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STERCULIACE^. 



2. Sterculia cognata Prain ; arbuscula ramulis gracilibus parce 

 puberulis cortice brunneo obtectis. Folia glabra brevissime petiolata vel 

 sessilia auguste lanceolata medio versus basin sensin attenuata apice 

 anguste ovato-acuminata, margine integra, chartacea, subtus prominen- 

 tias 25-30-nervia simulatque reticulato-venosa. Flores albi pedicellati 

 pedicellis filiformibus glabris, in racemis quam folia dimidio brevioribus 

 dipositi ; calyce campanulato laevi intus glabro extus parcissime 

 puberulo, lobis linearibus erecto-patentibus tubo multo longioribus. 

 Follicula oblonga acuta breviter pedicellata extus velutina intus glabra 

 utrinque rubra ; semina nigra nitida subsphaerica. 



In montibus Kaclun nuncupatis ; Kingii mercenar. ! 



Folia 8-12 poll, longa, *75-2*5 poll, lata, petiolis nunquam *2 poll, 

 saepius omnino absentibus ; racemis 4 poll, longis, pedicellis capillaribus 

 •3 poll, longis; floribus "6 poll, longis ; folliculis 25 poll, longis, '75 poll, 

 latis ; seminibus *5 poll. diam. 



Nearest S. Roxburghii, S. parvifolia, and S. striatiflora but easily- 

 distinguished by the sessile leaves and the other characters mentioned. 



CONNARACEAE. 



3. Taeniochlaena birmanica Prain; frutex ramulis puberulis 

 teretibus cortice minute lenticellatis. Folia imparipinnata, foliolis 2-3- 

 jugis, coriaceis, nervo mediano supra puberulo excepto glabris, oblongo- 

 lanceolatis apice emarginato-caudatis basi inaequaliter cuneatis breviter 

 petiolulatis, rachide puberulo. Flores in racemis brevibus vel paniculis 

 congestis axillaribus dispositi, bracteis minutis, pedicellis lonp^iusculis. 

 Calyx basi hemisphaericus, laciniis valvatis oblongis acutis fructu 

 revolutis. Petala ... Stami?ia 10, alterna paulo breviora, filamentis basi 

 vix connatis. Garpella 5, sessilia, styli parum elongati, puberuli. 

 Capsulae 1-3, sessiles, ovoideae, parum apiculatae, extus intusque 

 glaberrimae. Semen oblongum basi arillo adnato dimidiato sufi c ultum ) 

 testa nitida ; cotyledones amygdalinae. 



Burma : in montibus Kachin nuncupatis, Kingii mercenar. ! 



Folia 6-8 poll, longa, rachide 3-4 poll., lamina terminali 3-5 poll, 

 longa 1*5 poll, lata, lateralibus 1*5-3 poll, longis, petiolulis *15 poll. 

 Racemis l'5-2 poll, longis, pedicellis *3-'4 poll, longis. Capsulis '6 poll, 

 longis, '3 poll, latis. 



Much resembles the only other known species, T. Griffithii Hook, fil., 

 from Malacca, but with differently shaped leaflets and with fruits that 

 are glabrous externally instead of pubescent. 



