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1'5 to 2'75 in., petiole "16 in. Peduncles extra-axillary, solitary, '5 ta 

 '75 in. long, with numerous ovate-acuminate, rusty-pubescent biTicts. 

 Floivers 1 to 4, ratber large ; their pedicels about '4 in. long, pubes- 

 cent and with a single adpressed ovate-lanceolate bracteole. Sepals 

 ovate-acuminate, adpressed-pubescent outside, sub-glabrescent inside. 

 Outer petals much larger than the sepals, ovate-orbicular, acute, veined, 

 pubescent on the outer surface and on the upper half of the inner, 

 '4 in. long. Inner petals '75 in. long, trapezoid, acute, tomentose on 

 both surfaces except a glabrous patch bearing a transverse callosity 

 on the inner ; the claw long, narrow and glabrous. Stame^is 6 perfect, 

 with a few imperfect in an outer row : anther-cells large, dorsal ; the 

 connective oblique, slightly produced above their apices. Ovaries about 

 3, narrowly ovoid, densely sericeous, 3-ovnled ; stigmas sessile, truncate. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Nicobar Islands ; Kurz, King's Collector. 



3. Orophea hirsuta, King, n. sp. A shrub 8 to 12 feet high : 

 young branches at first densely rufous-hirsute, afterwards becoming 

 glabrous and dark-coloured. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-oblong, often 

 slightly obovate, shortly and bluntly acuminate, narrowed from be- 

 low the middle to the rounded minutely cordate base : upper surface 

 glabrous, shining, the lower pale, dull, sparsely hirsute, the midrib 

 setose at the base : main nerves 8 to 9 pail's, spreading, very faint : 

 length 3'5 to 4"5 in., breadth 1'24 to 1"75 in.; petiole "05, setose. 

 Peduncles extra-axillary, about 5 in. long, 1- to 3-flowered, nifons-hirsute 

 like the pedicels : pedicels about "75 in. long and with several minute brac- 

 teoles. Flowers 'bin. in dia-Toa. *9epaZ.s broadly ovate, acute, coarsely hirsute 

 outside and on the edges, glabrous inside. Outer petals much larger than 

 the sepals, broadly obovate, blunt, sparsely pubescent outside and on 

 the edges, glabrous inside, '15 in. long. Inner petals "25 in. long, vaulted : 

 the limb trapeziform, rather thick, glabrous outside, pubescent inside ; 

 the claw very narrow, longer than the limb, glabrous. Stamens 6, in 

 a single row, curved : anthers broad, dorsal, the connective not produced 

 above their apices. Ovaries about 6, ovoid, glabrous, 1- to 2-ovuled : stigma 

 sessile, roundish. Carpels 4 to 5, globular, yellow when ripe, sparsely 

 hirsute, "4 in. in diam. ; stalks '1 in. 



Perak : King's Collector, No. 4283. 



Only once collected. In its leaves this resembles Mitrephora setosa. 

 King. 



4. Orophea hexandra, Blume Bijdr. 18. A small tree : young 



branches slender, minutely tomentose, soon becoming dark-coloured, 



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



elliptic-oblong, ratlier abruptly acuminate, the base sub-cuneate Or 



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