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PLATE 153. 
Ryparosa cesta, Bl. Bijdr. 600; Zyparia, Fl. Javae (praef. VIII). 
A small tree, the branchlets and inflorescence ferrugineous-silky. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong or obovate, shortly acuminate, the base slightly narrowed; upper surface shining; 
lower pale, rather densely but minutely adpressed-sericeous ; nerves 4 or 5 pairs, ascending ; 
length 6 to 9 in.; breadth 2 to 3 in.; petiole "75 to 1 in., stout, thickened in its upper 
fourth. Racemes solitary, supra-axillary, the female longer than the leaves. Male flowers: 
sepas З, ovate, glabrous; pe/als 5, tomentose, with a basal hairy scale.  Síaminal tube 
short, glabrous; anthers 4, broadly ovate, reflexed. Pistil (in female flower only) with 
pubescent ovoid globose ovary. Fruit crowned by the 2 shortly-stalked fleshy radiating 
reniform emarginate stigmas, globose, ferruginous-tomentose, "5 to 7 in. diam. Hassk. 
Pi. Javan, Rar. 267: Baillon Euphorb. 339. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, p. 361. DC. 
Prod. XV, 2 p. 1260. Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 233. King in Journ. As. Soc. 
Bengal for 1892, pt. II, p. 128. 
Java, Blume, Sumatra; Teysmann, Forbes, at an elevation of 3,500 feet. 
Blume describes the lower surfaces of the leaves as “tenuiter strigosis"; but the hairs, although 
adpressed, are not stiff but silky. This is the only species in which the hairs on the lower surface of the 
leaves are at all conspicuous. The leaves of the Andaman plant referred to R. caesia by Kurz are nearly 
glabrous beneath. 
Ртлте 153. Ryparosa caesia, Blume. 1, branch with inflorescence of male flowers; 2, branch with ripe fruit; 3, 
section of ripe fruit: of natural size; 4, male flower: enlarged; б, sepal; 6, petal; 7, staminal column; 8, pistil 
(from female flower): much enlarged. 
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PLATE 154. 
Ryparosa Kurz, King іп Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1892, pt. 2, р. 125. 
A tree or shrub. Young shoots adpressed ferruginous-puberulous. Leaves elliptic to 
elliptic-oblong, shortly and bluntly acuminate, the base slightly narrowed; upper surface 
shining, glabrous except the puberulous midrib; lower glaucous, the reticulations distinct; 
nerves 6 or 7 pairs, spreading, prominent beneuth; length 8 to 12 in., breadth 4 
to 55 in.; petiole 1:25 in., thickened in its upper fourth, pubescent. Male racemes 5 
to 10 in. long, ferruginous-tomentose, the petals reflexed: female racemes shorter and 
subglabrous. Fruit globose, the size of a small cherry, lenticellate, 1—2-seeded. A. 
сеза, Kurz Е. Fl. Burm., i, 78, not of ВІ. 
Andamans; Kurz, King's Collector. Nicobars, Kurz. 
Ртлте 154. Ryparosa Kurzii, King, 1, branch with male flowers; 2, raceme of ripe fruit; 3 and 4, seeds: of 
natural size; б, flower dissected; 6, staminal column: enlarged. 
PLATE 155. 
Ryparosa Wray, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1892, pt. 2, p. 126. 
. A tree 60 to 80 feet high, glabrous except the young branches and inflorescence. 
Leaves coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate to oblong or elliptic, the apex sub-acute; the base slightly 
narrowed; upper surface shining; lower dull yellowish green when dry, the midrib 
Ans. Roy. Bor. Garp. Catc., Vor. V. 
