.] XXXVI. BURSERACE^. (Alfred W. Bennett.) 537 



rally compressed on the ventral, gibbous on the dorsal side, purple, covered with pale 

 bloom ; Btjle very oblique, but not basilar, as stated by Benth. and Hook. f. in Gen. PI. 

 i. 325. 



Sect. II. Santlrla proper. Anthers dorsifixed. 



* Panicle Iranchedfrom base, or nearly so. 



2. Si costata, A. W. Benn.; leaflets 7 glabrous above pubescent be- 

 neath elliptic-oblong shortly obtusely caudate-acuminate, base obliquely 

 acute, midrib prominent above pale, lateral nerves about 9 pairs inconspi- 

 cuous above and very prominent beneath divaricate curving towards the 

 margin, panicle pyramidal ferruginously pubescent, branches divaricating 

 subtended by lanceolate obtuse bracts, pedicels as long as the flowers, calyx 

 ultimately truncate-dentate, stamens about equalling the petals. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



Tree ; branohlets with pale ashy-grey bark ; youngest branchlets, petioles and 

 petiolules oobraoeously pabescent. Leaves of flowering shoots 6-8 in., petiole 1 in. 

 flat above ;. leaflets 34-6 by 1^-24 in., petiolule ^-\ in., transversely rugose, thickened 

 at both ends. Panide 3 in. long (occasionally with a peduncle \-\ in). Flowers in 

 fascicles of about 4 on lateral branches of panicle, surrounded by several minute brac- 

 teolee ; pedicels J in. Calyx glabrescent. Stamens with slender filaments inserted 

 beneath the margin of the disk. Fruit unknown. 



3. S. apiculata, A. W. Benn. ; leaves trifoliolate glabrous on both 

 sides elliptic or elliptic-oblong shortly obtusely caudate-acuminate, base 

 acute, midrib prominent above, lateral nerves weak bifurcating before reach-, 

 ing the margin, panicle narrowly pyramidal, glabrous branches ascending, 

 bracts obsolete, pedicels twice as long as the flowers, calyx-segments 

 deltoid acute, stamens shorter than petals, style completely basal in fruit. • 



Malacca, Mamgay. 



Tree; branchlets with pale ashy-grey bark. Leaves of flowering-shoots, 6-8 in., 

 petiole 2 in., striate, flat above ; leaflets 2^-1 by lJ-2 in. broad, petiolule i-| in., jointed 

 at the apex. Panicle 4-3 in. long (oooaBionally with » peduncle 4 in.) pedicels ^ in. 

 Bracteoles minute. Sta/mens with slender filaments inserted beneath the margin of the 

 disk, about equalling the capitate stigma. Drupe ^ in. long, ovoid, the obtuse protu- 

 berance bearing the style completely basal, giving the drupe the appearance of an 

 anatropous ovule ; stone thin, fragile ; fruit-pedicel { in. 



4. S. puberula, A. W. Benn. ; leaflets 7-9 glabrous above ndnutely 

 pubescent beneath eUiptic-oblong shortly acuminate, base obliquely 

 rounded, midrib and lateral nerves inconspicuous above, lateral nerves 

 about 8 pairs prominent below curving towards the margin, panicle pyra- 

 midal lax few-flowered canescent, scurfy branches patent dividing only 

 at the apex, bracts obsolete, pedicels as long as the flowers, calyx ultimately 

 truncate-dentate, stamens rather shorter than petals. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



Tree; branchlets with brown striate bark when young, as well as petioles and 

 petiolules clothed with minute canescence. Leaves of flowering-shoots 6-8 in.; 

 petioles 1^-2 in., flat above ; leaflets 3-44 by lJ-2 in., petiolule \ in., transversely 

 rugose, slightly thickened at the apex. Panicle i^-i in. long; pedicels tV 'd- I""??- 

 Bracteoles minute. Ocdya; minutely pubescent. Stamens with slender filaments in- 

 serted beneath the margin of the disk. Fruit unknown. 



5. S. conferta, A. W. Benn. ; leaflets 13 firm glabrous and finely 

 reticulate above clothed with minute rusty pubescence beneath more or less 

 broadly lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate taper-pointed, base obliquely 



