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Flor. Ind. I, 426 ; ed. Wall. I, 447 ; DC. Prodr. Ill, 78 ; W. & A. Prodr. 

 305; Wall. Cat. 2098, (partly). A. indica, Lamk. 111. I, 3L1, No. 1555 ; 

 DC. 1. c. 77 ; W. & A. Prodr. 305 ; Wall. Cat. 2099 ; Blume 1. c. t. 46. 

 A. debilis, Ait. Hort. Kew, ed. 1, I, 163. A. verticillata, Boiss. 

 Flor. Orient. II, 743, (not of Link). Hapaloearpum vesicatorium and 

 if. indicum, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. I, 618. Cryptotheca apetala, 

 Blume Bijd. 1128; DC. 1. c. 76. 



Pekak ; King's Collector 303 ; Curtis 3195. S. Andaman, in similar 

 situations with the last. 



2. Pemphis, Forst. 



A maritime shrub or tree, 25-35 ft. high. Leaves opposite, oblong 

 to oblong-lanceolate, entire, very thick, fleshy. Floivers small, axillary, 

 solitary, peduncles 2-bracteate at their base. Calyx-tube campanulate, 

 12-ao -ribbed ; teeth 6, short, with 6 shorter accessory teeth. Petals 6, 

 inserted at the mouth of the calyx-tube and nearly as long, obovate, 

 wrinkled, white or rose. Stamens 12, inserted in two series towards 

 the middle of the calyx-tube. Ovary free at the bottom of the calyx- 

 tube, 3-celled at the base ; style long, stigma capitate ; ovules many, 

 ascending ; placentas 3, sub-basal. Capsule coriaceous, obovoid or nearly 

 globose, included in the calyx-tube or exserted nearly half its length, 

 somewhat irregularly circumscissile, ultimately 1-celled. Seeds very 

 many, long cuneate-obovoid, angular, smooth, standing out in all direc- 

 tions from the apparently free central placenta. 



Pempis acidula, Forst. Gen. t. 34. Young parts more or less 

 clothed with grey silky hairs, the young branches 4-angled. Leaves 

 subsessile or very shortly petioled, sub-acute or obtuse, m 6-l'5 in. long. 

 Flowers white. Capsule '4 in. long and '2 in. in diam. DC. Prodr. Ill, 

 89 ; Wall. Cat. 2108 ; W. and A. Prodr. 307 ; Griff. Notul. IV, 510 ; 

 Blume Mns. Bot. II, t. 43 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, pt, I, 619 ; Bedd. 

 Flor. Sylv. Anal. Gen. t. XIV, fig. 5 ; Kurz For. Flor. I, 518. 

 JP*?*ungustifolia, Roxb! Hort. Beng. 91 ; Flor. Ind. II, 465. P. setosa, 

 Lour. Flor. Filip. ed. I, 410. Maclellandia Griffithidna, Wight Ic. t. 1996. 

 Lythrum Pemphis, Linn. f. Suppl. 249; Lamk. 111. II, 408, fig. 2. 

 Melanium frnticosum, Spreng. Syst. II, 445. 



On the beech in Singapore and probably in all the provinces. 

 Andaman and Great Coco Islands ; Prain. Distrib. Burma, Ceylon, 

 S. of British India. 



3. Crypteronia, Blume. 



Trees. Leaves opposite, petioled, entire, ovate or lanceolate. 

 Hacemes elongate, in branched panicles. Flowers minute, white or green, 



