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{4) A. aurantiaca Ridl. Kew Bulletin, 1923, p. 360. 
Low shrub, glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous obovate or 
oblanceolate to elliptic shortly blunt acuminate, base narrowed 
blunt, edge crenulate; nerves 10 pairs inarching far from edge in 
wide arches, reticulations wide; 8 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 
•5 in. long. Flowers in small clusters on the stem, orange. Sepals 
linear-oblong, 5. Petals broadly obovate denticulate. Disc of 5 
flat lobes covered with hairs. Ovary conic glabrous. Capsule 
sub-globose trilobed, 6 in. long on peduncles -5 in. long. Hub. 
Forests, Kelantan, Chaning Woods (Ridley). 
6. ANDRACHNE, Linn. 
Herbs or low shrublets. Leaves alternate, membranous rather 
small. Flowers monoecious pedicelled. Males very small clustered 
in the axils. Sepals 5 or 6. Petals much smaller, 5 or 6. Disc- 
glands 5 or 6 bifid linear. Stamens 5, filaments long, free. Pistil- 
lode small. Female flowers larger. Ovary 3-celled, 2 ovules in 
a cell. Styles bifid. Capsule small of 3 bivalved cocci. Seeds 
rugose, triquetrous. Species 16, Europe, Asia, Africa and America. 
Much branched. Leaves lanceolate long-narrowed to 
base, nearly glabrous . . . . . . {1) A. australis 
Much branched. Leaves small elliptic-lanceolate, base 
shortly cuneate, very hairy . . . . . (2) A. fairta 
Little or not branched. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, base 
shortly cuneate, sparsely hairy . . . . (3) A. calcarea 
(1) A. australis Zoll. Flora, xxx. 663. A. fruticosa Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. v. 284; Ic. PL t. 4074 (not of Decaisne) 
A shrublet 1 to 2 ft. tall, with long spreading branches shortly 
closely hairy. Leaves membranaceous glabrous above, hairy on 
the midrib and nerves beneath, lanceolate narrowed to both ends; 
nerves 6 pairs inarching within the margin; 1*5 to 3 in. long, 
*5 to 1 in. wide; petioles slender, 1 in. long. Flowers axillary, 
1 or 2 together. Males *1 in. wide on slender pedicels. Sepals 
spathulale blunt hairy outside. Petals similar but narrower, 
glabrous. Stamens 5, free. Disc of 5 deep-cleft lobes, lobules 
linear. Rudimentary pistil very small. Female flowers much 
larger. Sepals and petals ovate blunt pilose. Ovary sub-globose, 
hairy. Styles 3, bipartite to base. Capsule sub-globose grooved 
•25 in. wide. Seeds semi-ovoid grooved. Hab. Perak, Larut, 
at 300 to 500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). Distrib. Java, Philippines, 
Timor Laut. , 
(2) A. hirta Ridl. Kew Bulletin, 1923, p. 361. 
Shrubby much branched plant, 12 in. or more tall, hairy all 
over. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate blunt or sub-acute, base shortly 
cuneate, densely hairy on both sides; nerves 4 pairs faint; 1 to 
1-25 in. long, '4 to *6 in. wide; petioles *4 in. long, hairy. Male 
flowers minute; pedicels hairy, *i in. long, filiform. Sepals oblong 
