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3. Cratoxylon pormosum, Bcnth. and Hook. fil. Gen. PI. I, 1G6 A 

 shrub or tree 20 to 6 feet high, all parts quite glabrous, young branches 

 pale. Leaves membranous, broadly elliptic to elliptic-oblong, acute or 

 rounded, the base slightly narrowed ; upper surface shining ; lower dull 

 pale, glaucescent and with numerous minute black dots ; main nerves 6 

 to 8 pairs, little more prominent than the secondary; length 3 to 4 in., 

 breadth 1*75 to 2"25 in. ; petiole '25 in., thin. Ci/mes axillary, or from 

 above the scars of fallen leaves, 2-3 flowered Flowers '7b in. long, their 

 pedicels '5 in. Sepals elliptic, pointed, faintly veined, "2 in. long, nearly 

 equal, not accrescent. Petals thin, prominently veined, elliptic, with a 

 narrow scale above the slender claw ; Hypogynous glands small, oblong 

 or quadrate, crimson. Tubes of staminal bundles long, slender, exserted- 

 Capsules cylindric, acute, "6 in. long. Seeds "3 in. long, with an obtuse 

 obovate unilateral wing. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind, I, 258 ; Kurz Fl. 

 Burm. I, 84. Tridesmis for^mosa, Korth. Verh. l!^at. Gesch. Bot. 179, t. 

 37 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. ii, p. 517. T. ocJinoides, Spach Suit. Buff. 

 V, 359. Flodea formosa, Jack in Hook. Journ. Bot. I, 374. 



In all the Provinces. Distrib. Siam, Philippines, Malayan Archi- 

 pelago. 



4. Ceatoxylon Maingayi, Dyer in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 258. A 

 tree 30 feet high; all parts glabrous : young branches with pale brown, 

 ridged, bark. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, acuminate at apex and base ; 

 both surfaces shining, the lower paler ; main nerves obscure, about 6 

 pairs ; length 2 to 3"5 in., breadth 1 to 1'5 in., petiole "25 in. Cymes 

 axillary, or from above the scars of fallen leaves, few-flowered.* Floivers 

 about '5 in. long, their pedicels '25 in. Sepals oblong, unequal. Petals 

 elliptic, clawed, veined, the basal scale acute. Capsule "5 in. long, 

 narrowly cylindric. Seeds '25 in. long, with oblong unilateral wing. 



Penang; Maingay. 



Apparently an uncommon tree, since only Maingay has as yet 

 collected it. 



Order XIV. GUTTIFER^. 



Trees or shrubs with yellow or greenish juice. Leaves opposite, 

 coriaceous or membranous, rarely whorled or stipulate. Flowers axil- 

 lary or terminal, solitary, fascicled, subracemose or panicled, white, yellow 

 or red, regular, dioecious, polygamous or hermaphrodite. Sepals 2-6, 

 imbricate or in decussate pairs. Petals 2-6 (rarely more, or 0), usually 

 much imbricated or contorted. Male fl. : Stamens usually indefinite, 

 hypogynous ; filaments free or variously connate, monadelphous or in as 

 many bundles as there are petals; anthers various. Female fl. : 

 Staminodes various. Ovary l-2-oo -celled ; style slender, short or 0; stigmas 

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