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axillary, sliorter than the petioles, the rachises pedicels and outside of 

 sepals softly rufous-tomentose. Flowers '25 in. iu diam. ; their pedicels 

 about "25 in. long, recui'ved. Sepals 4, ovate, acute ; inside puberulous 

 with infolded tomentose edges, the midrib thickened. Petals 4, very 

 little lonp-er tlian the sepals, oblong, slightly obovate, obtuse, shortly 

 8- to 10-toothed, villous outside, glabrescent inside, the edges villous. 

 Torus a shallow rufous-villous cup. Staviens about 12, shorter than the 

 petals, scaberulous, the filaments about half as long as the anthers ; 

 anther-cells slightly unequal, pointed, the longer sometimes with, but 

 usually without, a minute tuft of white hair. Ovary (absent in most 

 flowers) ovoid-oblong, glabrous, imperfectly 2-celled, one cell only 

 perfect. Fruit ovoid, tapering at each end, smooth, shining; pulp thin, 

 slightly fibrous : stone sharply rugulose, crustaceous, 1-celled. 1-seeded. 

 Monocera ferruginea, Jack Mai. Misc. ex Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 86. 



Singapore; Jack, Kurz. Penang ; Curtis, No. 465. Malacca; GriflSth, 

 No. 693; Maingay, No. 259, (Kew Distrib.). Perak ; King's Collector; 

 common at low elevations. 



This species approaches E. glabrescens, Mast, but is larger in all 

 its parts and much more persistently tomentose. This is unrepresented 

 by any Wallichian specimen at Kew, and is therefore referred to by 

 Masters in the Flora of Brit. India only in a note (i. 409). 



21. El^iocarpus glabrescens. Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 

 403. A tree : young branches and petioles densely rufous-tomentose. 

 Leaves coriaceous, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; edges entii'e, 

 slightly revolute ; base rounded or slightly narrowed; upper surface 

 glabrous, the midrib pubescent ; lower surface at first rufous-pubescent 

 ultimately glabrescent or glabrous, the reticulations minute but distinct : 

 main nerves 5 or 6 pairs, prominent beneath, spreading, curved : length 

 2'5 to 35 in., breadth 12 to 1-6 in. ; petiole 1'25 to 1'75 in., slightly 

 thickened at the apex, glabrescent when old. Racemes rather longer 

 than the petioles, axillary and from the axils of fallen leaves ; rachises 

 and pedicels spar.sely pubescent. Flowers "25 in. in diam., the pedicels 

 about '2 in. long, recurved. Sepals 4, sub-erect, ovate-lanceolate, thick- 

 ened at the base, pubescent outside, glabrescent inside with puberulous 

 edges, the midrib thickened. Petals 4, slightly longer than the sepals, 

 oblong, the apex obtuse and with 6 to 12 short unequal teeth : pubescent 

 outside, glabrescent ineide, the edges shortly villous. Torus a very 

 shallow villous cup. Stamens 10 or 12, shorter than the petals : filaments 

 short : anthers scaberulous, the cells slightly unequal, slightly pointed, 

 usually without small apical tufts of minute hair. Ovary (absent in 

 many flowers) ovoid, glabrous, 1-celled. Style short, conic, glabrous. 

 Fruit (fide Masters) the size of a cherry, 1-celled, 1-seeded. 



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