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buds nearly globose, scales rounded, acuminate. Leaves coriaceo- 

 chartaceous ; oblong or elliptic-oblong, acuminate at apex, cuneate or 

 attenuate at base ; glabrous above, sparsely pilose on the nerves beneath 

 otherwise glabrous, dark greenish-brown when dry ; margins crenately 

 serrate except at the very base and on the acumination, slightly recurved ; 

 5 to 7 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad, midrib slender, impressed above ; 

 main-nerves 6 to 8 pairs, conspicuous, at once curving upwards and 

 round to join each other in a well-marked looped ring -2 to '3 in. from the 

 margin ; reticulations transverse ; petiole '5 to *7 in. long, slender, 

 channelled above. Inflorescence of axillary and sub-terminal pubescent 

 spikes ; the rachis stout, angular ; bracts broad, round, villous, early 

 caducous ; bracteoles 2, ovate-acute, '075 in. long, villous ; flowers 

 about 12 in each spike. Calyx-tube short, '05 in. long ; lobes lanceolate, 

 acute, pilose, -125 in. long. Corolla-tube short; lobes oblong-acute, 

 3-nerved, -2 in. long. Stamens about 30, or very numerous — over 

 100 (Scortechini), on the corolla-tube, fascicles not well separated; 

 filaments very slender; anthers rounded, very minute. Ovary and 

 disk shghtly hairy ; style slender, curved, "2 in. long, stigma capitate ; 

 cells 3, ovules 2 to 3 in each cell. Fruit a cylindric oblong drupe 1"5 

 to 2 in. long, 1 in. broad, truncate at both ends and tipped above by the 

 persistent calyx-tube and lobes, the rim about -2 in. broad; smooth, 

 yellowish-brown ; exocarp thick, corky ; endocarp woody with 7 to 8 

 sharp star-Hke ridges. Seed 1, testa membranous ; albumen thin, 

 embryo straight, pendulous ; radicle long. A. DC. Prod. VIII. 257 ; 

 Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 580 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. Ft. 2. 466; 

 Brand ]\Ionog. Sympl. 52. Bobua cerasifolia, Miers in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XVII. 304. 



Penajs-g: Wallich 4434; Ciirtis 1503, 3096. Perak: Wray 445, 

 3003 ; Scortechini 515 ; King's Collector 6283, 6950. Malacca : 

 Maingay (K.D.) 962 



Scortechini considered his No. .515 to represent a species separate from S. cerasifolia, 

 but with a large series of specimens before us we find it difficult to agree to this. 



21. Stmplocos eigida, Clarke in Hook. f. Fi. Br. Ind. III. 581 

 {not of Wall.) (1882). A tree with spreading branches, reaching 

 60 to 80 feet in height and 18 to 24 in. in diam. of stem ; branchlets 

 stout, dark brown, glabrous, angled when dry, marked with the pro- 

 minent round raised scars of fallen leaves ; branch-buds large, covered 

 with oblong glandular-serrate stipular scales, softly silky on the 

 back; leaf -buds acuminate, -3 to -5 in. long, silky-pubescent. Leaves 

 coriaceo-chartaceous ; oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute or shortly 

 acuminate at apex, attenuate at base ; glabrous on both surfaces 



