74 BIXINER. [ Flocourtia. 
F. Sumatrana, Planch; H.f. Ind. Fl. i. 192.—A tree (?), 
Scnaientiy unarmed ; es eaves very large, 8-11 in. long, oblong, 
obtuse or acute at , on a thick, ates petiole 5-7 lin. long, 
shortly acuminate, aaa crenate-serrate, chartaceous, glabrous 
racemes 2-3, axillary, puberulous, 2-3 in. long; pedicels jointed, 
puberulous, slender ; unripe berries the size of a pepper-kernel, with 
3-4 spreading, simple, subulate styles free almost from the base ; 
seeds small, smooth, convex on the back. 
Has.—Tenasserim. 
o. F. oo Roxb. ; Hf. Ind. Fl. i. 193 ; Bedd. Sylv. 
Madr. t. 16.—Na-yuwai.—A tree (30—50+ 10—30 + 3—5), shed- 
ding leaves in the HS, the stems fearfall armed with com- 
pound spines, the males less so, the young shoots slightly pubes- 
eent; bark 1-2 lin. thick, smooth or roughish, pulling off in 
irregular flakes; cut dry, ‘pale-coloured ; leaves ‘ovate-oblong to 
oblong-lanceolate, 3-4 in. long, rounded or acute at base, shortly 
but slenderly petioled, acuminate, crenate-serrate, chartaceous, 
bro scent along the midrib beneath; ra- 
eemes short, shortly tomentose or puberulous, often arising from 
the younger ‘lateral tomentose branchlets; sepals puberulous, villous 
inside ; berries oblong or ovoid, the size of a cherry, bluish-black, 
smooth, containing 14 to 10 very compressed tubercled-wrin 
large seeds in 5 to 7 vertical pairs; styles connate, short, the stig- 
mas almost horse-shoe-shaped dilated. 
Has.—Frequent in the upper mixed forests mah and Marta- 
Modan eas he er eee 5 eaten 
Remarks.~Wood rather heavy, sas lose-grained, rather hard and 
ee lish. = pea 
inermis, Roxb. ; ; H-f. Ind. Fl. i. 192; Bedd. Sylv. Madr. t. 
: 16 fee: 2.£.4.—A middling-sized tree (40—-50 +§—20-+4—5), 
: the shoots puberulous; leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 4-8 in. 
* ong, — or rounded at base, on a 3-4 in. long petiole, acute or 
acuminate, bluntish serrate, coriaceous, glabrous; flowers herma- 
giana, ¢ in fascicled pubescent racemes; disk covered with fleshy 
orange glands ; berries the size of a cherry, acid, containing 8-10 
flattened pyrenes ; stigmas 4-8, 2-lobed. 
Hap.—Martaban, cult. (?)—Fr. May. 
_ RemarKs.—Wood red-b al 
ety a Babe! rown, heavy, rather hard, of a somewhat unequ 
: 4. F. mollis, H.f. & Th. Ind. Fi. i. 192.—A tree, apparently 
» the branchlets almost rusty pubescent; leaves oblong- 
aS lanceolate or oblong, on a short tomentose petiole, rounded or obtuse 
at base, 5-7 in. lo en ee or apiculate, crenate- 
