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i. GruiOA PfcEtJROi*iER[S, Radlk. in Sitzb. Say^r. Akad. Math. 

 Phys. IX (1839), p. 6iJ. A sllrilb di* sOmetitues a tree : young brauclies 

 minutely rusty-pubescent. Leaves 4 to 7 in. long, their rachises nar- 

 rowly winged and puberulous, usually unequally pinnate : leaflets 3 

 to 7, ovate-lanceolate or ovate-oblanceolate, acute or broadly and shortly 

 cuspidate, the base cuneute : upper surface with short scattered hairs ; 

 the lower pale, minutely punctate and more pubescent than the upper: 

 main nerves about 5 pairs, rather distinct beneath : length 2*5 to 4*5 

 in., breadth 1 to 1*75 in., petiolules '1 in. Racemes branched, 2 to 4 in. 

 long. Fruit '75 in. broad, the wings narrow, contracted below into 

 a short pseudostalk, pedicel "3 in. long. Cupania pleuropteris, Blume 

 Eumphialll, 158; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, pt. 2, 564; C. pleuropteris var. 

 apiculata^ Hiern in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 677. Gtipania Griffithiana, 

 Kurz iu Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Vol. XLIV, pt. 2, (1875), p. 188, in part ; 

 For. Flora Burma, 1, 284. 



Malacca : Maingay, No. 442. Johore : Ridley, No. 4064. Pahang : 

 Ridley. Perak : King's Collector, Nos. 311, 1136. — Distkib. Sumatra 

 Rieu, Borneo. 



Var. bijuga. Leaflets 2 pairs, the rachis slightly dilated towards the 

 apex. Q. bijuga, Radlk. Z. c. 611. Cupania pleuropteris, var. bijuga, 

 Hiern in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 677. G. (iudeterminata) Wall." Cat. 

 8094. 0. Griffithiana, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLIV, pt. 2, 

 (1875), p. 188. 



Malacca : Griffith, No. 984. Maingay, No. 437. 



2. GuiOA SQUAMOSA, Radlk. in Sitzb. Bjiyer. Akad. Math. Phys. IX 

 (J879), p. 609. A slender tree from 20 to 30 feet high ; young branches 

 rusty-puberulous, dark-coloured when dry. Leaves 6 to JO in. long, 

 sometimes foveolate or punctate beneath ; leaflets 4 to 8 pairs, lanceo- 

 late to ovate-lanceolate, shortly and bluntly acuminate, sub-falcate, the 

 base narrowed and oblique ; both surfaces glabrous ; main nerves 8 

 to 10 pairs, rather distinct beneath, curving, the secondary nerves and 

 reticulations distinct. Panicles raceme-like, 2 or 3 in. long, almost 

 glabrous. Fruit 1 in. across, the wings broad, subundulate, suddenly 

 narrowed to a short stout pseudo-stalk ; the style persistent, broad at 

 the base; pedicel "25 in. long. Cupania regularis, Kurz (not of Blume) 

 Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, Vol. XLIV, pt. 11 (1875), 188. Cupania gla- 

 brata, Hiern (not of Kurz), Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 676. 8apindus 

 squaniosus, Wall, (not of Roxb.) and Cat. No. 8097 ; '' Connaracea f " 

 Wall. Cat. 8550. 



Penang : Wallich, King's Collector, No. 1516. Singapore: Ridley, 

 No. &Z09(f. Malacca: Griffith. — D.'stkib. Java; Burma, Heifer, No. 

 983. 



