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Petioles 0.5- 1.5 cm. long; leaf blades closely 
resembling those of A. pneumatoph ora. In- 
florescence very loosely cymose, very sparsely 
flowered, the pedicels 10 (-13) mm. long; calyx 
lobes ovate-deltoid, 1—2 mm. long, obtuse at 
apex, ciliate, otherwise completely glabrous; 
corolla tube glabrous outside; corolla lobes 6.9- 
11.4 mm. long and 4-5 mm. broad, barbate at 
base within and very faintly ciliate near apex, 
otherwise glabrous; anthers 1—1.3 mm. long; 
ovary glabrous; follicles 3—5 mm. in diameter, 
glabrous. 
Type. — "circa Rompien.” Java, Blume. 
Illustrations. — Koord. and Val., Atl. Bau- 
mart. Java. (1916) t. 643, 644 (leafy br. and 
infl., fls., fl. analyses, fr., seed, habit of trees); 
Die Umschau (1934) 38: 170, fig. 1 (photo 
showing a group of trees growing in water), 
171, fig. 2 (photo of piece of root). 
Distribution. — French Indo-China and 
Siam to Sumatra, Java and Borneo. Said not to 
be found in eastern and middle Java. Grows 
in marshlands or low rich soil, often in swamps 
in water up to 1 m. deep. 
French Indo-China: Pierre 4409 (Baria and 
Thu-dau-mot; A, NY); Thorel 1146 (Thu-dau- 
mot; A, US). 
Siam: Kerr 15078 (Pattani; BM, K, Mo), 
15612 (Pak Zing; A, BM, K); Rabil 255 
(Trang; A, BM, K). 
Malay States: Bur kill 1296 (Selangor; UC); 
Cantley 1937 (Malacca; K); Derry 1064 (Ma- 
lacca; Sing); Griffith (Malacca; K) ; King’s coll. 
4009 (Perak; BM, K), 7464 (Perak; L), 7780 
(Perak; BM, Sing); Maingay 1068 (K, L), 
1712, 1716 (Malacca; K); Sing. For. F.M.S. 
1296, 1821 (Selangor; Sing), 15245, 20191 
(Selangor; K), 2159 (Perak; K, Sing); Scorte- 
chini 1716 (Perak; G, K); Wray 170 bis 
(Perak; BM). 
Sumatra: Boschproefst. 823 (L); Mus. Econ. 
Bot. (Palembang; L); Endert E. 823 (Palem- 
bang; L); Rappard 122 DB (Benkoelen); Rah- 
mat si Boeea 8243 (Asahan; A); Rahmat si 
Toroes 1866 (vicinity of Rantau Parapat), 
5219 (Tapanoeli); Yates 2166 (Asahan). 
Bangka: Boschproefst. 15404 (L). 
Java: Backer 31166 (Batavia; K); Kollmann; 
Koorders 40502 (3 (Bantam; A); Zollingero 
3567 (P). 
Borneo: Amdjah 2 (K, L); Edwards 3890 
(Brit. N. Borneo; K); Hallier 99; Haviland 
1689 (Sarawak; BM), 3044 (Sarawak; Sing); 
Lobbe (K); Neth. Ind. For. Serv. 18115 (Ko- 
eala; A); Polak 461 (Ameontai; Mo); Wood 
2601 (Brit. N. Borneo; UC). 
Vernacular names. — Siam: Tia; Suma- 
tra: Kajoe-Poele, Kajoe Gabo eh, Poelai\ Sunda 
Area: Gabusan, Lane Sodas ; British North Bor- 
neo: Pulai Pay a, Tambailik. 
Type of A. cuneata . — "Native of Sirmore, 
where it was collected by Dr. Gowan. Wall, 
cat. no. 1645.” Sirmur, in Punjab, is the wrong 
locality, as pointed out by Hooker and King and 
Gamble. The name is placed in synonymy of A. 
spatulata by these authors and others. The 
sparsely flowered inflorescence ("peduncle 3- 
flowered?”) and the shape of the whorled leaves 
("obovate, retuse at top”) described for A. 
cuneata point to A. spatulata. 
8. Alstonia actinophylla (A. Cunn.) K. 
Schum., in Engl, and Prantl, Natiirl. 
Pflanzenfam. 4 (2): 138. 1895. 
Alyxia actinophylla A. Cunn., in Bot. Mag. 
61 (new ser. 8): 3313. 1834. 
Alstonia verticillosa F. v. MuelL, Fragm. 
6: 116. 1868. 
Trees up to 20 m. or more tall; branches 
slender. Petioles about 1 cm. long. Leaf blade 
elliptic or sublanceolate, 5-12 cm. long, 1-3 
cm. broad, narrowed or sometimes short-acu- 
minate at apex, the margins unrolled, the lateral 
nerves 35-50 pairs, about 2 mm. apart, the 
transverse veins more or less prominulous. In- 
florescence loosely cymose, many-flowered, gla- 
brous, the pedicels slender, distinct, up to 4 mm. 
long, glabrous; calyx lobes broadly ovate, about 
1-1.5 mm. long, rounded or obtuse at apex, 
ciliate, puberulent with adpressed hairs inside, 
otherwise glabrous; corolla tube about 8 mm. 
long, glabrous outside; corolla lobes 4—5 mm. 
long, barbate at base within and very sparsely 
ciliate toward apex, otherwise glabrous; anthers 
