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2. Biophytum adiantoides, Wight ex Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. T, 437. 

 Stem from 6 to 32 in. high, erect or decumbent, pubescent, bearing 

 at its apex 10 or 12 pinnate leaves 4 to 7 in. long ; leaflets 18 to 25 pairs, 

 oblong, obtuse, unequal-sided, the apex mucronate, the base obliquely 

 truncate, sometimes auriculed at the upper margin, sparsely strigose on 

 the upper surface. Peduncles more than half as long as the leaves, 

 pubescent, each bearing at its apex a densely bracteolate umbel of 

 6 to 12 flowers ; hracteoles short, setaceous : flower-pedicels slender, 

 puberulous, longer than the sepals. Petals white, the claws yellow. 



Perak : on the banks of the Kamha river, King's collector, No. 931 ; 

 on the Plus river, Wray No. 3363. Goping, Scortechini, No. 1999. 

 Distrib. Burrnah. 



3. Connaropsis, Planch. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves pinnately 1-3-foliolate ; leaflets coriaceous, 

 quite entire, strongly nerved, triple-nerved at the base, margined. 

 Flowers minute, regular, in terminal and axillary panicled cymes. 

 Sepals 5, imbricate, connate at the base. Petals 5, imbricate. Glands 

 0. Stamens 10, filaments united at the base, the altera^ shorter. 

 Ovary 5-angled, 5-celled ; styles 5, subulate, more or less united below, 

 stigmas apiculate ; ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit fleshy, 5-lobed or 

 5-angled with succulent epicarp and fibrous endocarp, 1- or 2-celled 

 and 1- or 2-seeded by abortion, indehiscent. Distrib. Five species, all 

 Malayan. 



Leaves 3-foliolate ... ... ... 1. C. Griffithii. 



Leaves 1-foliolate. 



Leaves 2 to 3"5 in. long ... ... 2. C. monophylla. 



Do. 6 to 12 in. long ... ... 3. G. macrophylU, 



1. Connaropsis Griffjthii, Planch, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 440. 

 A small tree ; young shoots glabrescent, dark-coloured when dry. 

 Leaves pinnately trifoliolate, coriaceous, glabrous ; leaflets elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, the base cuneate ; main nerves 4 pairs, ascending : 

 length 2 to 35 in., breadth "5 to 1 in., petiolule "15 in. Panicles termi- 

 nal, minutely ferruginous-tomentose, 1*5 to 2 in. long. Fruit unknown. 



Malacca : Griffith, No. 1667. Maingay (Kew Distrib.), No. 274. 



2. Connaropsis monophylla, Planch. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I., 440. 

 A shrub or small tree ; young shoots minutely ferruginous-pubescent. 

 Leaves 1-foliolate, coriaceous, glabrous, ovate, acuminate, the base 

 rounded or sub-cuneate : main nerves about 6 pairs, faint ; length 

 2 to 3'5 in., breadth - 8 to 15 in. ; petiole '6 to "8 in., thickened and 

 pointed towards the apex. Panicles terminal or lateral, 2 to 4 in. long, 

 ferruginous-tomentose ; the branches erect and spike-like ; flowers 



