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adpressed hairs, ultimately glabrous ; lower softly but rather coarsely 

 pubescent, the midrib and 8 to 12 pairs of oblique, rather prominent 

 main nerves rufous-tomentose ; length 3'5 to 6 in., breadth I'l to 22 

 in. ; petiole "05, tomentose. Pedtmcles 4- or 5-flowered, solitary, supra- 

 axillary, slender, sub-glabrous below, rufous-sericeous above, longer 

 than the pedicels ; bracts numerous, linear-lanceolate ; pedicels "3 in. 

 lono-, rufous-sericeous like the outer surface of the sepals and outer 

 petals, bracteolate at the base. Flower buds globose. Sepals ovate, 

 much acuminate, glabrescent inside like the outer petals. Oiiter petals 

 ovate, acute, veined. Inner petals with a cuneiform, sometimes retuse, 

 thick limb and a short, narrow claw. Staminodes 3, in an outer row, 

 sub-orbicular, fleshy. Stamens 6, with broad flat connective, not produced 

 at the apex, and large dorsal anthers. Ovaries about 6, oblong, oblique, 

 densely villous, 2- or 3-ovuled, Stigma sessile, broad. Bipe carpels 2 

 to 4, sessile, cylindric, tapering a little at each end, puberulous, 1-5 to 

 175 in. long and about 35 in. in diam. Seeds 2, oblong. 

 Perak ; Scortechini, King's Collector. 



This is readily distinguished from the closely allied species 0. 

 maculata, by its scorpioid cymes, globular flower-buds, and by the 

 cuneiform (not lanceolate) limbs of its petals. 



11. Orophea polycarpa, a. DC. in Mem. Soc. Genev. V, 39. A 

 laro-e shrub or small tree : young branches slender, pubescent at first, 

 but speedily glabrous, furrowed and dark-coloured. Leaves membranous, 

 ovate to ovate-oblong, obtusely and very shortly acuminate, the margins 

 undulate, the base rounded or narrowed ; both surfaces glabrous ; main 

 nerves 6 to 8 pairs, spreading, faint ; length 2 to 4 in., breadth 1 to 1-75 

 in., petiole 05 in. Tedundes axillary or supra-axillary, slender, 1- to 3- 

 flowered, pubescent ; bracteoles several. Sepals ovate, acute, very pu- 

 bescent. Outer petals ovate, acuminate, more than twice as large as the 

 sepals, pubescent on the outer, glabrous on the inner, surface. Inner 

 petals twice as long as the outer, irregularly oblong, the apices broad 

 and curved outwards, the base slightly narrowed, puberulous outside, 

 glabrous within, '4 in. long. Stamens 6 or 7 in a single row ; the anther- 

 cells quite dorsal, separate, the connective flat and very slightly prolonged 

 above their apices. Ovaries about twice as many as the stamens, gla- 

 brous, ovate, oblique : stigma small, sessile, sub-capitate. Etpe carpels 

 globular, glabrous, shining, 35 in. in diam. : their stalks "25 in. long. 

 Seeds 1 or 2. Hook. fil. and Thoms. Fl. Ind. Ill ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 

 I, 91 ; Kurz F. Flora Burma, I, 49 ; Anonacea Griff. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 

 IV, t. 654. Wall. Cat. 6431. Bocagea polycarpa, ^ieu'X. Nomcn. 212. 

 Melodorum? monospermtivi Kurz in Andaman Report, App. B. p. I. 

 Bocagea polycarpa, Steud. 

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