ElcBOCarpllS.] XXV. TILIACEyE. 319 



Singapore, Tanglin (Murton). Malacca (Griffith); Hulu Dayong 

 (Deny). Perak, Thaiping Hills ; Chanderiang (Kunstler) ; Penang, 

 Ayer Hitam (Curtis). Distrib. Borneo. Native names : Jatek- 

 Jatek; Jentek-Jentek. 



Easily recognised by its red tomentum. The flowers are often exclusively 

 male. 



(20) E. glabrescens Masters, I.e. i. 403; King, Jouyii. As. 

 Soc. Beng. I.e. 138. 



Tree. Young branches, buds and petioles densely red-tomen- 

 tose. Leaves coriaceous, ovate to ovate-lanceolate acuminate, 

 edges entire, base rounded above, glabrous except midrib, finely 

 reticulate, beneath rufous- pubescent, but finally glabrous except 

 midrib; reticulations small, conspicuous; nerves 5 to 6 pairs, 

 2'5 to 3-5 in. long, 1-2 to i-6 in. wide; petioles i"25 to 175 in. 

 long, glabrescent when old. Racemes i to 1-5 in. long, axillary and 

 below the leaves ; rachis and pedicels pubescent. Flowers '15 in. 

 long; pedicels curved, as long. Sepals 4, ovate-lanceolate, pubes- 

 cent outside. Petals 4, slightly longer, oblong with 6 to 12 short 

 teeth, pubescent outside. Stamens 10 to 12, shorter; anthers 

 scaberulous obtuse unawned. Ovary ovoid, glabrous. Torus a 

 shallow villous cup. Drupe oblong-obovoid, narrowed to base, 

 •3 in. long, -2 in. wide. Hab. Usually in hill forests. Selangor, 

 Kwala Lumpur (Curtis) ; Gunong Mengkuang Lebah, 5000 ft. 

 altitude (Robinson). Penang, Government Hill (Maingay, Curtis) 

 at 2500 ft. altitude. Kedah Peak (Burkill's collector). 



(21) E. polystachyus Wall. Cat. 2671 ; Masters, I.e. i. 403 ; 

 King, I.e. 137. 



Small tree 20 to 40 ft. tall. Branchlets silky, rather stout. 

 Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate-elHptic acuminate, base broad 

 rounded, shortly serrulate or nearly entire, glabrous above, mid- 

 ribs and nerves beneath hairy; nerves 7 to 10 pairs, prominent 

 beneath, reticulations very fine on both surfaces, 5*5 to 77 in. 

 long, 2-25 to 3*5 in. wide; petioles 2*5 in. long, silky. Racemes 

 from upper axils below the leaves 7 in. long ; rachis silky-tomentose. 

 Flowers '2 in. long, nodding ochreous; pedicels curved as long; 

 buds ovoid obtuse. Sepals ovate obtuse, silky outside. Petals 

 elHptic-oblong obtuse, entire or sHghtly lobed, villous on both 

 sides. Stamens half as long as petals, pubescent ; anthers un- 

 awned. Torus of 5 thin villous glands. Ovary ovoid villous 

 2-celled. Drupe oblong, blunt at both ends, -6 in. long, -35 in. 

 through, green, stone minutely rugose, i-celled, i-seeded. Hab. 

 Woods in the south. Singapore, common, Bukit Timah; Jurong. 

 Johor, Pinerong (Cantley). Distrib. Borneo. Native names : 

 Derumo; Darumun Babi. 



(22) E. Mastersii King, I.e. 140. E. Acronodia Masters, I.e. 

 i. 401, in part. 



Tree 20 to 50 ft. tall. Shoots slightly puberulous, otherwise 



