548 XLVi. CONNARACE^. [Connarus. 



Sungei Hudang. Perak, Ulu Slim (Kunstler). Penang Hill 

 1000 ft. altitude (Curtis). Distrib. Tenasserim. Native name: 

 Akar Tulang Dayeng Padang. 



2. ELLIPANTHUS, Hook. fil. 



Trees. Leaves of one leaflet, elliptic-acuminate. Racemes or 

 cymes axillary, short, few-flowered. Flowers small, white. Sepals 

 5, valvate. Petals longer, oblong, pubescent. Stamens lo, 5 

 shorter; filaments short; connate at base. Ovary i, pubescent. 

 Follicles stalked, oblique, usually beaked, brown velvety, valves 

 glabrous within. Seed arillate. Species 12, Malayan. 



Leaves glabrous . . , . . . . (i) E. Scortechinii 



Leaves hairy beneath. 



Leaflets oblong-lanceolate ; flowers panicled . . (2) E. Gartisii 

 Leaflets ovate to elliptic. 



Flowers racemed . . . . . . (3) E. Griflithii 



Flowers in dense cymes . . . . . (4) E. gibbosus 



(i) E. Scortechinii King, I.e. 8. 



Small tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous, narrow elliptic oblong, 

 base narrowed, apex caudate, glabrous ; nerves 4 pairs, prominent 

 beneath 4*5 to 7 in. long, 1*25 to 2 in. wide; petioles 'i to "15 in. 

 long. Cymes tomentose. Calyx lobes ovate, tomentose. Petals 

 little longer. Follicle oblique, elliptic, blunt, abruptly shortly 

 stalked, tomentose, "5 in. long, '3 in. wide; pericarp thick. Seed 

 oblong. Hub. Perak (Scortechini). 



(2) E. Curtisii King, I.e. 9. 



Tree. Leaves rather stiffly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate long 

 acuminate, base cuneate, above glabrous, shiny beneath, pubescent, 

 midrib tomentose; nerves 7 to 8 pairs, prominent beneath, 2*5 to 

 3"5 in. long, "8 to i"5 in. wide; petioles ^ in. long tomentose. 

 Panicles "4 to 7 in. long, silky. Flowers '2 in. long, white. Calyx- 

 lobes ovate-lanceolate, tomentose. Petals more than twice as 

 long, narrow oblong, pubescent. Ovary silky. Hab. Penang Hill, 

 road to West Hill and Chalet (Curtis). 



(3) E. Griffithii Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 56 ; King, I.e. 10. 



Smail tree about 30 to 60 ft. tall. Branchlets tomentose. 

 Leaves thin coriaceous, elliptic caudate acuminate, base rounded 

 above glabrous, shining beneath pubescent, midrib and 9 to 10 

 pairs; nerves beneath tomentose, 4 to 5 in. long, i'5 to 2 in. wide; 

 petioles '2 to '25 in. long. Racemes '25 in. long, branched, hairy. 

 Flowers '2 in. across cream white. Sepals ovate hairy. Petals 

 oblong, hairy outside. Follicle compressed curved, hardly beaked 

 I in. long, "4 in. thick, narrowed to base into a stalk '2 in. long, 

 sienna brown tomentose, '75 in. long. Hab. Dense woods, Singa- 

 pore, Garden Jungle. Malacca (Griffith) ; Ayer Panas (Foxworthy). 

 Use : Wood hard and durable, squares to 6 or 10 in. 



