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apicem rotundata, acumine brevi obtuso, margine levitcr et remoti- 

 nscule serrata, ima basi obtusa et saepius leviter cordata, subtus pube 

 laxa copiosa vestita. Petioli i-l-pollicares. Pedicelli tomentosi, 1-1 J- 

 pollicares. Perianthii nonnisi reliqua pauca vidi. Sepala, teste Grif- 

 fithio, oblonga sunt, numero 4 v. 5, et petala numero varia, ssepius 

 biseriata, 4 exteriora sepalorura longitudine, interiora 4 minora. 

 Stamina in speciminibus supersunt pauca. Antherae lineari-oblongae, 

 filamento birtello paulo breviores. Ovarium defloratum, 4-5-costatum, 

 tomentosum, cito aculeis obtegitur. Capsula ultrapollicaris, aculeis 

 subulatis rectis 8-9 lin. longis densissime armata. 



Hab. Bootan, Griffith ; Sikkim, J. D. Hooker, distributed as Echino- 

 carpus n. 2. 



I have adopted the specific name proposed by Griffith on account of the 

 general resemblance of the tree to a Sterculia. 



5. E. tomentosus, sp. n. Arbor altissima. Folia pleraque 6-8 poll, 

 longa, 3-4 poll, lata, breviter acuminata, margine serrato-crenata, 

 basi rotundata, rarissime ad petiolum subcordata, crassiora quam in 

 A. sterculiacea, supra glabra sed opaca, subtus pube brevi subferru- 

 gineo raolliter tomentosa; petiolo 1-2-pollicari. Pedicelli semipolli- 

 cares v. paulo longiores, recurvi, tomentosi, apice incrassati. Flores 

 fere I poll, diametro. Sepala 4-5, ovata, obtusa, tomentosa. Petala 

 subbreviora, latissima, lobata. Anthera; filamento subaequilongae. 

 Capsula ovoidea, sesquipollicaris, lignosa, 4-5-valvis, setis confertissi- 

 mis ] -lin. longis quasi velutina. 



Hab. Bootan, Griffith; Sikkim, J. D. Hooker, distributed as Echino- 

 carpus n. 1. 



6. E. australis, sp. n. Arbor 80-pedalis. Folia nunc fere pedalia, 

 obovali-oblonga, supra medium longe angustata, nunc breviora, obo- 

 vata v. ovalia, omnia irregulariter sinuato-dentata, prope basin plus 

 minus angustata, ima basi obtusa v. subcordata, rigide membranacea 

 et utrinque glaberrima ; petiolo i-poll. v. rarius 1 poll, longo. Pedun- 

 culi ad apices ramorum crebri, pollicares, vix tomentelli. Sepala in 

 speciminibus pauca supersunt, anguste ovata v. oblonga, obtusa. 

 Petala vix latiora videntur, sed in speciminibus nostns imperfecta. 

 Capsula juniores setis brevibus confertissimis velutinae. 



Hab. Eastern Australia; in the scrub near Dunuduni, Moreton Bay 

 district, Macleay ; at Kiama, in New South Wales, Harvey. 



7. E. dasycarpa, sp. n. Arbor procera. Folia variabilia, pleraque 

 anguste ovalia v. late oblonga, acuminata, 4-5-pollicana, nunc obovali- 

 oblonga v. angustiora, 6-9-poll. longa, rarius iis E. muncis subsimiha, 

 omnia glabra, membranacea et basi saepms acutata v. angustata; 

 petiolo subsemipollicari. Pedunculi ad apices ramorum crebri, U- 

 pollicares. Sepala 4 v. rarius 5, late ovalia v. orbiculata. Petala 

 sepalis dimidio ad cluplo longiora, latissima, lobata, pallide flavo- 

 virentia. Anthers oblongse, filamento breviores. Capsula pollicans, 



