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West Indies, Africa and its islands but is absent from the 

 Malay region except the Philippines where there is one 

 species. 



Bridclia tomentosa, Bl. Lankawi (Curtis). 



Distrib. Indo-Malaya, China, Australia. 



Br. pcdiccllata, n. sp. 



A small tree, Leaves alternate, elliptic or oblong 

 obtuse, rounded at both ends, when young thin, densely 

 covered with grey pubescence, adult coriaceous, glabrous, 

 glaucous beneath, nerves 6 or 7 pairs, reticulations con- 

 spicuous under the lens, 2-4 inches long, 1 to 2 inches, 

 wide, petiole short, i inch long, thickened, black, wrinkled. 

 Flowers- crowded in capitula, with numerous ovate, acumi- 

 nate bracts, ciliate on the edges. Male flower n* inch long, 

 shortly pedicelled with a thick pedicel, sepals 5, trian- 

 gular, acute rather thick. Petals thin, shorter, ovate. 

 Disc thick, annular margins undulate. Stamens short, fila- 

 ment rather thick, anther subglobose, shorter than the 

 petals, Female flower perianth similar. Fruit red, obov6id, 

 glabrous, narrowed at the base, supported on the pedicel 

 with the persistent perianth. 



Lankawi, Kwah, (Curtis, 3688; Kidley, 8326). Perlis, 

 Bukit Lagi (14889). Also Penang Coast (Curtis, 1736). 



This species differs from Br. penangicma, Hook. f. 

 in its obtuse leaves, rounded at the tip, its nearly gla- 

 brous capitula, and the pedicel of the flower and fruit, and 

 the lanceolate acute sepals. 

 Br. Curtisii, Hook. fil. Lankawi (Curtis). 



Distrib. Penang. 

 Claistanthus trichocarpa, n. sp. 



A small tree or bush, very glaucescent, young parts 

 hairy, Leaves elliptic, acute or acuminate, coriaceous, base 

 rounded, above glabrous, smooth and shining light green, 

 nerves beneath 6 pairs, elevated as are the reticulations, all 



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