131. 



toothed villous cup. Stamens 28 to 30, shorter than the petals ; fila- 

 ments nearly as long as the minutely scaberulous anthers, swollen in the 

 lower half, the apex of the outer anther-cell with a short recurved awn. 

 Ovary ovoid, pointed, tomentose, 2-celled. Style cylindric, as long as 

 the petals, puberulous below, glabrous at the apex. Frtiit unknown. 



Perak ; at elevations under 1000 feet. King's Collector, No. 8328. 



A species near E. apiculatus, Mast, but with broadei-, blunter leaves 

 more abruptly attenuated to the base and quite glabrous, also with 

 smaller flowers. 



16. El^ocarpus obtusus, Blume Bijdr. 125. A tree 80 or 40 

 feet high: young shoots minutely pale pubescent, ultimately glabrous. 

 Leaves coriaceous, oblong-obovate, the apex rounded or retuse, gradually 

 narrowed from above or below the middle into the acute or acuminate 

 base ; the edges sub-entire or with shallow mucronate crenations ; upper 

 surface glabrous, shining ; the lower minutely puberulous at first, ulti- 

 mately glabrous, the reticulations very minute and rather distinct ; 

 main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, sub-ascendiug, not much curved, rather pro- 

 minent below, scrobiculate at their origin from the midrib ; length 4*5 

 to 6'5 in., breadth 2'25 to 2"75 in., petiole "75 to I'l in. Racemes axil- 

 lary, sometimes from the axils of fallen leaves, less than half as long as 

 the leaves, few-flowered ; I'achises and pedicels puberulous when young, 

 often nearly glabrous when old. Flowers '9 in. in diam ; their jjedicels 

 slender, "75 to 1 in. long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, outside minutely 

 pubescent, inside sparsely adpressed-sericeous, the midrib thickened. 

 Petals longer than the sepals, cuneiform, the base rather broad ; the 

 lower third thickened and its edges infolded, the apex with 8 to 10 

 rather broad teeth sometimes 2-lobed, sericeous on both surfaces but 

 especially on the thickened lower third. Torus a wavy, sub-10-toothed, 

 fleshy, sericeous cup. Stamens 30 to 50, shorter than the petals : the 

 filaments slender, slightly swollen in the lower half, as long as the 

 pubescent anthers ; outer anther cell with a thin tapering awn about as 

 long as itself. Ovary ovoid, sericeous or pubescent, 2-celled. Stijle 

 tapering, cylindric, nearly as long as the petals, slightly grooved, 

 puberulous. Fruit ovoid, oblong, not pointed, 15 in. long, and '9 in. 

 in diam., smooth : stone boldly tuberculate, 1-celled, 1 -seeded. Mono- 

 ceras ohtusum, Hassk. Tijds. Nat. Gesch. xii. 136; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 

 pt. 2, p. 212. E. Monoceras, Cav. (fide Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 

 i. 405). E. Uttoralis, Kurz (not of Teysm. and Binn.) in Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng. 1874, pp. 132, 182 ; For. Fl. Burm. i. 167. 



Malacca; Griffith, (Kew Distrib.) No. 700. Perak, at low eleva- 

 tions ; King's Collector, Nos. 1096, 4671 ; Scortechini 1396. Pahang ; 

 Ridley, 1312. Distrib. Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Burmah. 



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