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•25 in. Peduncles extra-axillary, about '5 in. long ; tlie flowers 3 or 4 

 on short pedicels, each subtended by a rotund-obovate, cucullate bract; 

 the whole inflorescence and calyx rather sparsely stellate-tomentose : 

 buds depressed-globose : flower '75 in. in diam. Sepals often 4 in num- 

 ber, semi-orbicular, very obtuse, slightly united below, spreading. Petals 

 coi-iaceous, thi'ee times as long as the sepals, ovate-rotund, obtuse, 

 recurved, minutely pubescent on both surfaces, dark crimson. Anthers 

 sessile, very small, the connective produced beyond the apex, flattened, 

 oblique. Ovaries about as long as the anthers ; the stigmas truncate, 

 hairy. Torus hemispheric. Carpels numerous, on long slender stalks, 

 ovate-rotund, "5 in. long, slightly oblique with a slight lateral beak, 

 minutely cinereous-pubescent. Stalks slightly thickened and ridged 

 towards the apex, 1*5 to 2 5 in. long. Seed ovoid, flattened on one side, 

 smooth. 



Perak ; at low elevations, King's Collector. Singapore, Ridley. 



A species in its leaves resembling JJvaria heterocarpa, Bl. but with 

 different fruit : also like U. timorensis, Miq., but with much more obovate 

 leaves. 



3. Ellipeia glabra, H. f. and T. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 52. A tree: 

 young branches and inflorescence brown-pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, 

 oblong or elliptic-oblong ; the base rounded or acute ; both surfaces 

 glabrous, not shining, the upper rigid, the lower paler and reticulate : main 

 nerves about 9 pairs, curved, sub-ascending, prominent beneath ; length 

 4 to 5'5 in., breadth TS to 2 in., petiole '25 in. Cymes shortly peduncu- 

 late, axillary, 3- to 5-flowered, I to 1'5 in. long. Flotvers 1'5 in. in diam.; 

 bi'acteole oblong, sub-amplexicaul, recurved. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, recurved, "25 in, long. Outer petals obovate-lanceolate, sub-acute, 

 flat, without claws, 1 in. long ; the inner shorter, obovate, obtuse. 

 Ovaries glabrous below, strigose above ; ovule 1, erect (Maingay). 

 Sipe carpels sub-globose, '65 in. long ; pedicels slender, "75 to 1'25 in. 

 long : pericarp thin. Seed oblong, pale, with a deep longitudinal furrow. 



Malacca; Maingay No. 6Q (Kew Distribution). 

 Except Maingay's I have seen no specimens of this. 



4. Ellipeia costata, King. A shrub about 10 feet high : young 

 branches pale, rusty-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, the base cuneate : upper surface glabrous 

 but rather rough ; lower pale, softly and laxly pubescent, sub-glabresceut 

 when old ; main nerves 8 to 9 pairs, bold, sub-ascending, rather straight : 

 length 4 to 6*5 in., breadth 2 to 25 in. ; petiole "25 in., tomentose. 

 Floivers solitary, extra-axillary, '75 to 1 in. in diam. : pedicels woody, 

 tomentose, '15 in. long, with 3 ovate acute bracts at their bases. Sepals 

 ovate, obtuse, half as long as the petals and, like them, sericeous exter- 



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