536 XXXVI. BUKSERACEiE. (Alfred W. Bennett.) [Canarium. 



pedicels not exceeding the flower. Pet(ds valvate. Ovary glabrous. Fruit un- 

 known. 



***** Stamens inserted around and upon ovary-rtidiment. Buds ellipsoidal 

 i-i in. 



17. C. parvifolium, A. W. Benn.; wholly glabrous or nearly so, 

 leaflets 7 oblong lanceolate or elliptic acuminate, midrib prominent beneath, 

 lateral nerves faint, panicle terminal, buds ellipsoidal subsessile on pedicels 

 not exceeding cupuliform subentire calyx, petals imbricate, stamens inserted 

 around and upon the ovoid-subulate ovary-rudiment. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



Leaves of flowering brandies \ ft. more or less ; leaflets 2-3J by |-1_J in. ; petiolule 

 \-\ in. Buds on expansion \-\ in. long, pubescent or glabrous. Fruit unkno^vn. 



18. C. coccineo-bracteatum, Kurz Journ. As. Sac. Beng. (1872) ii. 

 296; extremities softly pubescent, leaves glabrous 1-2 ft, stipules deeply 

 divided segments rigid coarsely toothed, leaflets 7-9 shortly petiolulate 

 oblong or ovate-oblong acuminate entire or setose-serrulate glabrous with 

 about 10 pairs of lateral nerves and loose reticulation beneath, panicles 

 puberulous with scarlet oblong acute bracts. 



South Andaman Islands, Kurz. 



Leaflets 5-7 in. long. Expanded flowers and fruit undescribed. 



8. SAMTIRIA, Blume. 



Balsamiferous trees. Leaves alternate, stipulate, 3-foliolate or imparipin- 

 nate, firm ; leaflets opposite, slightly oblique, entire. Flowers in axillary 

 rarely terminal patently branched panicles ; bracts usually obsolete ; brac- 

 teoles minute. Calyx cupuliform, 3-lobed or -fid, valvate. Petals 3, valvate 

 or subimbricate, much exceeding the Calyx. Bisk annular, fleshy, adnata 

 Stamens 6 (rarely fewer by abortion), distinct, often unequal, inserted on 

 the margin or outside of the disk. Ovary 3-celled, with 2 ovules in each 

 cell ; style short, stigma capitate. Drupe ellipsoidal or subglobose, more 

 or less laterally compressed on the ventral side, 1-celled, 1-seeded, stone 

 crustaceous or woody. Cotyledons contortupUcate. — Disteib. Malayan 

 Archipelago. Species probably 25. 



Sect. I. Xcicopsis. Anthers adnate. 



1. S. Flanchonii, A. W. Benn. ; leaflets 11 glabrous on both surfaces 

 ovate-oblong elliptic or oblong obtusely acuminate or shortly caudate- 

 acuminate, base obliquely rounded, nervation inconspicuous above, lateral 

 nerves weak often bifurcating before reaching the margin, panicle with 

 numerous canescent lax slender ascending branches, bracts obsolete, 

 pedicels shorter than the flowers, calyx-segments deltoid acute, stamens 

 shorter than the petals. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 



Tree ; brancblets with pale-brown or ashy-grey somewhat striate bark, youngest palely 

 pubescent. Leaves of flowering-shoots 8-12 in. ; petiole 2-3 in., slightly flattened 

 above, glabrescent; leaflets 3-4i by Ij-lJ in., glaucesoent beneath, petiolule J-J in. 

 Panicle 2-6 in., pedicels less than ^in. Flowers with several minute very caducous 

 bracteoles immediately beneath the glabrescent calyx. Stamens with broad striate 

 filaments inserted just beneath the margin of the disk, spathulate above and with the 

 anther-cells attached on their inner face. Drupe ^ in. long, ellipsoidal, somewhat late- 



