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narrowed to the short petiole ; main-nerves spreading, less than -1 in. 

 apart, not conspicuous ; lower surface dull and glandular, slightly paler 

 than the shining upper : length 1'75 to 3'5 in. ; breadth 5 to 1*25 in. ; 

 petiole '1 to "2 in. Cymes on angular peduncles '5 to I '25 in. long, 

 axillary, shorter than the leaves, dichotomous, hoary ; the flowers few, 

 crowded, 3 in. in diam., on very short pedicels. Calyx-tube broadly 

 cup-shaped, tapered to the base ; the teeth shallow, broad, sub-acute. 

 Petals small, sub-rotund, sab-entire, hairy outside. Ovary pubescent. 

 Capsule large ("35 in. in diam.) sub-globular, glabrous, enclosed in the 

 calyx except at the apex ; its valves broad, blunt. Seeds winged, 9 or 

 10 in each cell. 



Penang ; Maingay (K.D. 769) ; Gurtisy 288, 438. 



I keep up this species with mach hesitation. It appears to me to be a form of 

 T. merguensis with leaves and capsules smaller than usual. 



4. Tristania obovata, R. Br. in Benn. and Horsf. Fl. Jav. 127, 

 t. 27. A large shrub : the young branches reddish-brown, rusty puberu- 

 lous. Leaves obovate, much contracted to the short petiole, the apex 

 rounded or retuse ; both surfaces glabrous, the lower glandular and 

 paler: main-nerves spreading, about "l in. apart ; length 1"5 to 25 in. ; 

 breadth 6 to 1*2 in. ; petiole '2 to '4 in. Gymes extra-axillary and 

 terminal, few-flowered, puberulous or glabrous, much shorter than the 

 leaves. Flowers "15 in. long, on pedicels shorter than themselves, often 

 in pairs. Galyx-tuhe turbinate ; the teeth rounded, short. Petals sub- 

 rotund with serrate margins. Ovary silky. Capsule '2 in. long, oval, 

 glabrous, much longer than the persistent calyx : its valves broad, 

 blunt. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 1, 397. 



Singapore : Ridley 5886. 



5. Tristania Whiteana, Griif. PL Cantor. 18. A shrub, the young 

 bark brown. Leaves oblanceolate, bluntly acuminate, much narrowed 

 to tho short petiole ; both surfaces shining, the lower pellucid-punctate, 

 pale: main-nerves numerous (about '05 in. apart), sub-horizontal; 

 length 3 to 55 in. ; breadth '75 to 1*75 in. ; petiole "25 to '5 in. Cymes 

 on peduncles nearly as long as the leaves, corymbosely paniculate, 

 minutely pubescent, axillary and terminal, the bracts few and leaflike ; 

 bracteoles small caducous. Flowers numerous, on pedicels shorter than 

 themselves, "1 in. across. Galyx-tuhe obconic, densely pubescent on 

 both surfaces, its teeth obsolete. Petals orbicular, glandular. Capsule 

 under '1 in. in diam., free from the calyx except at the base. 

 2\ Wightiana^ Duthie in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 466. T, sumatrana^ 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 308. Hypericinea pimentifolia^ Wall. Oat, 

 4828. 



J. II. 10. 



