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acuminatam 1-2 mill. longam cum gemmula subsimili subopposita 
gerentes, umbella unica. Pedicelli 4 mill. longi, receptaculo globoso 
11/,mill.lato inter bracteoleas minimas ovato-acuminatas inserti. 
Umbellæ masc. (e specim. 5425 Wight.) 10-20-floræ. Pedicelli 5-8 mill. 
longi, receptaculo minimo inserti. Alabastrum oblongo-obovoideum, 
Sepala petalaque oblonga, a medio reflexa, 4-5 mill. longa. Antheræ 
oblongæ, obtusæ, filamento 4°-5° breviores. Umbellæ fem. (e specim. 
Helfer et Falconer.) 20-30-floræ. Alabastrum oblongum, obtusum. Se- 
pala oblonga, 2 mill. longa, obtusa, cum petalis angustioribus subæqui- 
longis reflexa. Stamina sterilia 3, filiformia, !/,-2/, longit. ovarii. 
Ovarium obtuse 3-costatum. Stigmata linearia, subcompressa, a medio 
excurvata, intus et margine dense papillosa. — Proxima S. extensæ 
Wall., sed limbo tenuiore, nervis centralibus plus minus triplinerviis, 
flore masc. minore et forsan fl. fem. diversa. 
Circa Moalmein (Helfer, n. 317 in h. meo et Falconer in h. h. petrop. 
fol. 144), in penins. Malayana (Griff. 5425 in h. kew.), et in irs. 
Luzon Philippinarum (Hænke in h. prag.)? 
B, Maingayana ; petiolis subbrevioribus (3-5 mill.) ; nervis centrali- 
bus vix supra basim segregatis ; baccis (immaturis) minoribus. — In 
penins. Malayana (Maingay 1696 in h. h. kew.) — Flores masc. ut in 
x. Folia in uno ramo acuminata, in aliis contundata et mucronata ut 
IG. . 
153, S. Singaporensis ; ramis subcylindricis ; petiolis usque ad 
1/3=1/, vaginatis ; limbis ovato-ellipticis, basi obtusis, demum cordatis, 
opacis. S. calophylla Wall. 5131 in h. Rich. nunc Franquev., pro parte. 
Rami subcylindrici, striati, leves, inermes, extremi angulosi potius 
quam striati, aculeis raris sparsis brevibus passim armati, Petioli in 
ramis florentibus 7 mill., in ramo vetustiore 15-17 mill. longi, usque 
` ad !/, et serius !/, marginibus inflexis extremitate lobatis vaginati, 
vetustiores presertim. cirrhiferi. Limbi ovato-elliptici, firmi, juniores 
basi obtusi, deinde subcordati, apice rotundato plus minus mucronati 
vel contundati, 7-10 cent. longi, 4-6 lati, 7-nervii, nervis 2 centrali 
propioribus ab eo supra basim discedentibus, nervulis in sicco 
paulo eminentibus, parenchymate etiam in folis ramorum florif. 
opaco. Racemi 45-20 mill. longi, inter folium et squamam 3-4 mill. 
longam ovatam abrupte acuminatam non fissam nascentes, 5-1 mill. 
supra basim bractea et gemmula suboppositis, inæqualibus, 1-3 mill, 
longis, lanceolatis, in medio utrinque lobatis vestiti, pedunculo 
a bractea unico umbellam 40 30-floram gerente. Receptaculum 
globosum, 2 mill. latum, bracteolis vix perspicuis. Pedicelli masc. 
et fem. 5-6 mill. longi. Alabastra masc. obovoidea. Sepala et petala 
oblonga, 5 mill. longa. Antheræ lineares, filamento 4°-0° (a EE 
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