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young branches pale brown, compressed. .Leaves membranous, minutely 

 pellucid-punctate, elliptic-oblong, almost equally acute at base and 

 apex ; above shining, below rather dull ; nerves about 7 to 10 pairs, 

 pale ; reticulations minute ; length 1*5 to 3'5 in., breadth "75 in. to 1'25 

 in., petiole '1 in. Flowers slightly supra-axillary, solitary or in 1 to 

 3-flowered cymes, - 5 in. in diam. Sepals elliptic, obtuse, as long as tho 

 petals. Petals oblanceolate, veined. Hypogynous glands large, fleshy. 

 Capsule slightly exceeding the persistent sepals. Seeds obliquely winged. 

 Hook. fil. PL Br. lnd. I, 257. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. ii, p. 516. 

 All the Provinces. Distrib. British India, China, Philippines. 

 Var. 1. Ligustrintjm, Blume Mus. Bot. II, 16 (sp.) ; leaves narrow- 

 ed at both ends, acute. C. lanceolatum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp. I, 500. 

 Ancistrolobus ligustrinus, Spach. Suit. Buff. V, 361. A. hrevipes, Turcz. 

 Bull. Mosc. 1658, I, 333. Hypericum pulchellum, Wall. Cat. 4821. H. 

 carneum, Wall. Cat. 4820. 



Andamans, Malacca, Penang. 



Var. 2. Wightii, Bl. 1. c. 18. (sp.) Leaves broadly oval, mostly 

 obtuse. Ancistrolobus sp. Wight 111. I, 111. Hypericum Jiorridum, 

 Wall. Cat. 4822. Elodea sp. Griff. Notul. IV, 569. 

 Perak, King's Collector. 



Sect. II. Tkidesmis, Spach. Petals not persistent, with a basal 

 squamule. Stamens 3- or 5-adelphous. 



2. Cratoxtlon arborescens, Blume Mus. Bot. II, 17. A tree 15 to 

 50 feet high, all parts glabrous. Young branches robust, the bark pale 

 brown, often ridged. Leaves coriaceous, broadly oblanceolate, obovate- 

 elliptic or oblong-obovate, very shortly acuminate ; dull on both surfaces, 

 the lower pale, yellowish-brown with black dots ; nerves numerous, 

 obsolete; length 3 to 4"5 in., breadth 1*25 to 2 in.; petiole '25 in., stout. 

 Cymes in large terminal panicles usually longer than the leaves. 

 Flowers 3 in. in diam. Sepals unequal, ovate-rotund, veined. Petals 

 about as long as the sepals, broadly cuneate, conspicuously veined and 

 with a laciniate basal scale. Capsule longer than the persistent sepals. 

 Seeds winged all round. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 258; Kurz Fl. 

 Burm. I, 84; G. coccineum, Planch. Hypericum arborescens, Vahl. 

 Symb. II. 86, t. 43. H. coccineum, Wall. Cat. 4823. Ancistrolobus 

 glaucescens, Turcz. Bull. Mosc. 1858, 1, 383. Vismia ? arborescens, Choisy 

 Prod. Hyp. 36. 



In all the Provinces. Distrib. Malayan Archipelago : Burmah. 

 Var. Miquelii, branches more slender than in the typical form ; 

 leaves thinner in texture, oblanceolate, acuminate. A small tree 15 to 

 20 feet. C. cuneatum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. ii, 517. 

 Penang, Perak. Distrib. Sumatra. 



