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longer than in that species. The fruits afford the most distinctive character ; they 

 approach most nearly to, though they are still widely different from, those of Q. umbel- 

 lifera Bedd. (Q. capitata Dalz.), next to which species the systematic position of the 

 present one is. 



OLACINE^E. 



2. Gomphandra serrata King 8f Prain ; leaves serrate, ovate or 

 Ovate-lanceolate, cymes axillary or also from leaf-scars lower down, rather 

 longer than the petioles. 



Kachin Hills ; Myitkyina, Prain's Collector ! 



A small tree, everywhere glabrous. Leaves chartaceous, glandular -serrate except 

 at the cuneatc base, apex acute, nerves about 9 pairs, prominent beneath ; length 

 usually about 6 in., breadth 2-3 in. ; petiole 5 in. Cymes finely puberulous. Calyx 

 minute, 4-5-toothed. Corolla and stamens not seen. Fruit *5 in. long, "ovate, narrowed 

 gradually to an acute tip, dark-brown, smooth, crowned by the remains of the stigma, 

 pericarp thin, firmly coriaceous, the inner layer almost woody. Seed large, testa pale, 

 thin. 



Very different from any of the other species of Gomphandra either in Herb. 

 Kew or Herb. Calcutta. 



COMBRETACE^E. 



3. Combretum kachinense King fy Prain ; leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, caudate, glabrous above, finely rusty-pubescent beneath, only 

 subopposite ; flowers in axillary, simple or sparingly branched, almost 

 spicate lax racemes ; calyx not constricted above the ovary, densely rusty 

 outside, glabrous within. 



Kachin Hills ; near Sima, Prain's Collector ! 



A large scandent shrub, without thorns; branches densely rusty- pubescent. 

 Leaves subopposite, 8-9 in. long, 2*25-3 in. wide, chartaceous, caudate apex •o-'7& 

 in. long, margin entire, base abruptly cuneate or almost rounded ; petiole densely 

 rusty, '35 in. long, stipules subulate '25 in. long, subpersistent. Racemes 3-4 in. 

 long, branches if present few, 1-1*5 in. long, rachis densely rusty ; bracteoles minute, 

 rusty. Flowers subsessile. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, densely rusty externally 

 throughout, *2 in. long, lobes ovate-acute, glabrous within. Petals narrow obovate, 

 exceeding the calyx, *15 in. long, glabrous. Stamens 10, those of the antipetalous 

 series with short but distinct filaments and lanceolate anthers, the others with 

 short broad oblong anthers subsessile. Ovary sessile, quite glabrous, gradually 

 narrowed into the glabrous simple style. 



A very distinct species unlike any of the 5-merous Indian species. Among 

 Indian Combreta it most resembles C. dasystachyum Kurz, which has however 

 4-merons flowers. In foliage it very closely resembles Combretum ferrugineum 

 Schimper, from Abyssinia. 



OLEACE^E. 



4. Jasminum excellens King Sf Prain; glabrous ; leaves opposite 

 pinnately 7-foliolate, less often 5-foliolate or occasionally close to the 



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