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XXXIX. CELASTRINEJ2. 
[Kurrimia. 
7 . KURRIMIA, Wall. 
Big trees. Leaves opposite coriaceous entire lar F. ; P etl0 i^ S 
slender Flowers small in panicles or racemes. Calyx 5 “ 1 • 
Petals \ Stamens 5 from edge of disc. Disc lobed- Ovary 
puberulous at base with tuft of hairs at tip; ovuless 2 in a ce U, 
stvles filiform 2. Stigmas small capitate. Capsule entire or 
bilobed dehiscing by 2 valves. Seed arillate. Species 3 or 4, 
Indo-Malayan. 
Flowers red, racemose; fruit n °* ^ifid . ■ • f*J 
Flowers green, panicled; fruit bifid . • y 
(1) K pulcherrima Wall. Cat. 4334 ; Lawson in Hook, fil, 
FBI i 622- King, l.c. 354. K. Maingayi Lawson, l.c. 622. 
F Tree 40 to'70 ft. tall. Leaves oblong acuminate, base raided 
nerves 12 pairs, 6 to 8 in. long, 175 to 3*25 m. wide peholes 
•8 in long Racemes several in an axil. Flowers red • 
across Sepals elliptic. Petals elliptic round. Disc obscurely 
lobed ‘ Capsule crimson, narrow ellipsoid narrowed to tip 1 to 
i-s in long Seed *6 to -8 in. long white. Hab. Lowland woods. 
Singapore Tanglin; Bukit Mandai. Malacca, Ayer Panas; Sungei 
Hudang (Derry). Negri Sembilan, Petasih (Foxworthy). Perak, 
Hermitage (Curtis). Penang, Penara Bukit. Native names: Me- 
daneGidap; Boko-Boko; Medang Tijoh. 
(2) K. paniculata Wall. Cat. 4336; Lawson l.c. 1 . 622; King, 
U ' Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall, much branched. Leaves deep shining 
green, elliptic-oblong 8 in. long, 3-25.in. wide; nerves 24 ^pairs>; 
netioles 1 to 3 in. long. Panicles 12 m. long spreading Flowers 
?is in wide pale yellow. Sepals and petals oblong obtuse, pube- 
rulous Disc 4-lobed. Fruit cordate flattened laterally, bilobed 
at the top olivaceous yellow flushed pink at the base, 75 in. across 
dehiscing across the top. Seeds 1 to 3, usually 2, covered with a 
sweet pulpy red aril. Hab. Lowland woods, common. Singapore 
Johor Malacca, Selangor, Perak Pahang P^ang. Kedah to 
Southern Siam. Native names ; Bunak, Biko Biko. 
8. PLEUROSTYLIS, Wight. 
Small glabrous tree. Branches angled. Leaves opposite cori¬ 
aceous entire. Cymes axillary small. Flowers small. Cal yx 
a lobed Petals 5 bigger. Stamens 5 insert below disc; filaments 
short fiat connective of anthers dilate. Disc t uck crenulate. 
Ovary half-immersed confluent with disc unilocular, ovules , 
s$e Y short thick. Stigma wide peltate. . Drupe I- to 2-ceUed 
Style scar lateral. Seed I, rarely 2. Species 2, S. India. Mada 
gascar to Malay Peninsula and N. Caledonia. 
