrip- 

 tion of the plant under notice. The terms hexapetalum^ octopetalumj 

 decapetalum are indicative of the number of petals. The term acumi- 

 natum refers to the apex of the leaf. The term tomentosum refers to 

 the existence of a more or less villous condition of the leaf and flower. 

 The term latifolium refers to the breadth of the leaf. The term glan- 

 dulosum refers to the existence of glandular bodies, developing under 

 special circumstances in particular localities under the influence of 

 climate. The term sundanum refers to the special peculiarities of the 

 plant as it is seen growing in the Straits of Sunda. 



In describing the bark of the trees as examined by Brandis in North 

 and Central India, he says it is " grey with some white specks." It 

 must be understood that this description is of the bark of young 



° Part I, page 70, Oxford, 1893. Edited by B. Daydon Jackson under the direction of 

 Sir Joseph D. Hooker, as the noble gift of a noble man— Charles Kobert Darwin— to the 

 earnest student of UuiYersal Botany (K,R.K.) 



