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3054. Province Wellesley : at Tassek Glugor, Curtis 3738. — 

 DisTEiB. Java (Koorders 13799, 13800, 13802, 14232). 



In appearance this species would at first sight be taken for W. tomentosa, Eoem. 



6 Sch., but it is distinguished by the larger buds, shorter corolla-tube, and, above all, 

 by the quite different corona-scales. 



2. Wrightia l^vis, Hook. f. in Fl. Br. Ind. III. 654 (1882). A 

 glabrous shrub or small tree, reaching 15 to 20 feet in height ; branchlets 

 slender, terete, very pale brownish-yellow. Leaves membranous ; elliptic 

 or elliptic-oblong, abruptly caudate-acuminate at apex, cuneate at base ; 

 shining above, dull and pale beneath, blueish when dry ; 3 to 6 in. long, 

 1 to 3 in. broad ; midrib slender, raised and usually nearly white 

 beneath ; main nerves 4 to 7 pairs, the lowest pair very near the margin, 

 all arching upwards to and along the margin ; secondary nerves and 

 transverse reticulations pale, forming an elegant network especially 

 conspicuous below ; petiole very short, -1 to -2 in. long. Cymes corym- 

 bose, 3-chotomous, pseudo-terminal, about 2 in. long and 2-5 in. broad ; 

 peduncles flattened, up to about 1 in. long ; secondary peduncles also 

 flattened, -25 to '3 in. long ; pedicels slender, -5 to -75 in. long, often 

 deflexed ; bracteoles minute, ovate-lanceolate ; flower-buds ovoid ; flowers 

 about "5 in. in diameter, blood-red (Maingay). Galyx-tuhe very short ; 

 lobes ovate, rounded, ciliolate, nerved, -06 in. long, each with 1 to 2 

 minute scales near the base. Corolla-tube very short, -05 in. long, 

 glabrous ; lobes oblong, minutely pubescent, -25 in. long ; corona-scales 

 fimbriate from the base, laciniae glabrous, '2 in. long. Stamens exsert ; 

 filaments very short, thick ; anthers sagittate, the connective villous on 

 both sides ; cells near the top only, very short. Ovary ovoid, glabrous ; 

 style slender, with an obconic top ; stigma short, rounded. Follicles 



7 to 8 in. long, connate, slender. Seeds very long (1-5 in.), slender, 

 glabrous, striate. 



PooNGAH : Curtis 2943. Peeak : at 300 ft., Wray 3504 ; Scortechini 

 63, 77 ; King's Collector 8614. Malacca : on Mount Ophir, Maingay 

 (K.D.) 1065. Selangor : Ridley 7566, at Ginting Bidai. — Distrib. 

 Sumatra {Forhes 2605). 



3. Wrightia dubia, Spr. Syst. Veg. I. 638 (1825). A shrub, 2 to 8 

 feet high ; branches stout, lenticellate ; branchlets also thick, terete, 

 pale brown, innovations minutely pubescent. Leaves chartaceous ; 

 oblong- or obovate-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, attenuate at base, 

 sometimes almost rounded ; dull on both surfaces, on the upper scabe- 

 rulous, scarcely pubescent, dark, paler beneath ; 3 to 6 in. long, 1 to 

 1-5, rarely to 2, in. broad ; midrib slender, smooth, pale, prominently raised 

 beneath ; main nerves 8 to 12 pairs, the lowest very close to the margin, 



