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except on the nerves, which are tomentose, lower side 

 tomentose; 5—10 by 2V2— 6Vs cM.; petioles 0.6 cM.; 

 heads 7-flowerecl, in large paniculate, terminal, trichotomous 

 thyrses, reaching a length of 15, and a width of 22 cM. ; 

 peduncles, 1.3 cM. long; involucral bracts 4, lilac, ovate- 

 spathulate, somewhat emarginate, densely tomentose, 

 4— 5-nerved, 1.8—3 by 0.7—1.0 cM.; calyx 0.6 cM., 

 5-toothed, teeth 0.13 — 0.25 cM., deltoid; inner and outer 

 side hairy: corolla glabrous except in the villous throat; 

 tube slender, 0.6 cM.; stamens exserted; ovary glabrous, 

 glandular towards the top; style with shortly bifid stigma. 

 Distribution : India (Chittagong), Malay Peninsula {K. 

 and G.) Burma, Siam. (Hook f.), often cultivated. 



Tribe V. AVICENNIOIDE/E. 



XXVIII. AVICENNIA L. Syst. ed. I {1735); Blame, 

 Bijdr. 820; R. Brown, Prodr. 518; Benth. and Hook, Gen. 

 Pi. II. 2, 1160; Benth. and v. Muell, Fl. Austr. V, 69; 

 BZanco, Fl. Fil. ed. I, 504: 5c/zauer, DC, Prodr. XI, 698 ; 

 Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pfl. Fam. IV, 3a, 181 and Nachtr. 

 II, 67; Hoofc. f., Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 604; Koord. en Va/., 

 Bijdr. Booms, no. 7, 2\5: Koord., Exk. fl. v. Java, III, 139; 

 King and Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal. LXXIV, 4, 

 867; Miq., Fl. Ind. bat. II, 911; Roxb., Fl. ind III, 88; 

 Schimper, Bot. Mitt, aus den Tropen III, 97; Turczaninow, 

 Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. XXXVI, II, 226. - Shrubs 

 or small trees, the roots of which give out conical suckers; 

 leaves coriaceous, very variable in form and size, opposite, 

 simple; lower side usually tomentose; inflorescences capitate 

 or spicate, few-flowered, the cymes axillary or united to 

 terminal trichotomous thyrsi or corymbs; flowers sessile; 

 bracts and bracteoles small; calyx 5-partite, tube very 

 short or nearly none, lobes broad,, imbricate, concave; 

 coroWa-tube short; lobes 4, subequal, imbricate; stamens 4, 



