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Leaves entire; hypogynous scales in a cup; 
perianth thick 40 iG 
Leaves coarsely serrate in the upper half; perianth 
thin fe ah ate - 4. H. robusta. 
Racemes pubescent, tomentose or villous; hypogynous 
seales free. 
3. H. Kingiana. 
Racemes densely rufous-pubescent or velvety ; leaves 
entire or nearly so. 
Leaves rufous-pubescent beneath, petioles 3—4 
em. long; racemes 15—20 cm. long; bract and 
bracteoles ovate, minute fe .. 0. HZ. rufescens. 
Leaves plumbeous beneath, nearly glabrous, 
petioles 1—1-5 cm. long; racemes dense, short ; 
bract and bracteoles linear, conspicuous .. 6. A. velutina. 
Leaves glabrous, yellowish when dry, petiole 1—2 
em. long; racemes slender, 5—10 cm. long; 
bract and bracteoles acuminate, short .. 7. H. excelsa. 
Leaves glabrous, nearly black when dry, petiole 
about 1 cm, long; racemes slender, short; bract 
and bracteoles rather short Bs .. 8. H. Scortechinit. 
Racemes glabrescent; bracts and bracteoles short. 
Racemes 10—15 cm. long; leaves yellowish when 
dry, entire ; leaf petiole over 1 cm.long .. 7. H. excelsa. 
vars. salicifolia 
and forbesii. 
Racemes 15—20 cm. long; leaves prominently 
serrate, olive-brown when dry, under-surface 
yellowish ; leaf petiole under 1 em. long .. 9. A. Curtisiz. 
1. Henicia attenuata, Bl. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2. 1. 216 
(1834). A large shrub or low tree reaching a height of 6—9 m. witha 
diam. of up to 30-—40 cm.; branches spreading ; branchlets pale brown, 
moderate-sized, smooth; all parts quiteglabrous. Leaves subcoriace- 
ous; obovate or oblanceolate, acute or acuminate at apex, long at- 
tenuate at base; olive-green or reddish when dry, the upper surface 
slightly shining and somewhat bullate; margins entire or with a few 
distant serratures in the upper half; 12—30 cm. long, 5—11 cm. broad ; 
midrib slender, raised on both surfaces; main nerves 8—10 pairs, 
irregular, curving upwards and the upper ones interarching ; secondary 
nerves and transverse nervules irregularly but prominently netted asis 
the reticulation ; petiole thickened at base, up to Icm. long, bordered 
above by the decurrent margins of the blade. Flowers pale yellow, in 
pairs or single, rather distant, from the rhachis of a cylindrical 
