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nally and glabrous or sub-glabrous internally. Petals subequal, oblong, 

 obtuse, '35 to "45 in. long. Bipe carpels ovoid-cylindric, slightly apiculate 

 and shortly stalked, glabrous, "8 in. long and "35 in. in diam. ; pericarp 

 tbin. 



Burmab ; on Moolyet at 5,000 ft. Gallatly. 



I have seen no entire fruit of this species but only some loose 

 carpels. When ripe they are said by Mr. Gallatly to be red. 



Ellipeia pumila. King, n. sp. A shrub 2 to 8 feet high : young 

 branches with minute pale rufous tomentum ; when older dark-coloured, 

 glabrous and furrowed. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic- 

 lanceolate, tapering from the middle to the shortly acuminate apex 

 and acute base ; both surfaces minutely granular when dry, the upper 

 glabrous ; the lower sparsely adpressed-pubescent ; the midrib rufous- 

 pubescent ; main nerves about 9 pairs, oblique, rather straight, faint on 

 the lower surface, obsolete on the upper ; length 4'5 to 7 in., breadth 1*5 

 to 2 "25 in. ; petiole "25 to '35 in., pubescent. Floivers solitary, or in 

 pairs, extra-axillary, sub-sessile, "75 in. in diam. when expanded, the 

 buds globose ; pedicels •! in. long, coarsely hirsute, bracteate. Sepals 

 much shorter than the petals, broadly ovate, sub-acute, strigose-pubes- 

 cent outside and sub-glabrous inside as are the petals. PetaZs imbricate, 

 spreading, lanceolate or oblanceolate-oblong, the outer at first much 

 shorter than, but ultimately sub-equal to, the inner. Male-flower : 

 stamens numerous, with transversely elongate, truncate, heads ; pistils 0. 

 Female -flower like the male but with fewer stamens ; pistils about 10, 

 pubescent, 1-ovuled ; stigma short, flat, pubescent. Carpels 4 to 5, sub- 

 cylindric, tapering to each end, '75 in. long and "25 in. diam., minutely 

 granular and strigose ; stalks tomentose, "15 in. long ; torus vei'y small. 

 Seed solitary, oblong, pale. 



In leaves and in general facies this is very like Popowia nervifolia, 

 Maing., but its petals are distinctly imbricate. 



Perak on Ulu Bubong ; King's Collector, Scortechini. 

 6. Ellipeia nervosa. Hook. fil. and Thoms. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 52. A 

 tree 40 feet high ; young branches glabrous, dark-coloured, slightly 

 ridged. Leaves coi'iaceous with pellucid dots, elliptic-oblong, or lanceo- 

 late-oblong, acute or rarely shortly acuminate, the base acute ; upper 

 surface glabrous ; the lower sparsely strigose, the reticulations transverse 

 and very distinct ; main nerves 10 or 11 pairs, oblique, rather straight ; 

 length 8 to 11 in., breadth 2 to 3'5 ; petiole "35 to "5 in. glabrous. 

 Flowers polygamous, solitary, extra-axillary, rarely in pairs, "75 in in 

 diam., globose ; pedicels stout, -1 to '2 in. long, rufous pilose, bracteate. 

 Sepals broadly ovate, acute, pubescent, much smaller than the petals. 

 Petals white, spreading, imbricate ; the outer broadly ovate-oblong, ob- 

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