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tomcntose on edges and along midrib. Stamens indefinite, connective 
glabrous. Chary cylindric. 'Stigma hemispheric. Fruit pisiform, 2-0 
seeded. Hook fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 190; Miqnel Fl. Iud. Bat. I, pt. 2, 107. 
Phoberos rhitianthera, Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 187, t. 39. P. macrophylla, 
W. & A. Prodr. 30. Flaeourtia inennis, Wall. Cat. 6G73 G, H, only. 
Malacca, Grillith ; Penang, Curtis. Distrib. Java, Borneo. 
2. S. Roxburguii, Clos. in Ann. So. Nat. Ser. IV, Vol. 8, 250. 
A glabrous shrub or small tree with spiny stem. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 
shining above, ovate, ovate-laticeolato to oblong-lanceolate, shortly .acu- 
minate, sub-entire or faintly and remotely crenate ; the base rounded 
or slightly uarrowed, 3 to 5-nerved ; lateral uervos about 3 pairs, bold ; 
length 45 to G 5 in., breadth 175 to 3*5 in. ; petiole biglandnlar at the 
apex, '35 in. long. Racemes pubescent, axillary, about 1 in. long, 2-0- 
flowered, bracteolate. Flowers on tomentose pedicels. Sepals and petals 
5 or 6 each, densely tomentose externally, broadly ovate. Stamens in- 
definite, the connective ciliate. Ovary ovate: style eyliudic : stigma 
3-lobed. Fruit baccate, the size of an olive. Seeds few. Hook. fil. Fl. 
Br. Ind. I, 190 : Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 107. Phoberos Roxburghii, 
Bonn. PI. Jav. Rar. 192. Liulia spinosa, Roxb Fl. Ind. ii. 507. Fta- 
cout tia stigtnarota t Wall. Cat. 6G78, in part. 
Penang, Curtis ; Perak, King's Collector. Distrib. Burmah, Su- 
matra. 
3. S. c ben ata, Clos. in Ann. Se. Nat., Ser. IV, Vol. 8, 250. A 
tree, glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves coriaecouy, whining above, 
ovate to oblong-lanceolate, obtusely or sharply acuminate, obscurely 
gliindular-creuate ; the base narrowed, rarely rounded, obscurely 3-5 
nerved; lateral nerves about 5 pairs, faint ; length 2 to 5 in., breadth 
1 to 175 in., petiole '25 to "35 in. Racemes axillary or terminal, pabe* 
scent or tomentose, bracteolate, 1 to 3 in. long. Flmcers pedicelled. 
Sepals and petals 4, rarely 5 or 6, the former tomentose and smaller 
than the petals. Connective of anthers glabrous. Ovary globular, smooth. 
Style cylindric. Stigma discoid. Fruit globose, about *75 in. in dium. 
Hook fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 101. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I pt. 2, p. 1G7. S. 
psciido-crenata y acuminata, chinensit, lanceolata, and crasssipes t Clos. 1. 
c. S. sieva> Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, xviii, 182. Phoberos crenatus, 
W. & A. Prodr. 29 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 11. P. lanceolatus and P. 
Wightianw, W. and A. Prodr. 30. P. acwmitiatus, Hookerianm, and 
Arnottianus, Thwaites Enum. 17 and 400. 
Penang, Curtis ; Perak, King's Collector. Distrib. Brit. India and 
Ceylon, China, Philippines. 
In the young state this is thorny. It is a very variable species 
indeed, and too near S. rhiuanlhcra. 
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