

Ekeocarpus.] xxviii. TiLiACEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 405 



stamens 70-80, anther-tails erect. Wall. Cat. 2658 B, C ; Beddome Fl. 

 ^3/fjaf t. 113. E. serrulatus, A'oa;6. Hort. Beng. 42. E. rugosus, Wall. 



nr- i^' r ' ^'^' ^' ^^ ^f ^^^^- Monocera tuberculata, W. d; A. Prodr. I 83 : 

 ^m, Ic. 62 ; Wufht. III. t. 35 ; Dah. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 27. M. subia- 

 tegernma, Miq. in Herb. Hohenack. . 



PEon and Martabak, Wallich ; Southern provinces of the Western Peninsula, 



Wight, &c.— DiSTEiB. Java. 



li-2 ' .i^^"*^^^ ^~^^ "'y 3~* i"^-) glabrous or more or less downy teneath ; petiole 

 the i "i^i^rt"' S'abrescent, thickened at the apex. Bacemes erect, more than twice 

 iffow" I • A- ^^^'^^^^- P*^'iicel^ recurved, ultimately erect. Flower-buds lanceolate. 

 laci "^t ^°' • Sepals lanceolate, rusty-pubescent. Petals oblong-cuneate, deeply 



ciniate, sometimes bifid, silky on the outside. Stamens very numerous (70), filaments; 

 stone t-9 iiT^' ^""^^ 2-celled, cells 8-ovuled. Drupe 1^-2 in., oval, smooth;' 

 feiTAr! I, '^^"^f ' coarsely tubercled furrowed.— To this species may possibly be re- 



rea ji. grandifolius, Kurz, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, pt. ii.p. 294, of which leaves 

 of'pTT^^i ^ew ^ierbarium. The leaves are larger than ordinary. The nuts 



-c-. tuberculatus are worn by the Hindoos as a religious ornament. i •' ' 



ekb' ^' *''*^***"S, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 52 ; Fl. Lid. ii 599 ; leaves 



R, vk*^'^\--^^"^^^®"^^'^'*^^*®> stamens 40-50, anther-tails erect. Monocera 

 ^yrghu, rig-A^ Ic. i. 63. El^ocarpus rugosus, Wall. Cat. 2659 A, 

 ^^Hnot of Roxb. 



Bhotan, Booth ; Silhet, Wallich; Assam, JenUns ; Concan, Stocks. 

 nearly ^^' 1 ""^* 6-10 by 3 in., serrate, base tapering; petiole 1 in. Bacemes 

 Pobe.^ent W T *^^ leaves. Flower-buds lanceolate, ribbed. Sepals lanceolate, 

 *<«lied ' 11 " wedge shaped, deeply fringed. Filaments glabrous. Ovary villous, 

 rtonenKi'^^ 10-12-ovuled. "Drupe the 'size shape and colour of a large olive; 

 ooiong, pointed at both ends, rugose."— ^0x6. 



V JeJft' r"^J*^^»» ^oxb. Hort. Beng. 42 ; Fl. Ind. ii 596 ; leaves gla- 

 doffnv "f ^^^^ petioled or subsessile obovate-oblong serrate, peduncles 

 *>nA o 7*"?6ns 30 anther-tails erect, drupe yellow obovoid 1-2-celled, 

 ■J'le 2-edged tubercied. WiffJd Ic. t. 61. . . 



GaS^r^''^' ^o^^^^rgh; Western Peninsula, Coorg, Nilghiri Mts., Wight, 



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Flowers 



^J'l.dTam'^T/*^"'^ by 4 in. iJacmes shorter than the leay . _ „ 

 ''"'y deeni 1 . '*'^''-^"^« elongate, conical. Sepals linear-lauceolate. Petals cuneate, 

 at l;o'th end ^^4,^"***'- Ovarg villous 2-celled, cells 8-ovuled. Stone oblong, pointed 

 ^ "is. Phe flowers are generally smaller than those of ^. aristatris. 



^frulatp ^^^^^^^^% Cav. Ic. t. 501 ; leaves glabrous cuneate-obovate 

 £ obtn«,, ^^^^"^^» aruculate, stamens 40-50, antlier-tails erect very long. 

 Monocprn ' ^^""^ ^y^/-- 123. ?E. veuustus, Beddome Fl. Sylvat. t. 174. 

 r "i^<^J"ocera, ZoU. ex Walp. Ann. I 112. 



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^ESTER^' p^^-ff^^^^' ?BiRMA, Kurz; Malacca, Griffith; ? Southern provinces of the 

 , A tree r^^"^^' ^edJome.—DisTmB. Borneo, Sumatra, Philippinea. 

 '^^eath- Lr t^^^^ ^-^ ^y Ji-2 in., obtuse, acute or acuminate, often glandular 

 «^Id, acntp V ^"^^ ^"- liacemes shorter than the leaves, 3-7-flowere(i. Flower-buds 

 P^Went 9 '^/^^^ lanceolate. Ptf/<?Z.? cuneate, lobed, pilose.- jPwi 10-lobed. Ovary 

 ? ^^nustmv} oi -^^^^I^^ U in., ovoid; stone tubercled, l-celled.— Beddome's 

 r coQaije \^^- ^^^''^^' t- 174, so closely resembles E. Monocera, that it may perhaps 

 '^avea having "v ^ ^^"^^^ of that species. It differs, however, especially in the ovate 



g shorter petioles, glabrous sepals, and very short anther-tails, 



densely feH?V®***^»f JFoZZ.Co^. 2676 T leaves small glabrous above 

 J «uea beneath oval acute entire, anther-tails long erect, drupe ovoid. 



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