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2 *» I <» 3 T> in. ; petiole l'2ij to 1*5 in., slender. Cymes axillary, dieho- 
tomous, spreading, rusly-tomcntose, on slender ebracteato peduncles 1'5 
in. long which lengthen to 3 in. in fruit. Flowers numerous, dioecious, 
*5 in. in diam. ; pedicels '3 to "4 in. long. Sepals thick, ovate, blunt, 
densely rusty- tomento&e externally. Petals larger than the sepals, 
membrauous, oblong-obovate, blunt. Stamens in males very numerous, 
glabrous ; the anthers broadly oblong, l>lunt, deeply cordate at the base; 
filaments slender. Ovary in the males .absent or rudimentary, densely 
pilose, and with several rudimentary styles. Female flowers unknown. 
Frait ovoid, *75 in. long, and "4 in. in diara., baccate, smooth, pulpy, sul*. 
tended by the persistent calyx and crowned by the remains of 15 to 20 
filiform styles. Seeds numerous, shining, brown, less than '1 in. long, 
ovoid, sub-compressed, pitted and with several longitudinal grooves. 
Kadsttra 2iube.s<*> n*, Miq. Kl. hid. Bat. Snppl. 020. 
Perak ; on trees, at elevations of 3,500 to 4000 feet, King's Collector, 
Nos. 5437 and 8789. Distrib, Eastern Sumatra. 
I have carefully examined a typo specimen of Mi quel's Kadstira 
jinheat'cns from Sumatra named by the author's own hand; ami Lhciv is 
no doubt whatever that ifc is an Actinidia and not a Kwhnra ; nor is 
there any that it is identical with the above quoted numbers of the 
Calcutta collector from Perak. Miquel is quite wrong in describing his 
plant as having 3 sepals and 6 petals ; there being 5 iu each whorl. 
6. Saurauja, Willd. 
Trees or shrubs. Branches usually brown with whitish tubercular 
dots, both branches and leaves more or less atrigose-piluse or scaly when 
young. Leaves approximate at the ends of the branches, usually serrate, 
with parallel veins diverging from the midrib. Inflorescence lateral, 
often from the axils of fallen leaves, cymose, subpaniculate, rarely few- 
Howored. Bracts usually small, remote from the calyx. Flowers usually 
hermaphrodite. Sepals 5, strongly imbricate. Petals 5, usually conuato 
at the base. Stamens many ; anthers dehiscing by pores. Ovary 3-5- 
celled ; stylos as mauy, distinct or connate, rarely dry and sub - dehiscent . 
Dislrib. Tropical and sub- tropical Asia and America. Species about 
60. 
I. Saurauja tbistyTiA, DC. Mem. Terustr. 31, t. 7. A shrub or tree 
2 to 3 feet high ; young branches with grey, faintly striate bark, decida- 
ously scurfy and at rigose towards the apices. Leaves membranous, oblan* 
ceo late, abruptly and shortly acuminate, minutely and remotely serrulate 
or sub-entire, the base acute; both surfaces glabrous, except the midrib 
and main nerves which have a few scale-like hairs, the lower pale brown 
when dry; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, erecto-pateut, rather prominent be- 
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