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Plate 2462. 



EL^OCARPUS HAINANENSIS, OHv. 



TiLiACE^, Tribe 'Eljeocarpeje. 

 E. (MoDOcera) hainanensis, OHv. (sp, nov.) ; arbusoula glabrata 



folus apices ramulorum versus aggregatis anguste ovalibus acutis basi 

 in petiolum gradatim angustatis serruktis, racemis axillaribns folio 

 brevioribus srepius 2-3floris conspicue bracteatis, bracteis sessilibus 

 ovatis parce serratis persistentibus, pedicellis loiigiusculis bractea 

 2-4-plo longioribus, sepalis anguste lineari-lanceolatis acuminatisatque 

 petalis cuneato-obovatis multifidis fere sequilongis, toro incrassato 

 tomentello, antheris apice longe aristatis, ovario 2-loculare, fructibus 

 elongato-ovalibus Isevibus apice productis 1-spermis. 



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lector employed bj C. Ford (No. 439). 



Rami teretes, glabrescentes. Folia, 3-4 1 poll. 

 lata ; petioli 6-9 lin. longi, Bractece 4-6 lin. lonirfe. 



longa. I 



1 poll. 



poll, longi. 



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 Flores l\ poll diam, Sejmla 9 lin, longa. Fetala inferne 



extus sericea, mtus basi tomentosa. Standna tilamentis brevibus 



arista terminali loculis cequilongis. 

 lin. diam. 



Fructus l-I^ poll, longus, 4-6 



A very interesting addition to this large genus ; allied to E. Mas- 

 iersii, Pierre. Singular in the very few flowers in the racemes and the 

 conspicuous, more or less persistent leafy bracts.— D. Oliver, 



Fig. 1. Petal. 2, Stamen, 3. Pistil. 4, Crosfi-sectioa of ovary. 5, Seed. All 

 excejpt 5 enlarged. 





