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1. B. Griff'.tiiii, Masters in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 352. A tree 
40 to GO feet high ; young branches rather Blender, pile, minutely 
f urfuraceous. Leaves oblong, or elliptic-oblong-, or obovale-oblong, 
shortly aud abruptly acuminate, slightly narrowed towards the rounded 
base j upper surface quite glabrous; the lower pale, very minutely pu- 
bescent, the midrib and nerves slightly scaly ; maiu nerves 8 to 11 pairs, 
spreading, prominent beneath and dark coloured; length 5 to &'5 in., 
breadth 15 to 2'25. in., petiole '4 to *6 in. : stipules linear, deciduous. 
Flowers *75 in. in diaru., solitary, or in 2 to 3-flowered cymes from the 
axils of leaves or of fallen leaves; pedicels shorter than the petioles, 
bructeolate. Involueral bracts 2, broadly-ovate, blnut, connate at the 
base, closely enveloping the buds; scaly externally, glabrous within. 
Sepals 4, ovate, spreading, pubescent on both surfaces, scaly also on the 
outer. Petals 4 to 8, nearly twice as long as sepals, linear or linear- 
sputhulate, 1 in. broad. Stamens very numerous, unequal, slightly 
united by the bases of the filaments : the outer without anthers, some 
flat resembling the petals, a few of the inner longer and bearing at 
their apices 1 to 4 oblong obovoid anthers which dehisce by an apical 
pore. Ovary ovoid, 3-eelled, densely covered with peltate, fimbriate, 
long-stalked scales. Style as long as the longest stamens. Stiyma sub* 
capitate. Fruit oblong, pointed at each end, 1'5 to 2 iu. long, densely 
covered with sharp stout conical spines, 3-celled, dehiscent. Seeds 3 to 
<J, or fewer. Mast, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. t. xv, fig. 29 to 39, t. xvi., 
fig. 40 to 42. Beccari Malesia 111, p. 256. Heteropyxis, Griff. Not. iv. 
524 ; Io. PI. As, t. 594. 
Malacca ; Griffith, Maingay. Perak, very comuiou. Distrib. 
Sumatra, Forbes, No. 3068. 
10. Neesia, Blume. 
Trees. Branches marked with largo leaf-scars. Leaves eutire f 
pinnate-veined. Stipules leafy. Cymes from the stem iu the axils of 
the fallen leaves. Mracteoles 3, connate into a cup, deciduous, covered, 
like the sepals, with peltate scales. Calyx ventricose, conical above, 
opening by a circular irregularly crenulate orifice at the top, ultimately 
dilated and cushion-shaped at the base. Petals 5, free, imbricate. 
Stamens uumerous, the filaments more or less united ; anthers 2-celled, 
opening lengthwise, connective thick ; stanii nodes 0. Ovary oblong, 
5- celled; style short; stigma capitate; ovules numerous, 2-seriatc, 
horizontal, anatropous. Fruit ovoid, woody, muricate, Ioeulicidally 5- 
valved. Seeds albuminous ; aril 0; cotyledons flat, leafy. Distrib. 
Seven species, all Malayan. 
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