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recurved, 4 to 6 in. long, 1 to 1-75 in. broad; midrib slender, channelled 

 above ; main nerves 12 to 16 pairs, at an angle of from 60° to 70° to the 

 midrib, curving upwards to meet in a very faint intramarginal looped 

 nerve ; secondary nerves few ; reticulations many, transverse ; petiole 

 •5 to 1 in. long. Inflorescence pseudo-terminal, sessile, grey-pubescent ; 

 peduncles 2 to 6, variable in length, usually from 1 to 2 in. long, ending 

 in branched 2- to 3-chotomous corymbose spreading cymes ; bracts 

 none ; bracteoles minute, triangular ; pedicels slender, short but variable ; 

 flowers smaU, grey-pubescent, white ('?), buds shortly clavate, Galyx- 

 tube urceolate, glabrous within, -05 to '1 in. long; lobes ovate, refiexed, 

 pubescent on both surfaces, '005 in. long, Gorolla-t'uhe cylindric, 

 slightly dilated a little above the middle, pubescent on both surfaces, 

 •125 in. long ; lobes spreading, -075 in. long, rounded, nearly glabrous 

 within when open, except for the tuft of hairs above the base. Stamens 

 inserted a little above the middle of the tube ; anthers ovate, apiculate, 

 •035 in. long ; filaments very short. Dish annulate, wavy at margin, 

 very short. Ovary glabrous, ovoid-acute ; style slender ; stigma coni- 

 cal, penicillate below, bifid above. Fruit of two erect (?) follicles, 

 reaching 18 in. in length and -15 in. in diameter, stiff, ribbed when dry. 

 Seeds peltate, on narrow, ribbon-like, tough placentas, oblong, rounded 

 below, long acuminate above, "4 in. long, -1 in. broad, bordered by 

 tawny hairs which are short and refiexed at the sides and plumose at 

 the ends, reaching •S in. in length ; testa thin, minutely papillose on the 

 inner, villous on the outer surface ; albumen fiattened ; cotyledons 

 oblong, as long as the straight radicle. A. DC. Prodr. VIII. 409 ; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 643. 



Penang: Griffith; Maingay (K.D.), 1066, 1067, 1070. Malacca: 

 Derry 1080. Johoee : Biclley 10942. Singapoee : Wallich 1650 ; 

 Kurz; T. Amlerson 140; Biclley 2716, 5571. 



Vae. elliptica, King & Gamble. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 

 three, elliptic, acute at apex and at base, glabrous except on the lower 

 surface when quite young ; 3 to 4 in. long, 1^25 to 1-75 in. broad ; 

 main nerves regular, raised beneath ; petiole ^75 to 1 in. long with a 

 callus on the inner surface near the base ; branchlets rough, dark brown. 



Penang : Curtis. Scarcely a variety, but the shape of the leaves is 

 very distinct. 



Vae. kitifolia, King & Gamble. Leaves larger, obovate, 5 to 7 in. 

 long, 2^5 to 3 in. broad, glabrous. Flowers rather larger; calyx-lobes 

 shallower. A small tree with spreading branches, reaching 15 to 20 feet 

 in height and 3 to 4 in. in diameter. 



Penang : Maingay (K.D.) 1070/1, 1070/2 ; Curtis 2491 ; Fox 80 ; 

 Ridley 9306 ; Stoliczka ; King's Collector 1341. 



