8 G. King —^Materiah for a Flora of ilte Malatfan Peninsula, [No. 1, 
Andaman Islands ; Kurz^ Train,, King's Golleciors, Great Coco 
Island j Prain. 
3- LAaEiiSTKffiMiA OVA LI FOLIA, Toysin, et Binti. in Nat. Tjjdsclu 
Nod. Ind. IL (1840) 306. A tree 50 or Gv&n 100 feet bigli. Leaves 
oblong, ovate or oblong-obovate, acute, sb'ghtly narm wed to the base ; 
main nerves 4 or 5 pairs, ciii-ved, ascendiiie^, slig-htly promineofc on the 
lower surface when dry ; upper sniface greeniab with minute black 
dots when diy^ glabresceut except someiimea tlio minntely piibesceut 
nerves i the lower brown wlien dry, glabreecent ; leogbli 2— 3'25 in., 
breadth 1*25-2 in., petiole "25 in. Panicle terminal, pubei-ulous, 3-8 
in. long, few-ilowered ; the branches few, sub-horizontal, cjmoae, pubern- 
lona below ; tlie pedicels minutely velvety, cinereous. Flmve^'s 1*5 in. 
in diam,, on jointed velvety pedicek. Cal'jiB turbinate, minutely 
, cinereous- velvety, with 8 or 9 bold winged ridges not passing into the 
calyx-teeth, Galyx'teeth 8 or 9, acutely ti-iangalar, the ei]ges thickened 
and reflexed. Petals (with claw) '75 in. long, orbicular, clitwed, purple, 
their edges slightly nndulafce. GapsuU ellipfcic-ovoid, blunt, minutely 
velvety, -75 in. long, and '6 in, in diam, Kriudk. Arch. IIT, 440; PI. 
Nov. Hort. Bog. (ei Yriese) 20. Blume Mu8. Bot. Lugd. Bat. II, 127 ; 
Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, Ft. I, 621; Koordera and Yaleton, Bijdr. 1, 193. 
Z. celebica, HI, I c. 127. L. he.mpfem, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, Ft. I, 623 ; 
Clarke in Hook. fil. Flor. Br. Ind. II, 577. 
IIalacca ; Madngay (Kew Distrib. 653), PERAK ; King's Collectors 
8701, 10025 & 10532. Fahakg ; Ridky 2640. 
I can find no character to Bopornte L. ■?ie»(iptem, Miq. firom the older specieB of 
TfiyBTiiaTm a.nti Hinniiitlik. 'MiquQl's name is moPBover an noliappy one, aa the 
oalyx-teoth iiro usunlly 0 and uot G, 
4 Lagerstbcejiia Flos-Regiss, Rctz (1789^ Obs. V, 25, A tree 
30-60 feet high, all parts except the inflorescence glabrous. Leaves 
oblong to elliptic-oblong, acute, narrowed (rarely obtuse ) nt the base, 
shortly petiolate ; main nerves 10-13 pairs, curving upwards, slightly 
prominent beneath when dry ; both surfaces minutely reticulate, 
glabrous, the upper shining, the lower dull and of a dark brown colour 
when dry, length 3"5-8 in., breadth 1-75-3 in., petiole -25-4 in. 
Panicle terminal, longer than the leaves, its ultimate brauchlets cymoae. - 
Flou'ers from 2-3 in. in diani., on rather thick grtfyish unequal pedicels. 
Calyx turbinate, with 12-14 prominent stout ridges; those opposite the 
calyx-teetli broader, the . month with 6-7 acute triangular spreading 
thick coriaceous teeth thickened at the edges. Pehth sub-orbicular, 
clawed, corrugated and with niidulale ed^jca. Stamens all equal in 
length. Capsule oblong to sub-globose, minutely sipiculate, '8-1*25 in, 
long, and •6-"75in. in diam. Kura in For. Flora Burm. J, 524 ; Clarko in 
