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nerves vei'y prominent ; length 10 to 15 in., breadth 4 to 6 in. ; petiole 

 2 to 2"5 iu., thickened and bent at the apex. J?ace?neif in tufts from tubercles 

 on the stem and large branches, the male 8 to 12 in. long. Galyx split- 

 ting into 3 ovate segments, tomentose. Petals 4, oblong ; the gland 

 large, rotund, sericeous. Female racemes shorter ; sepals and petals as 

 in the male; ovary tomentose, 4-angled ; styles 2, discoid. Fruit angled 

 when young; jvhen ripe tiansversely oblong, 15 in., by 1 in., velvety 

 rusty-tomentose with green or white dots; seeds two, plano-convex. 



Perak ; Scortechini, Kunstler, Wiay ; common. 



The male flowers have been found only by Scortechini from whose 

 field notes the above description of tiieni has been taken. 



5. Ryparosa Kunstleki, King, n. sp. A glabrous tree, the branch- 

 lets smooth. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-oblong, obovate-oblong to oblong, 

 shortly and abruptly acuminate, the base narrowed ; upper surface shin- 

 ing ; lower dull, pale, much reticulate, the midrib and 5-7 pairs of nerves 

 very prominent; length 5 to 8 iu., breadth 2'5 to 3'5 in.; petiole 125 to 1*75 

 in., swollen and bent towards the apex. Racemes axillary, solitary, rai-ely 

 2-3 from an axil, the male 6 to 8 iu. long, the female half as long ; flowers 

 pedicelled. Male flower ; Calyx thin, pubescent outside, with 3 ovate broad 

 fceeth. Petals 5, oblong-lanceolate, pubescent externally, each with a 

 large sericeous gland at its base; sfa'/n'wa/ iwfce glabrous, the anthers 

 ovate-oblong. Female flower. Sepals a,nd petals as in the male; annular 

 disc at base of ovary small ; staminodes none. Ovary ovoid,, angled, 

 tomentose, 1-celled, with 4 parietal biovulate placentas ;. stigmas ob- 

 ovate, radiating. Fruit globular, yellowish, velvety, about 1'5 in. diam. ; 

 seeds 5 or G, oblong, compressed, striate, about '75 in. long. 



Perak, at elevations up to 800 feet ; common. A tree 40 to 100 feet 

 in height, with shorter and (in proportion) broader leaves than H. fasci- 

 culata, 4 stigmas and more globular pedicellate fruit. 



6. RvrAROSA FASCICULATA, King, n. sp. A glabrous tree 30 to 60 feet 

 high. Young branches lenticellate. Leaves thinly coriaceous, narrowly 

 oblong, acuminate, the base narrowed, shining above, pale beneath ; the 

 midrib, 5 to 7 patrs of lateral nerves, and the bold sub-erect transvei'se 

 nerves and reticulations very distinct especially beneath ; length 9 to 15 

 in., breadth 225 to 3*25 in. ; petiole 1 tol'5 in., grooved, thickened in its 

 upper fourth. Racemes in fascicles ^of 4-7 from tubercles on the large 

 branches and stem. Petals rotund, much imbricate and inflexed. Fe- 

 male flower with annular disc bearing 5 conical staminodes, the petals 

 with hairy scales at their bases ; stigmas 3, large, reniform. Fruit sessile,, 

 rusty-tomentose, pyriform, the apex mammillate and crowned for some- 

 time by the remains of the stigmas, about 6-seeded, 1'5 to 2 in. long. 



Pexak at elevations up to 800 feet ; common. 



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