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pubescent tendril an inch or more long, or the leaflet 

 solitary coarsely few-toothed or trilobed at the tip, 3 

 inches long 2 inches wide, the lobes ovate acute, middle 

 one longest f inch lon^, petiole 1 inch long, petiolules 

 short pubescent. Flowers solitary axillary in pedicels 2 

 inches long, or in threes on pedicels an inch long with a 

 pair of leaflike bracts, borne on peduncles an inch long, 

 the flowers are \ inch long, buds ovoid blunt. Sepals 

 oblong obtuse rV inch long green. Petals narrow linear 

 clubbed at the tip. Stamens numerous yellow. Pistils 

 densely covered with hair (Pipe achenes not seen). 



Perlis at Kanga in hedges in the ricefields (15185). 



This is very distinct from N. laurifolia, "Wall, oui 

 common species in its small leaves and axillary flowers. 

 The form, texture and reticulation of the leaves is some- 

 what like that of Naravelia zeijlanica but they are 

 glabrous and much smaller. 



DlLLENIACEAE 



Dillenia (jrandifolia, Wall? Hook. fil. Fl. Ind. 1.71, Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. I. 38. 



A smaller branched tree of the habit of D. aurea, 

 Sm. Shoots densely silky. Leaves oblong lanceolate acute 

 serrate attaining a length of fourteen inches and a width 

 of 6 inches, above glabrous except the sunk pubescent 

 midrib, beneath densely softly tomentose, young leaves 

 scantily pubescent above, base of lamina oblique truncate, 

 nerves about fifty pairs. Petiole not winged three inches 

 long pubescent. Buds subglobose 1 inch long. Sepals oval 

 rounded, covered sparsely with rather long appressed 

 hairs, margins closely ciliate. Petals oblong spathulate 

 2| inches long, 1 inch wide at tip rounded, yellow. 

 Stamens linear recurved, inner ones half as long again 

 as outer ones all yellow. Pistils 12, greenish yellow. 



Kedah : on Bukit Pinang near Alor Sta, in open 

 woods (15182). Bangtaphan (Keith). 



R. A. Soc, No. 59, T9lf. 



