126 Matefials for a Flora of the Malayan Pi-ninsiila. 



pressed fefrilginous-pubescent. Leaves elliptic to elliptic-oblong', shortly 

 and bluntly acuminate, the base sliglitly narrowed ; upper surface 

 shilling, glabrous except the puberulous midrib; lower glaucous, the 

 reticulations distinct ; nerves 7-8 pairs, spreading, prominent beneath ; 

 length 8 to 12 in., bieadtli 4 to 5'5 in.; petiole I'o in., thickened in 

 its upper fourth, pubescent. Male racemes 6 to 10 in. long, ferrugin- 

 ous-toraentose, the petiils reflexed ; female racemes shorter and sub- 

 glabrous. \Fr/n7 globose, the size of a cherry, lenticellate, 2-8eeded. 

 R. ccesia, Kurz F. Fl. Burm., i, 78, not of Bl. 



Andamans ; Kurz, King's Collector. Nicobars ; Kurz. 



2. Ryparosa Wuayi, King, n. sp. A tree 60 to 80 feet high, glab- 

 rous except the inflorescence. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate to ob- 

 long-lanceolate or elliptic, the apex sub-acute ; slightly narrowed to the 

 base; upper suiface shining; lower dull yellowish green when dry, the 

 midrib and 4 pairs of sub-erect nerves prominent below as are the trans- 

 verse veins; length 6 to 10 in., breadth 25 to 4".'S in. ; petiole 1 to 1"25 

 in., slightly winged at tlie apex. Racemes solitary or in pairs, axillary or 

 from below the leaves, 6 to 9 in. long, longer in fruit. Male Jlotvers 

 pedicelled. Calyx with .3 broad ovate teeth, pubescent externally. Petals 

 5, oblong-ovate, pubescent externally, each with a triangular sericeons 

 scale half as long as itself. Staminal tube pubescent; anthers 6, ovate, 

 reflexed. Female flower ; sepals a.nd petals sls hi the male ; disc annular, 

 with 5 conical staminodes. Ovary rugulose, pubescent, globular^ 

 1-celled. Stigmas 2, sul)-bifid, spreading. Frtiit globular, ci'owned by 

 the stigmas, rugose, pubescent, '5 to 75 in , 1 -seeded. 



Perak ; King's Collector, Wray ; lather common. 



3. Ryparosa Hullettii, King, n. sp. A small nearly glabrous 

 tree. Leaves membranous, obovate-elli|>tic, with a very short abrupt 

 acumen, the base narrowed ; both surfaces shining, the midrib and 3-4 

 pairs of spreading nerves prominent on the lower, as are the reticula- 

 tions ; length 5 to 7 in., breadth 3 in. ; petiole 15 in., thickened in its 

 upper fourth. Male racemes a foot or more long, puberulous. Male 

 flowers ; calyx membranous, with 3 broadly ovate teeth' Petals 5, ovate ; 

 scale small, sericeous. Staminal tube glabrous ; anthers 6, ovate, reflexed. 

 Female flower and fruit unknown, 



Singapore ; on Bukit Timah, R. H. Hullett. 



Distinguished from the other species by its thin obovate leaves. 



4. Ryparosa Scortechinii, King, n. sp. A slender tree ; the branch- 

 lets and inflorescence rusty, otherwise glabrous. Leaves large, thinly coria- 

 ceous, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, shortly and abruptly acuminate, 

 gradually narrowed from the middle to the base ; both surfaces glabrous ; 

 the upper shining, the lower dull, pale ; the midrib and 5 or 6 pairs of 



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