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Order- SIM ARU BA CEJS. 
Irvin(^ia Oliveri Pierre. 
Thaton District, Burma, Lace Nos. 4B35 ! 4836 ! An import- 
ant timber tree of great height. Burmese name is Thaung thayet. 
It is found frequently in Cochin China. Incomplete specimens from 
the Malay Peninsula (not taken up in the Materials for a Malayan 
Flora appear to be the same. The genus is in the Flora of British 
India ascribed to Simaruhacece but its affinities seem to be with Anacardi- 
aeecc, VideViexre " Flore Foresti^re de la Cochin Chine/^ plate 263 
and accompanying text. 
Order-ROSACE^. 
Prunus macrophyllus Sieb. & Zuce. 
Burma ; Myitkyina District, elevation 500-800 ft. Nos. 7, 40, 72 
Buchanan ! below Bhamo, 400 ft. No. 347 A CUbitt ! The Kachin 
name of this tree is Prankinsa ; Burmese, Tankyat. Distribution : — 
Japan and China. 
Order— ERICACEiE. 
Craibiodendroii W. W. Smith. Genus novum. 
Ex affinitate Lyoniae et Pieridis. Calyx liber, 5-parti tus, segmentis 
ovatis in alabastro apertis basi paululum imbricatis, post anthesin immu- 
tatuS) persistens. Corolla breviter campanulata, subcoriacea, 5-dentata, 
lobis erectis. Stamina 10, inclusa, filamentis liberis geniculatim dexia. 
apice Bed aliter quam in Pieridibus : antherae dorso muticae. Ovarium 
globosum, apice intrusum, 5-loculare ; stylus columnaris, stigmate 
truncate ; ovula in loculis mediocriter numerosa, placentis axi loculi 
infra apicem affixis inserta. Capsula depresso-globosa, 5-loba, 5-locularis 
valvis medio septiferis ab axi valido persistente placentifero solutis ; 
placentae in^ructu dehiscente induratae, aeuto-unguiformes. Semina 
pendula, pro ordine magna, ideoque pauca, unilateral iter alata. — Arbor 
parva, alternis foliis petiolatis subpersistentibus integris. Flores in 
racemos paniculatos terminales dispositi,-breviter pedicellati, bracteati et 
2-bracteolati. Species unica burmo-siamensis. In herbario Calcuttensi 
sub nomine nudo Leucothoe Mannii King et Prain, est specimen mancum 
