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young branches pale brown, compressed. Leaves membranous, minutely 
pellucid-punctate, elliptic-oblong, almost equally acute at base and 
apex; above shiuiug, below rather dull; nerves aboat 7 lo 10 pairs, 
pale; reticulations minute; length 1"5 to 35 in., breadth 75 in. to 125 
in., petiole '1 in. Flowers slightly supra-axillary, solitary or in 1 to 
3-floweied cymes, '5 in. in diam. Sepals elliptic, obtuse, as long a.s tbo 
petals. Petals oblanceolato, veined. Ilyjtogynous glands largo, fleshy. 
( ' .7 mile slightly exceeding the persistent sepals. Seeds obliquely winged. 
Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 257. Miq. Fl. Iud. Bat. I, pt. ii, p. 516. 
All the Provinces. Distrib. British India, China, Philippines. 
Var. 1. Ligdstrinum, Blume Mus. Bot. II, J6 (sp.) ; leaves narrow- 
ed at both ends, acute. 0. lanceolaium, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat, Supp. I, 500. 
Ancislrolobtts ligtwtrinus, Spach. Suit. Buff. V, 3G1. A. brevipes, Turcz. 
Ball. Mo£C 1653, I, 3 S3. Hypericum pulchellum, Wall. Cat. 4821. 3. 
curnenm, Wall. Cat. 4820. 
Andamans, Malacca, Penang. 
Var. 2. WionTii, Bl. 1. c. 18. (sp.) Loaves broadly oval, mostly 
obtuse. Ancistrolobus sp. Wight 111. I, 111. Hypericum horridum, 
Wall. Cat. 4822. Ehnlca sp. Griff. Notul. IV, 569. 
Perak, King's Collector. 
Sect. II. Tmdesmis, Spach. Petals not persistent, with a basal 
squumule. Stamens 3- or 5-adelphous. 
2. Ckatoxylon arrorescksh, Blume Mus.Bot. II, 17. A treo 15 to 
50 feet high, all parts glabrous. Young branches robust, the bark pale 
brown, often ridged. Leaves coriaceous, broadly oblaneoolate, obovate- 
elliptie or obloog-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 largo terminal panicles usually longer than the leaves. 
Floiocrs '3 in. in diam. Sejwls unequal, ovate-rotund, reined. Petals 
about as long as the sepals, broadly cuncato, conspicuously veined and 
with a laciniato basal scale. Capsule longer than the persistent sepals. 
Seeds winged all round. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 258; Kurz Fl. 
Burra. I, 84; C. coccineum, Planch. Hypericum arlorescens, Vahl. 
Symb. II. 86, t. 43. H. coccineum., Wall. Cat. 4823. Ancislrolohus 
yfancescens, Turcz. Bull. Mosc. 1858, 1, 383. Visviia ? arborescens } Choisy 
Prod. Hyp. 36. 
In all the Provinces. Distrib. Malayan Archipelago 1 Burmah. 
Var. Miyuelii, branches more slender than in the typical form ; 
leaves thinner in texture, oblaneoolate, acuminate. A small tree 15 to 
20 feet. C. cunealum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. ii, 517. 
Peuang, Perak. Distrib. Sumatra. 
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