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A single specimen in fruit. The fruit is larger than 

 usual, hairy outside, glabrous within; the young petioles 

 are hairy, the variation of the leaves less marked. It 

 may be a distinct species. 

 Daphipkyllum laurina, Baill. A shrub with yellow flowers. 

 Setul heaths (14963). 



Distrib. Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java. 



Antidesma Ghaesembilla, Gaertn. Perlis, Kanga (14914), 

 Setul (14913), Bangtaphan (Keith). 



Very common shrub or small tree in thickets in 

 the paddy fields. 



Distrib. Africa to Indo-Malaya and China. 

 A. Moritzi, Muell. Arg. Setul (14912), Lankawi (Curtis, 2529), 

 Burau (Ridley). 



Distrib. Mergui, whole peninsula and islands to the 

 Philippines. 

 A. cuspidatum, Muell. Arg. Kedah, Alor sta (14911), Perlis, 

 Chupeng (14906). 



Distrib. Tenasserim to Singapore. 



A. vehttinosum, Bl. Lankawi, Gunong Raya (Curtis). Distrib. 

 Tenasserim to Peninsula and Java. 



Antidesma, sp. 



Leaves oblong, acuminate, base broad, rounded, 

 coriaceous, 7 inches long, 4 inches wide, nerves 11 pairs, 

 glabrous, petiole stout, half an inch long. Female flower- 

 spike f inch long, rufous woolly, all but the pistil. 

 Drupes reniform, rugose when dry, § inch long. 



Lankawi (Ridley 8344), near A Kingii, Hook. fil. but 

 with more glabrous petiolate leaves. 

 A. velutinum, Tul. Lankawi, Gunong Raya (Aniff). Distrib. 

 India. 



I conclude this is correctly identified from description, 

 but have seen no other specimen. 



R. A. Soc, No. 59, I9H. 



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