1896.] Gt. King — Maicrtahfor a Flora of the Malayan Penimula, 493 
in, long, veined, piiboscent. Hook, fil. Bi*. Ind. II, 30 ; Kurz For. 
Flora Burma, T, S18 ; Bngler in DC. Mon. Phan. IV, 309. Astroniwn 
tnsignej March. Rev. Aiiacavd., 179. 
Andamnn Istanda. Penang: Cartis^ No. 2264. Langkani ; Curtis, 
No. 2806.— DrSTRiB. Burma. 
This species has not liitherfca been sapposed to go farther south 
than Burma. But it appeai-s to me thnt Mr. Cortis'fl No. 2806 from 
Langkani (an island off the coaafc a little to the southward of Burma) 
is probably this species, and also that liis No. 2264 from Penang like- 
'wise belongs to this. 
Yar. tomenf'Osa, King ; leaflets pubescent on the lower surface. 
Panicles and calyx in all its stages densely rustj-tomentoae. 
Andaman Islands ; King's Collectors. 
2. pARisniA Mainqayi, Hook, fiL Fl. Br. Tnd. IT, 30. A tree: 
young branches stout, glabrous, sparsely Icnticellate, Leaves 12 to 15 in, 
long, the petioles slightly dilated at the biise ; leaflets very coriaceous, 
9 to 10 pair.s, narrowly oblong or elliptic- oblong, not oblique, the apex 
acute, the edges snb-nndnhite, the base rounded or slfghtly cuueate ; 
both Bui faces shining and indistinctly reticmlate, the upper quite glab- 
rous, the lower sliglitly puberuloua on the midrib and nerves j main 
nerves 15 to 20 pairs, fipreading, faint : lengtli 2 5 to 3 5 in, breadth 
1 to I"25 in.; petiolules about '2 in. Ptftiicles (fide Sir J. Hooker) 
apparently shorter than the leavea, pubescent. Petals linear-oblong, 
jyisc pilose, young fruit naiTOwly ovoid, tapering to a long point, densely 
rusty-tomentoae ; the enlarged calyx-wings linear-oblong, eub-acufce, pal©^ 
pubernlouH, aub-coriaceona, striate, 4 o in, long and about "5 in, broad, 
Mtdacca : Maingay, No. 488. 
Except Maingity'a, I have seen no specimens which I can refer to 
this species, 1 have copied from the Fl. Br. Ind. Sir J. D. Hooker's 
description of the panicles and flowers, neither of these being repre- 
sented in the Calcutta Herbarium. There is some doubt as to whether 
the fruits and leaf specimens brought together by Maingay really 
belong to the same tree; and not only so, but it is doubtful whether the 
fpLUts of two species have not been mixed up by him. For Sir Joseph 
Hooker notes that, while some of the fimits are densely covered with 
hispid ferrugineous bristles and have accrescent calyx-wings 6 to 7 
inches long with i*ounded apices* others are pubescent and have winga 
only 4*5 in. long with acute tips. The species clearly requires investi- 
tion ill the field. 
3. Parishia pubesCens, Hook, fil, Fl. Br Ind. IT, 30. A lofty 
tree: young branches stoat, deciduously ruf?ty-tomentose. Leaves 12 
to 18 in long; the petiole pubescent, terete above, dilated near the 
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