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both sides of the base of the petiol, loseiy embracing it in the 

 form of two pendulous, free, oval, or semilunar lobes, ot the s:zeof 

 the nail of the middle finger, convex without, concave on the inner 

 side, which is parallel to the branch; the outer margin almost 

 circular, the lower extremely broad and rounded, free ; the upper 

 narrower, partly attached to the petiol, and partly continuous with 

 the intra-peliolary process. — In each of my specimens there is in 

 one of the uppermost axils a very thick and woody club-shaped 

 peduncle, about two inches long, at the end nearly half an inch in 

 diameter, with a pair of opposite, ovate, short, thick bractes at the 

 middle. — Calyx consisting of five leathery, roundish, obtuse, most 

 spreading lacunae, each measuring an inch, with sharp margins, 

 whicli probably had supported a prupoiiumally large fruit. Flowers 

 not seen. — N. W. 



5. F. racemosa, Jack. 



Shrubby, erect ? leaves broad-oval, rounded at both ends, sub- 

 sessile; raceme terminal, shorter than the leaves, consisting of opposite 

 fascicles of sub-sessile flowers. 



Found by Mr. Jack in the Island of Penang. 



Branches round, smooth, pale. Leaves in somewhat remote pairs,, 

 firm, and coriaceous, mostly broad-oval, from 6 to 7 inches long and 

 4 or 5 wide ; obtuse or slightly pointed, rounded at both ends, with 

 strong and prominent nerves below ; on being dried they assume a 

 yellowish taint like those of most species of symplocos. Sometimes 

 they are of an oblong form. — Petioles very short and thick, scarcely 

 exceeding one-third of an inch in length, with a very narrow, round- 

 ed stipylari/ process, embracing the branch, and united with that of 

 the opposite side. — Raceme terminal, peduncled, nodding, oblon^, 

 three or four inches long, obtuse, about two inches in diameter, 

 crowded with most approximate fascicles, each consisting of nine 

 sub-sessile, white flowers, disposed in threes. — The lowest fascicles 

 remote from the rest. Common peduncles rather slender, round, two 

 or three inches long, naked ; partial ones exceedingly thick, w;4k $;p- 



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