o+ ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
Prare 30. Ellipeia leptopoda, King. 1, Braneh with flowers and buds; 2, leaf 
from another specimen; 38, ripe carpels; 4, section of seed—of natural size ; 5, flower 
dissected; 6, anthers—enlarged. 
9. Exiirra cuapra, H. f. & 7. Fl. Br. Ind. i, 52. A tree; young branches and 
inflorescence brown-pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or elliptic-oblong, acute, the 
base rounded or acute; both surfaces glabrous, not shining; the upper rigid, the lower 
paler and reticulate; main nerves about 9 pairs, curved, sub-ascending, prominent 
beneath; length 4 to 5°5 in., breadth 1°5 to 2 in.; petiole -25 in. Cymes shortly 
pedunculate, axillary, 8- to 5-flowered, 1 to 1:5 in. long. Flowers 1°3 in, in diam.; 
bracteole oblong, sub-amplexicaul, recurved. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, recurved, °25 
in. long. Outer petals obovate-lanceolate, sub-acute, flat, without claws, ‘7 in long; the 
inner shorter, obovate, obtuse. Ovaries strigose; ovule 1, erect (Maingay). Ripe 
carpels sub-globose, *65 in. long; pedicels slender, °75 to 1:25 in. long; pericarp thin. 
Seed oblong, pale, with a deep longitudinal furrow. King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, 
Die 2s 20; 
Malacca,—Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 66. 
Except Maingay’s, I have seen no specimens of this. 
Pirate 27B. Ellipeia glabra, H. f. & Th. 1, Fruiting branch; 2, inflorescence— 
of natural size; 8, pedicel, bracteole, and flower with petals removed; 4 & 5, stamens; 
6, ovary; 7, section of ovary—enlarged; 8, seed—of natural size. 
4. Euurpera costata, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 26. A shrub about 
10 feet high; young branches pale, rusty-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate 
to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, the base cuneate; upper surface glabrous but rather 
rough; lower pale, softly and laxly pubescent, sub-glabrescent when old; main nerves 
8 to 9 pairs, bold, sub-ascending, rather straight; length 4 to 6°5 in., breadth 2 to 
3 in; petiole 25 in., tomentose. Flowers solitary, extra-axillary, ‘65 to 1 im. in diam.; 
pedicels woody, tomentose, °15 in, long, with 3 ovate acute bracts at their bases. 
Sepals ovate, obtuse, half as long as the petals and, like them, sericeous externally and 
glabrous or sub-glabrous internally. Petals sub-equal, oblong, acute, °35 to -45 in. long. 
Ripe carpels ovoid-cylindric, slightly apiculate and shortly stalked, glabrous, °8 in. long 
and *35 in. in diam.; pericarp thin. Uvaria costata, Wall. Cat. 6480.—Guatteria costata, 
H.-f. § Th. Fl. Ind, 143.—Polyalthia costata, H. f. §& Th. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 67. | 
Burmah,— Waillich ; on Moolyet at 5,000 feet,— Gallatly. 
I have seen no entire fruit of this species, but only some loose carpels. 
these are said by Mr. Gallatly to be red. 
: aes 31, Ellipeia costata, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, flower—of natural size ; 
? Beh ay ed; 4, outer petal; 5 & 6, stamens; 7, pistil; 8, section of same—much 
enlarged. (Drawn from Waellichs specimen Cat. 6480.) 
When ripe 
5. ELurerra PUMILA, King 
feet high; 
7 
in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 27. A shrab 2 to8 
. young branches with minute pale rufous tomentum; when older, dark- 
soloured, glabrous and furrowed. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceo- 
late, tapering from the middle to the shortly acuminate apex and acute base; both 
