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and not.hing that I have dissected quite fits his description of E. mtidiis, 

 of which he describes the stamens as 15 : whereas in the plants which 

 1 refer to this species they vary from 15 to 35. Jack describes the 

 putamen as 5-ridged and 5-celled : I do not find more than 3 cells in the 

 ovary. In spite, hovvevei', of these discrepancies, I believe that Jack's spe- 

 cimen above cited belongs to the species which he named E. nitidiis 

 Wallicli's specimen No. 2679 has leaves which do not well answer to Jack's 

 description " attenuate at the base." They are only slightly attenuate, 

 and correspond rather with those of his own species E. lepfostachijus 

 which is sufficiently distinct as regai'ds the shape of its leaves to be main- 

 tained as a variety, though not in my opinion entitled to specific rank. 



Var. leptostachija. Leaves elliptic-oblong to elliptic-rotund, acute, 

 the edge obscurely serrate-crenate, often sub-entire, the base rounded : 

 length 6 to 9 in., breadth 2"75 to As'b in. ; petiole 1 in. to 1"75 in., slight- 

 ly thickened at the apex. E. leptostachyus, Wall. Oat. 2672 ; C. Miill. 

 Annot. de fam. Eh^ocarp. 23 ; Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 403. 



Penang, Wallich ; Perak ; King's Collector, Nos. 409, 4905, 10105, 

 10240 ; Scortechini, Nos. 195, 1752 ; Wray, No. 2313, 



9. ELa;ocARPDS floribundOs, Blume Bijdr. 120. A tree 30 to 40 

 feet high : young shoots shortly silky ; otherwise glabrous, except the 

 inflorescence. Leaves thinly coriaceous ovate-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate 

 or oblanceolate, shortly acuminate, coarsely crenate-serrate, the base much 

 narrowed ; both surfaces shining, with a blistered appearance when dry : 

 main nerves 5 to 7 pairs; length 3 to 55 in., breadth 175 to 275 in., 

 petiole 1 to 1'5 in., thickened at the apex. Racemes usually from below 

 the leaves, sometimes axillary, usually shorter than, but sometimes near- 

 ly as long as the leaves ; rachises, pedicels and outside of sepals puberu- 

 lou.s. Flowers "4 in. in diam., their pedicels about "35 in. long. Sepals 

 lanceolate, outside glabrescent and often pustulate ; inside glabrous 

 except the pubescent involute edge, the midrib prominent. Petals 

 cuneiform, lobed irregularly half-way down, the lobes divided into about 

 25 fimbriae, glabrous except the pubescent edges, the lower half veined 

 and thickened, often pustulate. Torus of 5 distinct, fleshy, oblong, sub- 

 globular, truncate, tomentose glands. Stamens about 30, shorter than 

 the petals, scaberulous, the filaments very short, the cells slightly un- 

 equal, the longer with a small apical tuft of white hair. Ovary ovoid- 

 globose, tomentose, 3-celled. Style longer than the stamens, cylindric, 

 puberulous in the lower, glabrous in the upper third. Fruit 1 in. long, 

 ovoid-elliptic and slightly apiculate when ripe, oblong and much api- 

 culate when young : stone narrowly ovoid tapering to each end, with 

 3 vertical grooves and many rather shallow large ruga?, 3-celled, one 



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