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prominent beneath; length of blade 4 to 7 in, breadth 1:5 to 3 in.; petiole +15 to ‘2 in., 
tomentose. Flowers ‘75 to 1 in. in diam., in short, few- Aowperedy pedunculate, rufous- 
tomentose panicles; bracts at the bases of the pedicels ovate, that at the base of the 
flower rotund; pedicels *25 to *£ im. long; buds ovoid-conic. Sepals small, fleshy, 
sub-orbicular, slightly united below, spreading, coriaceous, tomentose. Petals fleshy, 
connivent ; outer 38 much larger than the sepals, rotund, densely pubescent on both 
surfaces; inner 3 not much larger than the sepals, rotund, pubescent externally, glabrous 
internally. Anthers sessile, short, the cells on the outer surface; the apex with a 
broad, round, oblique, truncate appendage from the connective; pistils oblong, tapering 
to each end, pubescent. Zorus small, sub-globose. Ripe carpels numerous, on long 
stalks, ovoid, oblique, blunt, with a faint partial ridge and a short, lateral, conical 
process, minutely yellowish-tomentose. Seed smooth, ovoid. Hook. Je. Plant., ¢. 1025; 
Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 52; King in Journ. As. Soc, Bengal 61, pt. 2, 25. 
Malacca,—Grifith, Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 31. Perak, very common. 
In the Perak specimens the tomentum on the under-surface of the leaves is usually 
less dense than in specimens from Malacca; moreover, the flowers are smaller in the 
Perak specimens, and the floral bract is not close to the calyx, but a little way under 
it. In other respects, however, they agree. 
Piate 29. Ellipeia cuneifolia, H. f. § Z. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe fruit; 3, 
flower dissected—of natural size; 4, calyx, stamens and pistils; 5 & 6, stamens; 7 & 8, 
pistils; 9, section of ripe fruit—enlarged. (Nos. 4 to 9 ave copied from Hooker's Ic. Plant., 
t. 1025.) 
2. Etrreta tepropopa, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 25. A climber 50 
to 70 feet long; young branches and petioles densely covered with scurfy cinereous 
tomentum, Leaves coriaceous, obovate-oblong, rarely elliptic, obtuse, or with a very 
short blunt apiculus, narrowed in the lower half to the minutely cordate, rarely entire, 
base; upper surface pale green when dry, sparsely and minutely stellate-pubescent when 
young, afterwards glabrous, except the pubescent midrib; lower surface densely covered 
with soft, short, dense, pale brown tomentum}; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, spreading, 
obsolete on the upper, slightly prominent on the lower, surface; length of blade 3-5 to 
5 in., breadth 2°25 to 25 in.; petiole *2 to *25 in. ' Peduneles extra-axillary, about °d in. 
Jong; the flowers 3 or 4 on short pedicels, each subtended by a rotund-obovate cucullate 
bract; the whole inflorescence and calyx rather — sparsely stellate-tomentose ; buds 
depressed-globose; flower ‘75 in. in ‘diam. Sepals often 4 in number, semi-orbicular, 
very obtuse, slightly united below, spreading. Petals coriaceous, three times as long as 
the sepals, ovate-rotund, obtuse, recurved, minutely pubescent on both surfaces, dark 
crimson. <Anthers sessile, very small; the connective produced beyond the apex, flattened, 
oblique. Ovaries about as long as the anthers; the stigmas truncate, hairy. Torus 
hemispheric. Ripe carpels numerous, on long albndes stalks; ovate-rotund, °5 in. long, 
slightly oblique with a slight lateral beak, minutely cinereous-pubescent. Stalks ‘lightly 
thickened and ridged towards the apex, 1°5 to 2°5 in. long. Seed ovoid, flattened on 
one side, smooth. 
Perak; at low Acnipne King 8 ‘Colnedr. ee rule. 
_ A species in its leaves resembling Uvaria heterocarpa, BI., but with different fruit: 
also like U. seule CS Miq., but with much more obovate fees . 
Ann. Roy. Bor. Garp. Catcurra Vou. LV. 
