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Malacca; Maingay No. 256 (Kew Distrib.). Penatig •, Stoliczka ; ou 

 Government Hill at 2,500 feet, Curtis, No. 1092. 



The Malacca and Penang specimens agree with a specimen at Kevr 

 which Miquel has named E. tomentostis, Bl. The two species are no 

 doubt close together : but Blume describes the leaves of his E. tomen- 

 tosus, as " setaceous-denticulate " wliich is not the case here. This tree 

 appeal's to be uncommon, for Herbarium specimens of it are very few. 



22. Eljeocarptjs punctatus, King, n. sp. A small tree ; all parts 

 glabrous except the puberulous inflorescence ; young branches thicker than 

 a crow-quill, rough. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, acute, the edges 

 cartilaginous, crenate or serrate, sometimes with a short seta on each 

 tooth, the base much narrowed into the petiole, entire : both surfaces 

 shining ; main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, slender but distinct beneath as are 

 the reticulations : length 1'75 to 3 in., breadth "5 to 1*1 in. ; petiole '25 

 to '3 in., channelled in front. Racemes axillary and from the axils of 

 fallen leaves, much shorter than the leaves ; rachises and pedicels pu- 

 berulous, becoming glabrescent. Flowers '25 in. in diam., their pedicels 

 •2 in., recurved. Sepals 4, oblong-lanceolate, sab-acute, puberulous on 

 both surfaces, the edges thickened and pubescent but not recurved : 

 midrib thickened inside. Petals 4, obovoid-oblong, apex obtuse with 5 

 to 7 short broad teeth, glabrous. Torus a shallow wavy pubescent cup. 

 Stamens 8 to 12 ; filaments less than half as long as the scaberulous 

 obtuse beardless awnless anthers : the cells sub-equal. Orary ovoid, 

 glabrous, slightly grooved, 2-celled. Style about as long as the ovary, 

 cylindric, grooved, puberulous. Fruit oblong-ovoid, pointed, narrowed 

 to both ends, glabrous, shining, pale, '5 in. long and '25 in. in diam, ; 

 pulp thin, and slightly fibrous ; stone crustaceous, sharply rugose, 1- 

 celled by abortion, l-seeded. Elacocarpus Acronodia, Mast, in Hook. fil. 

 Fl. Br. Ind. i. 408 in part. Acronodia punctata, Bl. Bijdr. 123; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. i. pt. 2, p. 213. 



Perak ; on Ulu Batang Padang, at 5000 feet, Wray. Malacca. 

 Distrib. Java, Sumatra. 



The leaves cf specimens from Java and Sumatra are larger than 

 those from Perak and have numerous black dots on the lower surface, 

 whereas those from Perak have no such dots. In other respects the 

 specimens agree : but the Perak material which I have as yet seen is 

 scanty. The plant issued by Wallich as E. punctatus, (No. 2676 of his 

 Catalogue) is not the Acronodia punctata of Blume, but an altogether 

 different plant. Wallich's specimens are very bad, and Dr. Masters 

 (Fl. Br. Ind. i. 406) suggests that perhaps the leaves are those of a 

 Pterospermum ; in reality they belong to a species of Parinarium. 



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