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Leaves acute, rarely acuminate, not granular, 

 reticulations transverse and very distinct ; 

 stalks of carpels '75 to 1 in. long ... 6, E. nervosa. 



1. Ellipeia cuneifolia, H. f. and T. Fl. Ind. 104. A climber 20 

 to 100 feet long : young branches at first shortly and densely rufous- 

 tomentose, ultimately sub-glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong or 

 narrowly obovate-oblong, the apex broadly abruptly and shortly acumi- 

 nate, the base rounded or sub-cordate : upper surface glabrous, shining, 

 the midrib and often the main nerves tomentose ; lower minutely rufous- 

 tomentose to pubescent, very often glaberulous : main nerves 16 to 19 

 pairs, spreading to sub-ascending, prominent beneath : length of blade 

 4 to 7 in., breadth 1'5 to 3 in. ; petiole "15 to '2 in., tomentose. Flowers 

 •75 to 1 in. in diam., in short few- flowered pedunculaterufous-tomento.se 

 panicles ; bracts at the bases of the pedicels ovate, that at the base of 

 the flower rotund: pedicels "25 to "4 in. long : buds ovoid-conic. Se2)als 

 small, fleshy ; sub-orbicular, slightly united below, spreading, coriaceous, 

 tomentose. Petals fleshy, connivent ; outer 8 much larger than the 

 sepals, rotund, densely pubescent on both surfaces ; inner 3 not much 

 larger than the sepals, rotund, pubescent externally, glabrous internally. 

 Anthers sessile^ short, the cells on the outer surface ; the apex with a bi'oad, 

 round, oblique, ti'uncate appendage from the connective ; pistils oblong, 

 tapering to each end, pubescent. Torus small, sub-globose. Bipe carpels 

 numerous, on long stalks, ovoid, oblique, blunt, with a faint partial ridge 

 and a short lateral, conical process, minutely yellowish-tomentose. Seed 

 smooth, ovoid. Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 1025 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 52. 



Malacca : Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 31. Perak, very 

 common. 



In the Perak specimens the tomentura on the under-surface of the 

 leaves is usually less dense than in specimens from Malacca : moreover 

 the flowers are smaller in the Perak specimens, and the floral bract is not 

 close to the calyx but a little way under it. In other respects, however, 

 they agree. 



2. Ellipeia leptopoda, King, n. sp, A climber, 50 to 70 feet long : 

 young branches and petioles densely covered with scurfy cinereous 

 tomentura. Leaves coriaceous, obovate-oblong, rarely elliptic, obtuse, or 

 with a very short blunt apiculus, narrowed in the lower half to the 

 minutely cordate, rarely entire, base : upper surface pale-green when 

 dry, sparsely and minutely stellate-pubescent when young, afterwards 

 glabrous except the pubescent midrib : lower surface densely covered 

 with soft, short, dense, pale brown tomeutum ; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, 

 spreading, obsolete on the upper, slightly prominent on the lower, sur- 

 face : length of blade 3"5 to 5 in., breadth 2'25 to 25 in., petiole '2 to 

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