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surfaces minutely granular when dry; the upper glabrous, the lower sparsely adpressed- 
pubescent; the midrib rufous-pubescent; main nerves about 9 pairs, oblique, rather 
straight, faint on the lower surface, obsolete on the upper; length 4°5 to 7 in., breadth 
1*5 to 2:25 in.; petiole 25 to *35 in., pubescent. Flowers solitary or in pairs, extra- 
axillary, sub-sessile, ‘75 in. in diam. when expanded; the buds globose; pedicels *1 in. 
long, coarsely hirsute, bracteate. Sepals much shorter than the petals, broadly ovate, 
sub-acute, strigose-pubescent outside and sub-glabrous inside as are the petals. Petals 
imbricate, spreading, lanceolate or oblanceolate-oblong; the outer at first much shorter 
than, but ultimately sub-equal to, the inner. Wale flower: stamens numerous, with 
transversely elongate, truncate heads; pistils 0. Female flcwer like the male, but with 
fewer stamens; pistils about 10, pubescent, l-ovuled; stigma short, flat, pubescent. Ripe 
earpels 4 to 5, sub-cylindric, tapering to each end, ‘75 in. long and +25 in. in diam., 
minutely granular and strigose; stalks tomentose, ‘15 in. long. Torus very small. Sedd 
solitary, oblong, pale. 
In leaves and in general facies this is very like Popowia nervifolia, Maing., but its 
petals are distinctly imbricate. 
Perak; on Ulu Bubong,—ing’s Collector, Scortechini. 
Puate 32. Ellipeia pumila, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe fruit—of naturad 
size ; 8, flower from below ; 4, petals and andracium ; 5, stamens; 6, ovary—en/arged. 
6. Exipera NERvosA, Hook, fil. §& Thoms. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 52. <A tree 40 feet 
high; young branches glabrous, dark-coloured, slightly ridged. Leaves coriaceous, with 
pellucid dots, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, acute or (rarely) shortly acuminate, the 
base acute; upper surface glabrous; the lower sparsely strigose, the reticulations transverse 
and very distinct ; main nerves 10 or 11 pairs, oblique, rather straight; length 8 to 
11 in., breadth 2 to 3°5; petiole 35 to ‘d in., glabrous, Flowers polygamous, solitary, 
extra-axillary, rarely in pairs, ‘75 in. in diam., globose; pedicels stout, *l to *2 in. long, 
rufous-pilose, bracteate. Sepals broadly ovate, acute, pubescent, much smaller than the 
petals. Petals white, spreading, imbricate; the outer broadly ovate-oblong, obtuse; the 
inner rather shorter and narrower, oblong; all pubescent, especially externally. Stamens 
in the male flowers numerous, with roundish flat heads. Ovaries in the female flower 
many, curved. Ripe carpels rather numerous, ovoid, slightly apiculate, narrowed into the 
stalk, rose-red when ripe (Wray), about 1 m. long and ‘5 in. in diam., glabrous; their 
stalks *75 to 1 in. long. King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 27. 
Malacca,—Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 47. Perak; common at low bistesions 
Penang,— Curtis. 
In the texture and nervation of its leaves this species has a strong resemblance 
to Popowia nervifolia, Maing., and other species in its neighbourhood. But the petals are 
not those of a Popowia, both rows being distinctly imbricate. The fruit, moreover, is 
larger than that of Popowia, and the albumen is much more cellular in structure, being 
in this respect, like that of Lllipeita cuneifolia, H. f. & Th. 
Pirate 33. Ellipeia nervosa, A. f. & Th. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels; 
3, section of mpe carpel and of its single seed—of natural size; 4, flower dissected ; 
5, anthers—enlarged. 
Ann, Rox. Bor. Garp. Carcutra Vou. IV. 
