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shrub, reaching 6 to 8 ft. in height ; branchlets slender, dichotomous, 

 smooth. Leaves membranous ; lanceolate to elliptic-obovate, obtusely 

 caudate-acuminate at apex, the acumen often twisted sideways, attenu- 

 ate at base ; yellowish-green when fresh, pale brown when dry ; l-o to 4 

 in. long, -5 to 1-5 in. broad ; midrib slender, raised beneath ; main 

 nerves very slender, 6 to 9 pairs, starting at an angle of from 50^ to 60^ 

 with the midrib, and cm'ving upwards to join in an inconspicuous intra- 

 marginal looped nerve ; secondary nerves very few ; reticulations few, 

 faint ; petiole "5 to '25 in. long, winged by the decurrent margins of the 

 blade, half-stem-clasping at base with a stipular ridge at the node and 

 a ligule-like gland within. Cymes axillary, sessile or shortly peduncled, 

 few- (1- to 6-) flowered ; pedicels slender, curved, -25 to '75 in. long ; 

 bracteoles minute, caducous ; flowers white with a yellow centre, or 

 pale yellow; buds very slender, clavate, rounded at top. Calyx-iwhe 

 short ; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, glandular within, unequal, "15 to 

 •2 in. long, with a strong midrib nerve. CoroZ^a-tube very slender, 

 dilated at top opposite the stamens and there twisted, -5 to •? in. long, 

 glabrous except for a sHght pubescence within below the anthers ; 

 lobes narrow, oblong, folded in bud, crisped on the margins, "4 to '5 in. 

 long, -1 in. broad. Anthers slender, -15 in. long ; filaments short, 

 ciliate, decurrent in lines in the corolla-tube. Ovary short, rounded; 

 style long, fiUform ; stigma clavate, apiculate. Follicles yellow, oblong- 

 falcate, beak acute, base sessile ; 3-keeled, the keels prominent ; -75 to 

 1-25 in. long, '4 to "5 in. thick, 6- or more-seeded. Seeds ovoid or 

 rhomboid, -3 to -4 in. long, surrounded by a reddish aril; testa 

 crustaceous, grooved ventrally with a branching groove, furrowed 

 longitudinally, the furrows intruded into the albumen ; albumen copious ; 

 cotyledons cordate, rounded, -25 in. long ; radicle stout, cylindi'ic. Ta- 

 herncemontana malaccensis, Hook. f. in Fl. Br. Ind. III. 649. 



Peeak : Scortechini 2024 ; King's Collector 1061, 4391. Malacca : 

 Griffith ; Maingay (K.D.) 1061, 1062 ; Dervy 87 ; Hervey. Sel-^-gor : 

 Curtis 2353. Singapgee : Hullett 521 (this specimen has very small 

 leaves and rather larger more recurved follicles). 



7. ERVATAML4 CuRTisii, King & Gamble, n. sp. A shrub ; branchlets 

 slender, dichotomous, pale brown, striate when dry. Leaves mem- 

 branous ; lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate at apex, 

 attenuate at base ; glabrous, green above, pale beneath ; margins slightly 

 recm-ved ; 3 to 6 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. broad ; midrib slender, prominent 

 beneath ; main nerves 9 to 12 pairs, starting at an angle of about 70^ 

 with the midrib and at once curving upwards to and along the margin ; 

 secondary nerves and reticulations very indistinct ; petiole -2 to -3 in. 

 long, winged by the decurrent margins of the blade so as to be 



