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branches very slender, rather sparsely scurfy-pubescent. Leaves mem- 

 branous, oblong or obovate-obiong, acute, the base rounded : upper sur- 

 face shining, glabrous except the pubescent midrib ; under-surface pale, 

 yellowish-bi'own when dry, dull, at first puberulous, ultimately quite 

 glabrous including the midrib, the reticulations distinct ; main nerves 

 10 to 14 pairs, spreading, thin but rather prominent beneath : length 

 of blade 5 to 7"5 in., breadth 2 to 225 in. ; petiole "15 to "25 in., densely 

 scaly-pubescent. Peduncles axillary, ruf ous-stellate-tomentose, 1-flowered ; 

 bracts cucullate, sub-orbicular. Petals narrowly oblong. Bipe carpels 

 unknown. Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Ind. 101 : Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 

 I. 50. 



Singapore, Wallich. 



A very imperfectly known species, the only specimens being Wal- 

 lich's which are not good and which are in flower only. The only other 

 specimen which agrees with Wallich's specimens as to leaves and 

 branches is from Penang (Curtis No. 1408) : but this has a short 

 2-flo\vered, extra-axillary peduncle, and I hesitate to identify it with U, 

 sub-repanda. 



5. Ellipeia, H. f. and T. 



Characters of Uvaria, but "with solitary, ventral or sub-basal ovule and 

 1-seeded carpels, the style sometimes elongate. 

 Distrib. Malaya: species 10 or 11. 

 Flowers all hermaphrodite. 

 Flowers in groups. 



Leaves oblong or narrowly obovate-obiong, 



acuminate, pubescent, pubei'ulous or 



glaberulous beneath : flowers in short 



panicles 



Leaves obovate-obiong, obtuse, softly tomen- 



tose beneath, peduncles 3- or 4-flowered 

 Leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong, acute, gla- 

 brous, cymes 3-to 5-flowei'ed 

 Flowers solitary. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, minutely granular above 

 when dry 

 Flowers unisexual or polygamous, solitary or in 

 pairs. 



Leaves shortly acuminate, both surfaces minute- 

 ly gi-auular when dry, not reticulate : stalks 

 of carpels •15 in. long ... ... 5. E.pumila. 



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1. E. cuneifolia. 



2. E. leptopoda. 



3. E. glabra. 



4. E. costata. 



