Axinandra beccariana
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Description
Tree.
Leaves 5-10 by 2-5 cm, shortly attenuate at the base, acuminate to cuspidate at the top, with acute tip, chartaceous, faintly reticulate;
Inflorescence 5-20 cm, branched up to the second order, with slender axes each bearing up to c. 15 flowers;
Sepals c. ½ mm.
Petals c. 3 mm, c. 1 mm wide at the base, valvate, almost completely connate, only enveloping the dorsal and part of the apical side of the stamens.
Capsule 1½-2 by l-1½ cm, faintly 10-ribbed, rim of enlarged receptacle about median;
Ovules 2 per cell.
Seeds not seen.
Connective pear- or drop-shaped, c. 1½ mm, with dorsal swelling.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Malacca present
Malesia: Borneo and Malay Peninsula (Malacca, one old record). .
Notes
From the Malay Peninsula only one collection is known (MAINGAY 654-2, type of A. maingayi). The differences between this specimen and the material from Borneo as mentioned by CLARKE l.c. are in my opinion of minor importance; consequently, I have included A. maingayi in the synonymy of A. beccariana.