.] XXXVI. BURSERACE^. (Alfred W. Bennett.) 533 



short or bracteate, calyx broadly S-lobed, petals imbricate, stamens 6 

 confluent with short disk around the glabrous ovoid-subulate rudiment of 

 ovary, 



Malacca, Oriffilfh. 



Leaves of flowering shoots |-1 ft., leaflets 3-5 by 14-2 in,, petiolules J-^ in. ; stipxiles 

 \-% in. broad (or larger). Panicles puberulous, as long as leaves ; buds and ovate or 

 rotnndate bracts tomentose. JPruit not seen. 



6. C. nitidum, A. W. Bemn.; extremities obsoletely puberulous 

 glabrate, stipules wanting at flowering, leaflets 5-7 oblong to elliptical 

 acuminate glabrous, midrib; prominent beneath but lateral nerves subdis- 

 tant faint 7-10 pairs, reticulation obscure beneath, panicles terminal, 

 drupe ellipsoidal with thick bony stone. Wall. (Jot. 8546 (excepting spe- 

 cimens intermixed of a Connaracea ?), 



SiHCAPOEE, Wallich; Malacca, Griffie}i,'Maingay. 



Leaves of flowering branches 1 ft. more or less ; leaflets 4-6 by IJ-S in. ; petiolule 

 J-fin. lowers not seen. CWj/a; 3-lobed. Ura^e 1^-2 in., glabrous. 



tt Leaflets semdate. 



7. C. rufum, A. W. Benn.; extremities stout closely rusty-tomen- 

 tose, leaves 1-2-feet (? exstipulate), rachis tomentose, leaiflets 6-11 oblong 

 shortly acuminate base rounded denticulate-serrate coriaceous, glabrous 

 above except shortly tomentose midrib, closely tawny tomentose with 

 15-20 pairs of prominent lateral nerves and distinct reticulation beneath, 

 flowers congested in sessile or shortly pedunculate bracteate inch-broad 

 fascicles along the branches of panicle, calyx thick trifid, petals, coriaceous 

 exceeding calyx narrowly -imbricate, stamens 6, filaments apparently con- 

 fluent at base, fruit eUipsoidal trigonous with a thick bony stone, 



Mh.-Lico^, Maingay, Chiffith. 



Tree of medium size. Leaflets very coriaceous, upper largervarying to 6-8 by 2-2^ in., 

 petiolule J-J in., reticulation very prominent beneath. Lunietes terminal, closely rusty- 

 tomentose ; buds enclosed in rotundate concave tomentose bracts. Calyx-lohes broadly 

 ovate, obtuse. Petals tomentose outside except narrow covered margins. Fruit 2 in. 

 long. {Cotyledons 3-partite. Griffith.) 



** Stamens Tnonadelvhous, distinct from dish. Buds eylindrieal or clavate. 

 Zec^kts entire or serridale.. — Pimela,, Lour., 



r 8. C. grandlflorum, A. W. Benn.; extremities tawny-pubescent, 

 stipules subulate from near the base of the glabrous rachis, leaflets 7-9 

 ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong acuminate glabrous or witltfew scattered 

 hairs and 8-12 pairs prominent lateral nerves beneath, pedicels shorter than 

 hairy broadly 3-lobed calyx, petals narrowly imbricate, stamens 6, filaments 

 confluent in a tubiform sheath, ovary densely setose, style long, fruit sub- 

 trigonous, stone thick bony. 



Malacca, Mainga/y. 



Leaves |-1 ft. or, longer; leaflets 3-44 by 1-lf in.; petiolule | in. more or less. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite, 4 in- l""?) ™ compound tawny tomentose racemes collected 

 in a terminal panicle. Mknaents glabrous, confluent below; Fruit' 1\ in., oblong- 

 ellipsoidal, obtuse. 



9. C. pilosum, A. W. Benn. ; extremities thinly hfrsute, stipules subu- 

 late hairy, leaflets usually 5 obovate- to oblong-eUiptical or broadly ellip- 

 tical shortly acuminate more or less undulate-dentate above or suWentire 

 glabrous and reticulate, thinly hirsute chiefly on the prominent reticula- 

 tion beneath, lateral nerves 9-13 pairs, pedicels shorter than shallow 3-lobed 



