1806,] G. King — %Taieriah for a Mora of fkc. Malayan Peninsula . 46S 
2. BucgANANiA SESSiLfFOiiiA, BhiTtie Mm. Bot. Cjugd. Bafci T, I6i. A 
shiTib or small tree, the young branabes pubertilousunti not ewollcn, iilii-' 
matelj glabroiis. Leaves thinly coricLceons, oblanceolat^, a1*miyR ubrnptly 
acnininatG at the apes and much narrowed to the bme, either with a short 
•petiole or sessile; the npper surface glnbrotis and rather dull, the 
lower pale-brown when dry and glabroas except often the sparsely 
adpressed-pnbcacent midrib ; main nerves 13 to 35 pairs, spreadinif, 
sligbtly prominerit on the lower surface ; length 3 5 to 7 In,, breadth 
rS to 2".5 in. ; petiole none or from *l to "6 in- long. Panicles peduTicalatOj' 
exceeding the leaves, slender ; the branches divaricate> and with the 
flowers crowded towards their apices, sparsely pubescent. Flowers 15 
in. in diam., on short pedicels. SepaU 5, snb-rotand, pnberalons. PelnU 
5 or 6, mncb larger than the Rcpals, oblong, blunt with the apices 
recunred, glabtx)us. Slametu 8 or 10 : the anthers sagittate, the basal 
lobes rounded and swollen ; the fiilaments sborfc, thick, compressed. 
Pistils several, JDrn^e sub-cordate, rotund, compressed, glabrous, aljout 
•35 in. long. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat., Vol T, pt. 2, 637; Suppl. 523; Engler in 
PC. Mon. Phan. lY, 19 L B. acuminata, Turcz. in Ball. Mosc. (1858), 
I»472; Hook. fil. Fi. Br. Ind, II, 24; Kurz For. Flora Burma, I, 308. 
Bypericinea Itudda^ Wall. Cat. 4827. Temhintliacea, Wall. Cat. 8505, 
(/cieHook. fil ) 
In all the Provinces except the •Andamans and Nicobare : very 
common. — ^Distrib, the Malayan Archipelago. 
This dlfFera from all the forms of B. Jioriia^ Schaner, in haying 
more acuminato leaves of thinner texture, with the midrib pubescent, 
on the lower surface, and with rather more numerona nerves : and also 
in having a pubescent panicle and larger fruit. There is considerable 
variation as to the petiole. In some specimens there is no petiole at all, 
and it is to these which Bhime gave tbo name B. eessUifoUa, Tnrc- 
zaninoff's name B, acuminata, being applicable to all the forms, is a 
far more appropnttte one ; and Sir Joseph Hooker adopts it aUhougk 
the procedure is, as he admits, " against the laws of priority for Turc- 
Kaniuoff's species was not puhlisbed until 1858, whereas Blume dates 
from 1851. 
3, BucHANANU FLORIDA, Schauer in Nov. Act, Caes. Leop. Carol. 
XIX, Suppl. I, 481. A small glabrous tree, yonng branches close to 
the leaves, thick and with many cicatricea. Leaves thinly eoriaceoua, 
oblong- lanceolate to obovate- oblong, the apex rounded or obtuse ; nar- 
rowed from below the middle to the broad channelled somewhat winged 
petiole; both surfaces shining, reticulate; main nencs about 12 paira, 
the intennediate veins very distinct ; length 4 to 5 5 in,, breadth 1-25 
to 1*75 in. ; petiole '5 to 75 in, Pa hic/ss crowded about the ends of the 
