406 XXVIII. TiLiACEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Elceocarpus. 



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SiNCAPORE, "Wallich. ^ . " 



A tree. Leaves 2 by 1 in., with brownisli pubescence beneath ; petiole J in. Flower 



4 in. diam. ^paZ« lanceolate. Petals oblong, silky. Drupe 14 in., scaly. 



I have seen only impeifect specimens of this, and have some doubt whether the fohage 



in Herb. Wallich. does not belong to some other genus {1 Pterospermum), 



' 26. E. acuminatus, Wall Cat 2675 ; leaves glabrous lanceolate 

 acuminate serrulate, racemes erect half the length of the leaves, flower buds 

 fusiform lanceolate, stamens numerous, anther-tails short. 



. EASTtRX Bengal; Assam, Silhet, and the Khasia, Wallich, &c. ■ 



A tree. Leaves 6 by If in. ; petiole |-1 in., lower ones much longer, thickened at 

 the apex. Flowers 4 in- diam. JSepals oblong-lanceolate, slightly villous. Petals silky 

 outside, lacluiate at the apex. JDisk broad, lobed. Ovary subglabrous, 2-3-cellea ; 

 ovules numerous. 



' 27. B. ferrugineus, Wight Ic. 206 (]yionocera\ not of Jack; leaves 

 oblong-oval entire downy beneath, stamens 20, anthers shortly awned, 

 ovary 3-celled.— ^ec?c/ome Flor. Sylv. t. 112. 



Western Peninsula, Nilghirl, Pulney, &c. Mts., Munro, &c. is o • 



A tree. Young branches stout, covered with rusty down. Leaves 3-6 by If-^ ^"-1 

 riaceous, convex above ; petiole 1-2 in., villous, thickened at the apex. JiOcemes 



downy, shorter than the leaves, crowded at the ends of the branches. Floi 

 diara. Sepals lanceolate, downy. Petals silky, oblong, laciniate at the apex. 

 Jin., ovoid; stone 1 celled, 1-seeded.— The leaves are remarkably convex in alltn 

 apecimens. , This differs from Jack's Monocera ferrvginea (Houk. Bot. Misc. n. »o;, 



Flowers 



Drupe ■ 



all the 



in the short petiole, and other characters. 



28. E. cyanocarpa, Maingay mss. ; leaves glabrous lanceolate ser- 

 rulate shortly petioled, racemes nearly as long as the leaves, buds elupuc- 

 lanceolate, ovary 5-celled, drupe 3-celled. 



A tree. Leaves 5-6 by l-J in.; petiole \ in. Flowers nearly \ in. diam. ^fP<^^ 

 lanceolate. Petals obovate, longer than the sepals, divided halfway down into unear^ 

 lanceolate very acute straight segments. Anthers puberulous. Ovary villous; s 

 much exceeding the stamens. Drape ih^ size of a large cherry, bright blue; sio 



Drape the size of a large 

 rugose, woody, 3-celled. 



29. E. bracteatus, Kurz in Flora 1871, p. 278; glabrous, leaves^ 

 obovate-oblong, bracts leafy dentate, stamens numerous, ovary vuioua, 

 stone rugose. > 



Martaban, Kurz. • 1 i-1 



^, A large tree, ieare^ 5-6 In., pointed at both ends, repando-dentate ; P^^^"*^*^^ 

 in. -Bace7»6« axillary. PtdlceU 1 in., glabrous; bracts J-l in., o^^^^^®' ^PP*u" s 

 persistent, ^pah \ in., linear-lanceolate, silky outside, ciliate. Petals cuneate-ooio 5, 

 bifid, lobes laciniate. Drupe the size of a plum. 



30. B. ceylanlcus, Am. in Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. xviil 323;leave3^ 

 glabrous long petioled broadly ovate acuminate, stamens numerous, amu 

 tails erect. Alonocera Walkerii, Wight III. i. 84 ; Thwaites Enum. 33. 



Ceylon ; Saffragam District, alt. 5000 ft., Walker, &c. , ^ as' 



A tree. Leaves 4-6 by 2 in., crenulute ; petiole 1-1 i in. Bacemes ^^^''"^[jjg. 

 the leaves ; pedicels slenJcr, 1^ in. Flowtr-huJs lanceolate. Mowers secunU, '^\''J °^^ 

 iSfpafo lanceolate. Petals densely hairy, spa"""'" *^-"*--'*-^ Wilaments puucto , 

 Ovary 2 -celled ; stone tubercled, subcylindric. 



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31. B. grlandulifer, Mast. ; leaves "glabrous long-petioled ovat^ 



lanceolate undulate crenate. stamens numerous; anthers, J^ 



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