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• 3. Cbatoxylon pokmosum, Bonth. and Hook. til. Gen. PI. I, lt> J A 
shrub or tree 20 to 6 feet high, all parts quite glabrous, young branches 
palo. Leaves membranous, broadly elliptic to elliptic-oblong, acute or 
rounded, the base slightly narrowed; upper surface shilling ; lower dull 
pale, glaucescenb and with numerous minute black dots ; main nerves 6 
to 8 pairs, little more prominent than the secondary; length 3 to 4 in., 
breadth 175 to 2 - 25 in. ; petiole 25 in., thin. Cyme* axillary, or from 
above the scars of fallen leaves, 2-3 flowered Flowers "75 in. long, their 
pedicels "5 in. Sepals elliptic, pointed, faintly veined, 2 in. long, nearly 
equal, not accrescent. Petals thin, prominently veined, elliptic, with a 
narrow scale above the slender claw ; Kyponynous glatuls small, oblong 
or qnadrate, crimson. Tubes of staminal bundles long, slender, exserted- 
Capsules cylindrio, acute, *6 in. long. Seeds '3 in. long, with an obtuse 
obovato unilateral wing. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 258; Kurz FJ. 
Burm. I, 84. Tridesmis formosa, Korth. Verb. Nat. Geach. Bot. 179, t, 
37 ; Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. I, pt. ii, p. 517. T. ochnoides, Spach Suit. Buff. 
V, 359. Elodea for masa t Jack in Hook. Journ. Bot. I, 374. 
In all the Provinces. Distrib. Siam, Philippines, Malayan Archi- 
pelago. 
4, Cratoxylon Mainqayi, Dyer in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 25d. A 
tree 30 feet high ; all parts glabrous : young branches with pale brown, 
ridged, bark. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, acuminate at apex and base ; 
both surfaces shining, the lower paler; main nerves obscure, about*! 
pairs; length 2 to 3o in., breadth 1 to 1 o in., petiole '25 in. Cifm-.t 
axillary, or from above the scars of fallen leaves, few-flowered. Flowers 
about 5 in. long, their pedicels '25 in. Sepals oblong, unequal. TetaU 
elliptic, clawed, veined, the basal scale acute. Capsule "5 in, long, 
narrowly cylindric. Seeds *25 in. long, with oblong unilateral vying, 
Penaug; Muingay. 
Apparently an uncommon tree, since only Maiugay has as yet 
collected it. 
Obmb XIV. GUTTIFERyE. 
Trees or shrubs with yellow or greenish juice. Leaves opposite, 
coriaceous or membranous, rarely w boiled or stipulate. Flowers axil- 
lary or terminal, solitary, fascicled, subracemoso or panicled, white, yellow 
or red, regular, dkucious, polygamous or hermaphrodite. Sepals 2-6, 
imbricate or iu decussate pairs. Petals 2-6 (rarely more, or 0), usually 
much imbricated or contorted, Male fl. : Stamens usually indefinite, 
hypogynons; filaments free or variously connate, monadelphnus or in as 
many bundles us there are petals; anthers various. Female fl. : 
Staminodes various, Ovary l-2-oo -celled ; style slender, short or 0; stigmas 
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