104 flora indica. [Jnonacece. 



The fruit in the specimens which we have seen is far from ripe. It is perhaps a 

 species of Saccopetalum. 



4. ELLIPEIA, H.f. et T. 



Sepala 3, parva. Petala 6, rotundata, obtusissima, a^stivatione im- 

 bricata, interiora exterioribus minora, basi angustata. Torus convexi- 

 usculus. Stamina indefinita, linearia, coimectivo truncato ultra antheras 

 parallelas producto. Ovaria numerosa, strigosa, oblonga. Ovulum 1, 

 suturse ventrali supra medium insertum, globosum. Stylus oblongas, 

 pubescens. Carpella monosperma, obliqua. — Frutex forsan scandens, 

 floribus paniculatis. 



associ 



existing genera of Anonacea. The ovarium resembles that of Melodorum or Mitre- 

 phora, hut the imbricated petals and the very different stamens forbid its union with 

 either. The single ovule attached to the ventral suture has few parallels in the 

 Order. From its decidedly imbricated petals, it belongs undoubtedly to the tribe 

 Uvariea?, in which it will be readily distinguished by the ovary and style, and the 

 one-seeded carpels, which are curiously oblique, as in some species of the genus 

 Miliusa. In both the cause is probably the same, the development of a single ovule 

 attached to the ventral suture, not to the base of the cell, which is the usual posi- 

 tion in the Order. (Name from eWnrijs, defective,) 



1. E. cuneifolia (H.f. et T.) ; foliis anguste obovato-oblongis ab- 

 rupte acuminatis basin versus cuneatoangustatis obtusis vel subcor- 

 datis, floribus in panicula laxa terminali dispositis. 



Hab. Malaya prope Malacca, Griffith! — [v. s.) 



Hamuli ferrugineo-velutini. Folia 6-8 poll, longa, 2-3 lata, petiolo vix i-poll., 

 basin versus longe angustata, coriacea, rigida, supra lucida et prater costam tomen- 

 tosam glabra, subtus adpresse fulvo-tomentosa, nervis obliquis parallels numerosis 

 conspicuis. Panicula terminalis, ramosa, multiflora, plerumque aphylla. Flores 

 dense tomentosi, bractea rotundata concava calyci adpressa. Sepala rotundata, 

 bracteam rcquantia. Petala exteriora coriacea, convexa, utrinque fulvo-tomentosa, 

 f -pollicaria, interiora multo minora. Carpella oblonga, f poll, longa, adpresse tomen- 

 tosa. nedicello U-nollicari, oblique inserta, infra medium mucrone parvo apiculatum. 



Tribus II. Mitrephorejs. 



Petala aestivatione valval 

 dense conferta, rarius definita. 



The genera which are associated 

 characters, except Popowia, which 

 still be considered doubtful. 



guiculata. Stamina 



imnerfectlv known 



5. POPOWIA, Endl. 



Orophece species, Blame, Ft. Jav. 



Sepala 3, ovata. Petala 6 ; exteriora minora, ovata, sepalis paullo 

 majora ; interiora crassa, ovata, concava, apiculo inflexo, basi late un- 



