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- exourvati et propter marginem anastomosantes; nervuli irregulares ; 
etiolus ‘2-lcem. longus, semiteres, parce pubescens vel glaber ; 
stipulae 2-3mm. longae; rigidae, late triangulares, apice subulato, 
glabrae vel perpaucos capillos minutissimos exhibentes. Spicae in axillis 
solitariae ; axis gracilis, flexuosus, ad 7cm. longus, angulatus, paree 
puberulus, infra modo 3-4 florum ¢ bracteas. conspicuss distantes supra 
sve distantes minutos gerens. Bracteae 
; 4-dentato. Flores @ in bractearum axillis solitarii, subsessiles 
minute 2-bracteolati ; sepala 3, lanceolata, ad I*bmm. longa, glabra, 
margine ciliolato ; ovarium late ovoideum, 2mm.°in diametro, 2-, 
loculare, papillis erassis subulatis 1mm- longis obtectum, papilla um 
apicibus glandulosis et setulosis ; Joculi l-ovulati ; styli 2, crassi, 
carnosi, subulati, quam ovario duplo longiores, yeeurvati, extus setosi, 
intus dense fimbriati. Fructus et semina haud visa. Braeteae mas- 
eulinae 1-2mm. distantes, integrae, leviter concavae, 
latae, margine eiliolato ; flores in bractearum axillis plurimi, minutis- 
_ Simi, brevissime pedicellati, bracteolis permultis subhyalinis late lanceolatis: 
vel linearibus plumosis eincti, in- alabastro vix ‘Smm. in diametro, obtuse 
quadrigone subglobosi ; sepala 4, valvata, obovata vel: breviter subs- 
pathulata, glabra, extus cristata ; stamina 8, centralia, conferta ; filamenta 
brevissima ;  antherae comparate magnae, crasse vermiformes, apiece 
fixae, loculis liberis et: divergentibus. 
Princcanu’: Bundi, Rostade !. KELANTAN : MaecGill'}. Perak: . 
Ulu Temango, Ridley 14522 1, Pawan: Kwala Beru, Ridley 2306 !; 
Katapang, Ridley 12014; Pekan, Ridley !; Palau Timau, Burkill 9941. 
Distrrs. Tenasserim (Ahmadal, 111 and Shaik Mokim 851) and 
Siam (Christie | Bangtaphan, Keith }) 
A. eremorum Mall, Arg. without ap- 
% emorum. 1 at first was disposed to separate this species as a 
new genus but the rather curious ovary is scarcely enough on which to base a new genus. 
Coelodepas, Hasek, 
C. subeordatus, Aliis - speciebus minsalaribas - laminae” basi 
subeordata staminibus 6-7 et pistillodio magne satis distincta. ; 
Arbor. Ramuli subteretes, glabri, brunnei, 1-Smm. crass; inter- 
-nodia -5-2-5em. longa. Lamina oblonge lanceolata, tenuiter eoriscea, 
6-16em, longa, 2-6-4 bem. lata, apiece acuminato, | 
