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1. Ch. minutiflorus, Kz.—An evergreen tree (?), all parts glab- 
rous ; leaves obovate to obovate-oblong, acuminate at the base, on 
a 3-4 lin, long strong petiole, 3-4 in. long, apiculate, entire, coria- 
ceous, glabrous, the lateral nerves curved and thin, impressed above, 
prominent beneath ; flowers minute, very shortly pedicelled, form- 
ing rather ample glabrous panicles arising from above the scars of 
the fallen leaves; bracts minute; calyx glabrous, the lobes broad, 
rounded or bluntish ; petals linear, hardly a line long, convolute and 
incurved. 
Has.—Martaban east of Tounghoo.—Fl. March. 
; Has.—Not unfrequent in the coast forests of the Andamans,—Fl. May- 
une. 
3. Ch. macrophyllus, Kz.—A small tree, all parts glabrous; 
leaves oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, tapering in a 3-1 in. lo 
petiole, 3-5 in. long, shortly acuminate, chartaceous, then thin-coria- 
ceous, entire, glossy above, glabrous, the lateral nerves prominent 
on both sides ; flowers small, white, on about a line long or shorter 
pedicels, usually by threes, forming a brachiate, slender, but short 
and lax panicle above the scars of the fallen leaves; petals a line 
long, blunt, concave ; drupes oblong, somewhat curved, about $ an 
in. long, smooth, bluish black. 
Haz.—Ava hills; in the tropical forests of Upper Tenasserim.—Fr. Jan. 
4. Ch. montanus, Bl.—An evergreen small tree, all parts glab- 
rous ; leaves elongate obovate-oblong to obovate-lanceolate, acumi- 
nate and usually narrowed at the base, on a 3-1 in. long petiole, 6-9 
in. long, shortly and abruptly acuminate, entire, coriaceous, very 
Spaque on both sides, the nerves prominent beneath without any 
Veination between them; flowers small, yellowish, sessile or nearly 
80, forming peduncled, brachiate, minutely puberulous panicles in the 
axils of the leaves or above the scars of the fallen ones ; petals linear, 
