sessile umbels, with very minute bracts; pedicels slender, clavate, 4 in. long; buds conical, long acuminate, 3 in. long, glabrous. Calyxlobes ovate, acute, 05 in. long, ciliate on the edges, gland-dotted in two central lines. Corolla-lobes ovate, long-caudate-acuminate, 3 in. long, glabrous, dotted with few elongate glands. Stamens inserted at the base of the corolla-lobes and nearly as long as them (25 in.); anthers sagittate-lanceolate with prominent rows of glands on the back, connective produced upwards in a membranous tip. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style subulate, 25 in. long, very slender. Berry globose, 25 in. in diam., smooth, obscurely vertically striate.

PERAK at Gunong Batu Pateh, 3,400 feet, Wray 456, 978, 3242; Curtis 3324.

This species at first sight resembles A. oxyantha, A. DC., of North-East India, but has smaller and differently-veined leaves, with different glands and smaller flowers.

2. ANTISTROPHE CURTISII, King & Gamble, n. sp. A shrub (?); branchlets round, rusty-glandular-hirsute, zigzag, with faint raised lines. from the bases of the petioles of the leaves; innovations densely rustyglandular-hirsute. Leaves membranous; elliptic or elliptic-oblong, acuminate at apex, rounded at base, entire; nearly glabrous above except on the midrib, sparsely rusty-hirsute beneath; 3.5 to 5 in. long, 1.5 to 2 in. broad; midrib slender, raised beneath; main-nerves about 10 pairs, at about an angle of 50° with the midrib, curved upwards, forked and broadly anastomosing near the margin, lowest pair not more oblique than the others; secondary nerves and reticulations obscure; petiole 2 in. long, crispedly channelled above. Inflorescence of densely rusty-hirsute, sub-sessile, axillary, 4-6-flowered, umbellate racemes, 1 to 15 in. long; bracteoles subulate, '05 in. long; pedicels slender, 3 to 5 in. long; buds caudate-acuminate, 3 in. long. Calyxlobes linear subulate, 1 in. long, densely rusty-hirsute. Corolla-lobes ovate at base, long caudate-acuminate, 3 in. long, scarcely dotted, 3-5-nerved, sparsely hirsute without. Stamens rather shorter than the corolla-lobes, connivent in a cone; anthers sessile, lanceolate sagittate, the back with 2 rows of prominent round or elongate glands, the connective produced in a blunt membranous tip. Ovary ovoid, style slender, as long as anthers. Berry not seen.

PERAK

in Kuran Valley, below the gap, 4,000 feet, Curtis 3390.

7. EGICERAS, Gaertn.

Sea-coast shrubs, or small trees; branches cylindric, glabrous. Leaves scattered, petioled, entire, glabrous, alternate. Flowers large

(for the Order) white, pedicellate, without bracteoles, in terminal or axillary umbels or panicles, pedicels slender. Calyx 5-lobed; lobes obtuse, coriaceous, twisted to the left, overlapping to the right; tube none. Corolla with short tube; lobes 5, acute, overlapping to the right in bud, afterwards recurved. Stamens 5, inserted on the corolla-tube; filaments elongate, connate into a tube below; anthers with transversely septate cells, cordate-lanceolate, introrse, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary fusiform, narrowed into an elongated style; stigma acute; ovules many, immersed in a central globose placenta. Fruit cylindric, curved, acute, coriaceous, 1-seeded; pericarp coriaceous, afterwards splitting, testa membranous. Seed elongate, exalbuminous; radicle inferior, enlarged at the base, joined with the cotyledons into a cylindric tube; germination often taking place while still on the plant, as in some Rhizophorea.-DISTRIB. Two species, of the sea-coasts of India, Burma, the Malay Peninsula and Islands, to South China and tropical Australia.

EGICERAS MAJUS, Gaertn. Fruct. I. 216, t. 46, fig. 1 (1788). A shrub or small tree reaching 15 to 20 feet in height, evergreen, all parts glabrous; branches greyish-black, smooth; branchlets reddish. Leaves coriaceous; obovate, rounded obtuse or emarginate at apex sometimes even obcordate, cuneate at base, margins recurved; glandular dots many, inconspicuous; 15 to 3.5 in. long, 1 to 15 in. broad; midrib slender, raised above or sometimes depressed; mainnerves about 10 pairs, slender, raised above, straight at first then curving upwards; secondary nerves slender, few, reticulations not prominent; petiole 2 to 3 in. long, thick, bordered by the decurrent margins of the blade. Inflorescence a terminal, axillary or leaf-opposed many- (15 to 20) flowered umbel, sessile or very short peduncled; bracts oblong-lanceolate, deciduous; pedicels slender, 3 to 5 in. long; buds conical. Calyx-lobes concave, gibbous at the base, broadest at top, 25 in. long, 15 in. broad, with parallel veins and scattered black dots in the lower part. Corolla-lobes ovate, acuminate, glabrous, parallel-veined, 25 in. long, recurved; tube as long as lobes, villous hairy within. Stamens longer than corolla-lobes, exsert; filaments connate half-way up, linear, connate part densely villous, free part glabrous 2 in. long; anthers 1 to 15 in. long, dorsifixed, cells prominently septate. Ovary ovoid, surmounted by a subulate angular style, 3 in. long, black-gland-dotted below. Fruit a long acuminate. pale brown capsule, up to 3 in. long, 25 in. in diam., glabrous. Seed 1, elongate, filling the capsule, embryo inverse, funicle very long. Willd. Sp. Pl. I. 1185; Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. IV. 511; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 130; A. DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, XVI. t. 9A, and Prod. VIII.

142; Wight Icon. t. 146; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1031; Scheff. Myrs. 97; Benth. Fl. Austral. IV. 277; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 137; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. CXXXIX. Anal. pl. XIX. III.; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 533; Trimen Fl. Ceyl. III. 74; Cooke Fl. Bomb. II. 88; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. V. 276; Pax in Engl. & Prantl Pflanzenfam. IV. i. 97, fig. 57; Schimp. Strandfl. 44, figs. 1, 2; Prain Beng. Pl. 645. E. fragrans, Koenig Ann. of Bot. I. 129, t. 3; Wall. Cat. 2326; Wight in Hook. Bot. Misc. III. 84, t. 21. E. minus, A. DC. l.c. 142. E. Malaspinaa, DC. 1.c. 143. E. obovatum, Blume Bijdr. 693. E. corniculatum, Blanco Fl. Filip. 79; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. II. 227 and For. Fl. III. 114; Mez Monog. Myrs. 55, fig. 8. Rhizophora corniculata, Linn. Sp. Pl. Ed. 3 (1764), 635. "Pou-Kandel," Rheede Hort. Mal. VI. 36. Mangium fruticosum corniculatum, Rumph. Herb. Amb. III. 117.

PENANG Wallich 2326; Curtis 52, 513. PERAK: King's Collector 4961. MALACCA: Maingay (K.D.) 1017; Griffith (K.D.) 3538. SINGAPORE: Ridley 2801A, 3632A.-DISTRIB. Sea-coast of India from Sind to Ceylon, the Sundarbans, Burma, and the Andaman Islands; eastwards to the Malay Islands, South China, the Philippines and Australia. One of the coast plants included under the general name of "Mangroves."

Order LXXI. SAPOTACEE.

Trees or shrubs, with milky juice, generally evergreen, young parts often rusty-tomentose. Leaves alternate, rarely sub-opposite, coriaceous or rarely membranous, entire, penniveined; stipules none or very caducous. Flowers usually hermaphrodite, small or medium-sized, solitary or fascicled in the axils of the leaves, sometimes (Sarcosperma) paniculate; bracts and bracteoles very small or wanting. Calyx inferior, persistent or deciduous; lobes 4 to 8, much imbricate, occasionally biseriate with the outer ones valvate. Corolla gamopetalous; tube short, campanulate or urceolate; lobes as many as, or 2 to 4 times as many as, those of the calyx. Stamens inserted on the corolla-tube in 1 to 2 series and opposite to them, sometimes alternating with staminodes; filaments short, erect; anthers ovatelanceolate or linear-sagittate, 2-celled, the connective sometimes produced. Disk hypogynous, often inconspicuous or wanting. Ovary superior, sessile, often villous, 2-5- or more celled; style shortly conical or elongate-subulate, glabrous; stigma terminal, punctiform; ovules solitary in the cells, attached to the inner angle. Fruit an indehiscent, 1-8-seeded berry, pericarp usually fleshy. Seeds, if solitary, conform to

the fruit; if more than one compressed, ellipsoid; hilum conspicuous; testa usually crustaceous, shining; embryo straight, exalbuminous with fleshy cotyledons, or albuminous with flat cotyledons; radicle inferior, usually small.-DISTRIB. About 320 species, in the tropical regions of the whole world, genera about 24.

Trees with milky juice. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous or pubescent on the under-surface, main-nerves usually very many, thin; stipules none. Flowers small, in axillary fascicles, usually hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-7-lobed; lobes subequal, imbricate. Corolla tubular-campanulate or sub-rotate, 5-7-lobed; lobes imbricate, entire. Stamens equal in number with, and opposite to, the corolla-lobes, attached to the tube or the base of the lobes; filaments subulate or filiform; anthers ovate or triangular, extrorse or laterally dehiscing; staminodes. none. Ovary villous, 5-, rarely 6-7-celled, style glabrous; ovules one in each cell, attached to the central placenta. Fruit a fleshy or coriaceous berry, globose, 5-celled or less by abortion. Seeds large; testa very hard, dull or shining; hilum conspicuous; embryo as large as the seed, erect, cotyledons flat in fleshy albumen, radicle inferior.— DISTRIB. About 60 species, chiefly tropical American, a few only in Asia, Africa and Australia.

CHRYSOPHYLLUM ROXBURGHII, G. Don Gen. Syst. IV. 33 (1837). A slender, erect tree reaching 40 to 60 ft. in height, evergreen; branches horizontal; bark smooth, grey; young branchlets and innovations ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, alternate; oblonglanceolate, suddenly caudate-acuminate at the apex which is sometimes obtuse, cuneate at base and unequal, undulate on the margins; 3 to 6 in. long, 1.25-2 in. broad; midrib slender, prominent

beneath; main-nerves very numerous, parallel, nearly at right angles to midrib, meeting in an intramarginal nerve; secondary nerves similar, reticulations slanting; petiole thick, 25 in. long, pubescent. Flowers small, in rounded axillary fascicles; pedicels slender, 1 to 2 in. long, ferruginous-pubescent. Calyx-lobes 5, ovate, glabrous or pubescent outside, thick, ciliate on the margins, 07 to 1 in. long; tube short. Corolla tubular-campanulate, 1 in. long; lobes 5, short, ciliate on the margins. Stamens 5, shorter than the corolla, opposite the corolla-lobes and inserted on the base of the tube; filaments slender; anthers ovate, apiculate and ending in a minute tuft of hairs, extrorse, slits somewhat lateral. Ovary rounded, obscurely 5-lobed, surrounded by a thick tuft of long ferruginous hairs; style thick, cylindro-conical, glabrous; cells 5. Fruit a globose or obscurely 5-lobed berry 1 to 1-5 in. in diam., strongly 5-lobed when dry, ferruginous-tomentose when young afterwards smooth, yellowishgreen, with thick glutinous pulp. Seeds 6 in. long, 5 in. broad, flattened, the outer edge curved, the inner nearly straight; hilum oblong, conspicuous, pale; testa very hard, thick, shining, chestnutbrown; embryo erect, cotyledons flat, 4 in. broad, ovate, obtuse, 3-nerved; radicle large, cylindric. A. DC. Prod. VIII. 162; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 535; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 236; Kurz For. Fl. II. 118 and in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. ii. (1877) 228; Trimen Fl. Ceyl. III. 76; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 138; Cooke Bomb. Fl. II. 88; Burck Ann. Gard. Buit. V. i. (1886), 4; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. I. 130. C. acuminatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 599; Wall. Cat. 4160 (not of Lamk.). C. lanceolatum, A. DC. 1.c.; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1035. C. javanicum, Steud. Nom. Ed. II. i. 359. Nycteristition lanceolatum, Bl. Bijdr. 676.

MALACCA: Griffith (K.D.) 3600; Maingay (K.D.) 980; Goodenough 1739. SINGAPORE: Ridley 2756, 5837.-DISTRIB. British India; Burma; Java; Sumatra.

Curtis No. 1072, collected at Batu Ferengy, Penang, and now in the Kew Herbarium, seems to be a new species of Chrysophyllum. The leaves are chartaceous, lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, glabrous, shining, 2 to 4 in. long, 75 to 1 in. broad, the veins indistinct. Flowers unknown. Fruit a fleshy berry, 5 in. in diam., 5-lobed when dry, glabrous. Seeds 4 in. long, 25 in. broad, rounded on the outside, narrowed and somewhat concave within; testa hard, dark chestnutbrown, shining; hilum narrow. It might be called C. Curtisii, n. sp., King & Gamble.

2. SARCOSPERMA, Hook. f.

Glabrous trees.

Leaves coriaceous or chartaceous, opposite and

alternate, oblong; stipules caducous. Flowers small, sessile or fascicled