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glabrescent on the inner surface, less than half as long as the petals 

 and pistil. Petals narrowly oblong, sub-acute, pubescent on the outer, 

 glabrescent on the inner surface. The 5 fertile stamens as long as the 

 ovary, glabrous, the anthers broadly ovate, the filaments much dilated 

 at the base, the 5 alternate much smaller and without anthers. Ovary 

 oblong, sericeous-tomentose, longer than the stout pubescent style j 

 stigma capitate-discoid. Fruit unknown. 

 Penang; Curtis Nos. 1014, 1097. 



The nearest ally of this appears to be the imperfectly known E. Helferi, Hook, 

 fil. from Tenasserira, of which the type is Heifer's No. 1253 : but the leaves of this 

 are much more pubescent on the lower and more shining on the upper surface. The 

 flowers of this are moreover larger. 



4. Ellipanthus Griffithii, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 66. A small 

 tree ? Young branches slender, rusty-pubescent. Leaflet thinly coria- 

 ceous, ovate-elliptic, caudate-acuminate, the base abruptly sub-cuneate ; 

 upper surface glabrous, shining, the lower sparsely rusty-pubescent, 

 the midrib and nerves almost tomentose ; main nerves 9 or 10 

 pairs, spreading, interarching, prominent beneath ; length 4 to 5 in., 

 breadth 1'5 to 2 in., petiole '2 to '25 in. Bacemes '25 in. long, few- 

 flowered ; calyx deeply divided into 5 ovate-lanceolate teeth, adpress- 

 ed-pubescent. Follicles compressed, much curved, the apex beaked, 

 narrowed at the base to a pseudo-stalk '2 in. long which is embraced 

 by the persistent calyx, rufous tomentose outside, '75 in. long; the 

 pericarp coriaceous, glabrous inside. 



Mallacca ; Griffith No. 1253.— Distrib. Borneo. 



5. Ellipanthus gibbosus, King n. spec. A small tree; young 

 branches slender, rusty- tomentose. Leaflet elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 

 sometimes slightly obovate, shortly and rather abruptly caudate-acumi- 

 nate, the base cuneate ; upper surface quite glabrous ; the lower sparsely 

 adpressed-pubescent, the midrib densely so ; main nerves 7 or 8 pairs, 

 spreading but curved upwards, prominent on the lower surface when 

 dry; length 45 to 65 in., breadth 1*75 to 2*75 in., petiole "5 or '6 in. 

 long, tomentose, stout, the joint near the apex. Flowers '15 in. long, in 

 dense many-flowered capituloid axillary cymes, sub-sessile. Calyx-teeth 

 lanceolate, tawny-tomentose externally, glabrous internally. Petals 

 broader than the sepals and sometimes also longer, imbricate, tomentose 

 outside, glabrous inside. Stamens 5 or 6 fertile with broadly ovate 

 anthers, and 5 alternate smaller and abortive ; the filaments of all 

 united by their expanded bases. Ovary villous, style about as long as the 

 stamens, stigma discoid. Follicle narrowly oblong, compressed, the 

 apex produced into a long conical beak ; the base gibbous at one side, 

 contracted below the gibbosity into a curved pseudo-stalk about an inch 



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