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Leaves narrowly oblong, gradually narrowed 
to the acute apex. 
Fruit 1*75 to 2'25 in. long : stamens 10 ... 4. B. maximus. 
Frait 1*5 in. long ; leaves 4 to 6 in, long, 
with 9 or 10 pairs of bold parallel 
1. Balanocarpus Curtisii, King. A tree 20 to 30 feet high r young 
branches slender, the bark dark-coloured, pubernlons. Leaves mem- 
branous, ovate- lanceolate, bluntly caudate-acuminate, the base slightly 
cuneate : both surfaces glabrous, dull ; main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, spread- 
ing, faint and scarcely more promiuent than the secondary nerves ; 
length 2 to 25 in., breadth "75 to 1 in., petiole '1 to "15 in. Panicles 
axillary and terminal, shorter than the leaves, glabrescent, lax, each 
with a few 3- to 5-flowered spreading branches. Flowers secund, short- 
ly pedicelled, *15 in. long. Sepals distinct, sub-equal, thick, rotund- 
ovate, very obtuse, pubernlons outside, glabrous inside, the edges slightly 
ciliato. Petals elliptic, obliquely shortly and bluntly acuminate, glabres- 
cent inside, partly puberulous and partly glabrous outside. Stamens 
15, in 3 rows, sub-equal ; the filaments shorter than the anthers, dilated: 
anthers broadly elliptic, truncate, the connective produced into an 
apical awn longer than the stamen. Ovary cylindric, truncate, glabrous, 
the style short and stigma minute. Fruit smooth, globular, apiculate, 
crowned by the sub-sessile discoid stigma, enveloped by, hut not adherent 
to, the slightly thickened sepals, *25 to "8 in. in diam. (enlyx included). 
Penang: Curtis, No. 1406. Perak: King's Collector, Nos. 3171, 
3294, 6543 ; Wray, No. 2860. 
2, Balaxocaihth i-LNANdiANUs. King, n. sp. A tree 40 to 50 feet 
high : young branches slender, dark-coloured, lenticellate, slightly 
puberulous at the very tips. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate or 
ovate-acuminate, often caudate-acuminate, the base slightly cuneate or 
almost rounded, the edges slightly undulate, both surfaces glabrous : 
main nerves 7 to 8 pairs, spreading and curving upwards, not promi- 
nent on either surface ; length 175 to 4 in., breadth S to 1*6 in., petiole 
•25 to '4 in. Panicles axillary and terminal, hoary-pubescent, many- 
flowered ; the flowers secund, 7 to 9 on each lateral branchlet, pedicelled, 
*15 to "2 in. long. Sepah sub-equal, broadly ovate, sub-acute, yellowish- 
pulverulent, tomentose externally, glabrous internally. Petals oblong, 
obtuse, twisted and with the apices reflexed in aestivation, spreading 
nerves 
5. B. Ueimii. 
Fruit -6 in. long ; leaves 2 25 to 275 in. 
long, with 7 or 8 pairs of slightly 
prominent nerves 
6. B, Wrayi. 
7. B. Hemsleyanvs. 
Leaves stellate -pubescent, scabrid 
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