104 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
black and furrowed. eaves membranous, oblong-lanceolate to oblong or elliptic, shortly 
and bluntly acuminate, the base sub-cuneate or rounded; upper surface glabrous, 
shining; the lower much reticulate, slightly adpressed-puberulous; main nerves 3 to 10 
pairs, ascending, slender; length 4 to 7 in., breadth 1:5 to 2°75 im.; petiole *15 in. 
Peduncles extra-axillary, solitary, ‘5 to ‘75 in. long, with numerous ovate-acuminate, 
rusty-pubescent bracts. Flowers 1 to 4, rather large; their pedicels about °4 in. long, 
pubescent, and with a single adpressed ovate-lanceolate bracteole. Sepals ovate-acuminate, 
adpressed-pubescent outside, sub-glabrescent inside. Outer petals much larger than the 
sepals, ovate-orbicular, acute, veined, pubescent on the outer surface and on the upper 
half of the inner, *4 in long. nner petals -75 in. long, trapezoid, acute, tomentose 
on both surfaces except a glabrous patch bearing a transverse callosity on the inner; 
the claw long, narrow and glabrous. S¢amens 6 perfect, with a few imperfect in an 
outer row; anther-cells large, dorsal; the connective oblique, slightly produced above 
their apices. Ovaries about 3, narrowly ovoid, densely sericeous, 3-ovuled; stigmas sessile, 
truncate. Fruit unknown. King im Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 89. 
Nicobar Islands,—Kurz, King’s Collector. 
Pirate 145B. Orophea Katschallica, Kurz. 1, Flowering branch—of natural size; 
2, flower dissected—slightly enlarged; 3, anthers, front and back view—much enlarged. 
6. ORopHEA HIRSUTA, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 81. A shrub 8 to 
12 feet high; young branches at first densely rufous-hirsute, afterwards becoming 
glabrous and dark-coloured. eaves elliptic or elliptic-oblong, often slightly obovate, . 
shortly and bluntly acuminate, narrowed from below the middle to the rounded minutely 
cordate base; upper surface glabrous, shining; the lower pale, dull, sparsely hirsute, 
the midrib setose at the base; main nerves 8 to 9 pairs, spreading, very faint; length 
3°) to 45 in., breadth 1:24 to 1:75 in.; petiole 0°5, setose. Peduneles extra-axillary, 
about *5 in. long, 1- to 3-flowered, rufous-hirsute like the pedicels; pedicels about °75 
in. long and with several minute bracteoles. Flowers -5 in. in diam. Sepals broadly 
ovate, acute, coarsely hirsute outside and on the edges, glabrous inside. Outer petals 
much larger than the sepals, broadly obovate, blunt, sparsely pubescent outside and 
on the edges, glabrous inside, *15 in. long. nner petals *25 in. long, vaulted; the 
limb trapeziform, rather thick, glabrous outside, pubescent inside; the claw very narrow, 
longer than the limb, glabrous. Stamens 6, in a single row, curved; anthers broad, 
dorsal; the connective not produced above their apices. Ovaries about 6, ovoid, glabrous, 
I- to 2-ovuled; stigma sessile, roundish. Curpels 4 to 4, globular, yellow when ripe, 
sparsely hirsute, -4 in. in diam.; stalks °1 in. | 
Perak,— King’s Collector No. 4283. 
Only once collected. In its leaves this resembles Mitrephora setosa, King. 
Prare 146A. Orophea hirsuta, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels—of 
natural size; 3, flower dissected; 4, anthers—enlarged. 
7. OROPHEA zeytantca, Hook. fil. &§ Thoms. Fl. Ind. 111. A small tree or shrub; 
young branches slender, yellow-pubescent. Leaves sub-coriaceous, ovate to ovate-oblong, 
shortly and obtusely acuminate, the base slightly narrowed or rounded, sub-oblique; 
the under-surface puberulous when young, ultimately both surfaces glabrous; main 
