3i8 XXV. TiLiACE^. [ElcBOcarptts. 



awn as long as itself. Ovary ovoid silky 2-celled. Fruit ovoid- 

 oblong, 1-5 in. long, "9 in. wide; stone tubercled, i-celled, i-seeded. 

 Hab. Seashores and open country. Singapore, Bukit Timah ; 

 Chua Chu Kang. Johor, Kota Tinggi. Malacca (Griffith) ; Keru- 

 bong ; Merlimau (Cantley) ; Pahang River. Bindings. Perak, 

 Kwala Dipang (Curtis). Disirib. Burma, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 

 Native names : Medang Kawan ; Medang Paya ; IVfedang Tanah. 



(18) E. rugosus Roxh. Hort. Beng. 42; Fl. hid. ii. 596; Wight, 

 Ic. t. 61. E. apiculatus Masters, I.e. i. 407; King, I.e. 135. 



A big tree 50 to 100 ft. tall and as much as 3 ft. through. Young 

 parts pubescent. Branchlets thick. Leaves coriaceous, often 

 glabrous all over, obovate to oblanceolate-oblong shortly acuminate 

 or blunt, edge obscurely serrulate crenate, base narrowed blunt ; 

 nerves 12 to 14 pairs, prominent beneath inarching within margin, 

 glabrous or densely pubescent, 7 to 10 in. long, 2*5 to 375 in. wide; 

 petioles '3 to i in. long. Racemes axillary below the leaves, 2 to 

 3 in. long, pubescent. Flowers "9 in. across, pedicels "2 to "5 in. 

 long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, sub-acute, pubescent. Petals 

 longer, cuneiform silky, cut into numerous laciniae about one- 

 fourth of their length. Torus a shallow cup, pubescent. Stamens 

 30 to 40, half as long as petals ; filaments dilate at base, outer 

 anther-cell long-awned. Ovary ovoid tomentose, 2-celled. Drupe 

 oblong-globose, i"25 in. through, stone woody with large wing-like 

 processes, i-celled, i-seeded. Hah. High forest up to 2000 ft. 

 altitude, Malacca (Griffith). Perak, Ulu Bubong; Larut Hills 

 (Kunstler). Penang; Government Hill (Wallich, Maingay, Curtis). 

 Distrib. India, Chittagong. 



var. singaporensis Ridl. 



A fine tree with obovate obtuse crenate leaves ; nerves 6 pairs, 

 6 in. long, 3 in. wide ; racemes 3 in. long, slender. Singapore, Bukit 

 Timah Road (Ridley 5727, 10798). 



(19) E. Jackianus Wall. Cat. 2679; King, I.e. 137. Monocera 

 ferruginea Jack, Mai. Misc. i. (2), 44. 



Tree 40 to 100 ft. tall. Young branches red-tomentose. Leaves 

 coriaceous, ovate-oblong to elliptic acuminate acute entire, base 

 rounded or shortly cuneate, above glabrous, beneath red-tomen- 

 tose; nerves 8 to 10 pairs prominent beneath; nervules distinct, 

 sub-parallel, visible beneath, 4 to 7*5 in. long, 2'5 to 4'5 in. wide; 

 petioles 175 to 3 in. long, stout tomentose. Racemes crowded 

 below the leaves, 3 in. long, red-tomentose. Flowers "2 in. long, 

 often unisexual, pendent ; pedicels as long, curved red-tomentose. 

 Sepals 4, lanceolate acute, red-tomentose. Petals 4, little longer, 

 oblong obtuse, 8- to 10- toothed. Stamens about 12, shorter, 

 scaberulous; anthers pointed, unawned. Ovary ovoid-oblong, 

 glabrous, imperfectly 2-celled. Torus saucer-shaped undulate, 

 hairy. Drupe ovoid-oblong, both ends rounded, blunt. Seed 

 rugose, I-celled, i-.seeded. Hab. Common in woods in the south ; 



