LII. HAMAMELIDEiB. 
[. Rhodoleia . 
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Leaves oblong-lanceolate; capsules glabrous . . (i) R. Teysmanni 
Leaves ovate, red, scurfy beneath; fruit red scurfy . (2) R. ovalifolia 
( 1 ) R. Teysmanni Miq. in. Versl. en Meded. K. Akad. v. Wetensch. 
vi. 124; King , l.c. 309. 
Tree or big shrub, glabrous. Leaves oblaneeolate or oblong, 
blunt narrowed at the base, coriaceous, glabrous; nerves very 
fine and inconspicuous, 6 to 10 pairs, beneath glaucous, 3 to 4-5 in. 
long, 175 to 2 in. across; petioles 1 to 1-25 in. long. Heads 
solitary about 1 in. long, ovoid on curved peduncles, *25 in. long. 
Bracts broad, round, outer glabrous, inner red-hairy. Petals 
bright rose pink, oblong-lanceolate clawed, tip rounded. Stamens 
as long. Capsule glabrous, -4 in. long, dehiscing widely for more 
than half their length. Hab. Mountains, Malacca, Mt. Ophir. 
Selangor, Klang Gates. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Senaling (Hudson). 
Pahang, Telom. Perak, Batang Padang (Wray). Kedah Peak, 
3000 ft. altitude (Robinson). Distrib. Sumatra. 
(2) R. ovalifolia Ridl. Journ . Roy. Hs. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 33. 
A big shrub with stout branches about 10 ft. tall. Young 
parts densely red-pubescent. Leaves adult very stiff coriaceous 
above glabrous, beneath at first red-scurfy eventually glabrous 
and white or glaucous, ovate acute, base rounded, sub-cordate; 
