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et ad petioli apicem supra confluens, integer, subtus cinereo-fuscus, reticulato-venosus 

 et pilis sublepidotis, minutis simulque pilis stellatis majoribus, sed paucioribus dense 

 vestitus, coriaceus, basi eglandulosus ; costae secundai'iae prominentes, 5 — 6, rarius 7. 

 Inflorescentia (^ simplex, non ramosa, 13 — iö cm longa, pubescens; flores (^ sessiles, 

 pubescentes, \ ^j^vaia fere diametientes; bracteae late triangulari-ovatae, parvae, \-%'^l2TCiTa 

 longae. Columna staminalis exserta; stamina ± 6 — 7. Flores Q et fructus ignoti, 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Singapore, Bukit Timah (ohne Sammler- 

 name!). 



Nota. Specimen in Herb. Berol. asservatum est sub nomine E. malaecensis, a quo differt 

 indumento sublepidoto foliisque basin versus manifeste angustatis et ima basi angustissime obtusata 

 excepta acutis. 



3. E. Beccarianum Pax et K. Hoffm. n. spec. — E. borneense Beccari, Malesia II. 

 {1884) 45. — Arbor; ramuli juveniles solidi, fulvo-tonientosi. Petiolus 5 — 6 cm longus; 

 limbus 7 — 12 cm longus, 4Y2 — 9 cm latus, orbiculari-ovatus, apice obtusus vel obtuse 

 acutus, basin versus subcuneato-angustatus, ima basi ad petioli apicem supra brevissime 

 vel vix confluens, integer, supra pallide viridis, subtus cinereo-albidus, tenuiter reticulato- 

 venosus et pilis sublepidotis, minutis simulque pilis stellatis majoribus, paucioribus dense 

 vestitus, firme chartaceus, basi eglandulosus ; costae secundariae prominentes, utrinque 4. 

 Inflorescentia rf simplex, non ramosa, ad 1 8cm longa, pubescens; flores (J^ sessiles, pubes- 

 centes, 1 1/2 mm fere diametientes; bi'acteae minutae, 1 mm fere longae, triangulari-ovatae; 

 stamina ± 8. Racemi O penduli, 5 mm longi; flores Q ignoti. Fructus didymus, 

 6 mm longus, 8 mm latus, minutissime sublepidoto-pilosus, pedicello C mm longo suffultus. 



Var a. crassirameum Pax et K. Hoffm. n. var. — Ramuli ultimi crassi, 1 cm 

 diametientes, dense cicatricosi. Flores (^f tantum noti. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Borneo (Beccari n. 3137!). 



Var ß. tenuirameum Pax et K. Hon"m. n. var. — Ramuli ultimi tenues, 4 mm 

 diametientes, dissite vel vix cicatricosi. Fructus tantum noti, 



Borneo (Beccari n. 819!). 



Nota 1. Varietates hie propositae natura ramulorura valdo differunt; an olim melius notae 

 pro speciebus sumendae erunt? 



Nota 2. Species valde affinis est E. ovalifolio, a quo distat foliis supra pallidis, subtus 

 fere incanis, costis secundariis paucioribus et minus prominentibus. — Nomen dedimus in honorem 

 cl. 0. Beccari, florae borneensis exploratoris fehcissimi, botanici de genere Endospermo meritissimi. 



4. E. perakense King in Hook. f. Fl. Bi-it. India V. (1887) 438. — Fere glabrum. 

 Folia late ovato-cordata, supra glabra, basi eglandulosa. Fructus viscidus. — »A free 

 80 ft., resembling E. 7nalaecense, but-the branchlets are much more slender and quite 

 glabrous, leaves smafler (3 — 5 in. long), petiole more slender, fruiting racemes shorler 

 (3 in. long), quite glabrous, and fruit clother with a viscid secretion«. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Perak, bei Larut (King's Collector). " 

 Nota. Speciem non vidi, sed bene distincta videtur. 



5. E. borneense Müll. Arg. in Flora XLVII. (1864) 469; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 1132. — Foliorum hmbus 6 — II cm longus, 4^/2 — 8 cm latus, late ellipticus, 

 acutus vel breviter acuminatus, basi brevissime contractus et leviter cordatus, quintupli- 

 nervius, subinteger, supra nigricanti-fuscus, minutissime stellato-puberulus, subtus pilis 

 densissimis, albidis, deinde argillaceo-incanis, brevissimis vestitus, basi biglandulosus. 

 Racemi utriusque sexus simplices, graciles ; bracteae ovatae, parvae. Columna stami- 

 nalis exserta. Fructus 6 mm longus, subglobosus, brevissime stellato-puberulus, pedicello 

 calycera ter aequante suffultus, 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Borneo, bei Banjemiassin (Motley n, 1126). 

 Nota. A simili E. Beccariano stalim differt foliis basi subtus biglandulosis. 



6. E. chinense Benth. Fl. Hongkong. (I86I) 304. — Arbor magna; rami puberuli, 

 dissite cicatricosi. Petiolus 5 — 6 cm longus, puberulus; limbus 10 — 13 cm longus, 

 9 — 10 cm latus, orbiculari-ovatus, subobtusus, basi brevissime subcontractus vel truncato- 

 obtusus vel subacutus, integer, reticulato-venosus, supra opacus, parce stellato-pilosus, 



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