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LII. HAM AMELI DEiE. 
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nerves and reticulations depressed above; nerves 6 to 8, strongly 
elevate beneath, some secondary nerves prominent, 4 in. long, 
2*5 in. wide; young leaves lanceolate acute, base acuminate, 
4’5 in. long, 1-75 in. wide; petioles densely velvety eventually 
glabrous, 1*5 in. long. Heads solitary; peduncle 1*5 in. long, 
hairy red. Bracts rounded, inner ones very densely red hairy. 
Petals linear spathulate, *5 in. long, *i in. across, blunt, rose pink. 
Filaments slender, 75 in. long; anthers oblong. Capsule *5 in. 
long, densely red-hairy. Hah. Mountains on open rocky spots. 
Pahang, Gunong Tahan at 5000 ft. altitude (Robinson, Ridley). 
2 . MAINGAYA, Oliver. 
Tree. Leaves ovate or oblong, acuminate, base rounded, 
membranous to thinly coriaceous. Stipules small. Heads sub¬ 
terminal peduncled of about 15 white flowers. Calyx-tube adherent 
to ovary. Petals 5-linear, perigynous. Stamens 5 perigynous; 
filaments very short; anthers horned. Staminodes 10, horned. 
Ovary half inferior, 2-eelled; styles 2, distinct. Ovule 1 in each 
cell. Capsule woody, ovoid truncate. Species 1. 
(1) M. malayana Oliver, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 517, t. 44; 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 428; King, l.e. 307. 
Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall. Stem 18 to 24 in. through. Leaves 3 - 5 to 
10 in. long, 1*25 to 375 in. wide. Peduncles '5 to 2 in. long. Head 
75 in. through. Capsule tapering into a thick pedicel, 75 in. long, 
apex truncate more than half enclosed in calyx-tube, usually 2 
together. Hab. Mountains, 2000 to 3000 ft. altitude. Perak, 
Gunong Bubu (Kunstler). Penang Hill, Sungei Penang and Moniot's 
Roads (Curtis). 
3 . BUCKLANDIA, Br. 
Tree about 80 ft. tall. Leaves alternate, cordate ovate acumin¬ 
ate, petioled; stipules large coriaceous oblong deciduous. Inflores¬ 
cence of 3 to 5 peduncled heads at first enclosed in a pair of stipules. 
Flowers adnate by calyces, about 8 in a head. Calyx-tube adnate 
to ovary, 5-lobed. Petals in bisexual flower linear spathulate, 
fleshy. Stamens 10 to 14; filaments long. In females, petals 
rudimentary. Stamens 0. Ovary half inferior, 2-celled; styles 2, 
separate ; ovules 6 in 2 rows in each cell. Capsule nearly superior, 
woody, sub-globose. Seeds 6, upper wingless, sterile, lower winged 
fertile. Species 1, Himalaya, Burma, Java, Sumatra. 
(1) B. populnea Br. Wall. Cat. 7414; Griff, Res. xix. 95, 
plates ; Hook. fil. l.c. 429; King, l.c. 308. 
Leaves coriaceous often base rounded, apex acuminate; young 
leaves tricuspidate ; nerves 5, prominent, radiating from base; 
3 to 8 in. long, 275 to 7 in. wide; petioles 1 to 2-5 in. long. Stipules 
2 in. long, 75 in. wide, apex round. Peduncles silky at first ’5 in. 
long. Heads *3 to “4 in. through in flower, *5 in. in fruit. Hah. 
High mountain forests, but very rare in flower or fruit, at 5000 ft. 
