ANONACE OF BRITISH INDIA. 107 
solitary, 1- to 3-flowered, extra-axillary, very slender, ‘5 to 1 in. long, pubescent with 
numerous, distichous, sub-deciduous, linear-lanceolate, pubescent bracts. Flowers large, 
sub-pendulous. Sepals narrowly lanceolate, acuminate. Outer petals larger than the 
sepals, mottled red and yellow, ovate, very acuminate, veined, pubescent on both sides, 
5 m. long. nner petals 1 in. long, with lanceolate, much acununate, very pubescent 
limb; the claw long, narrow, pubescent. Stamens 6, broad, not apiculate, hairy at the 
base. Staminodes 8, orbicular. Ovaries 3 to 6, cylindric, very hirsute, 6- or 7-ovuled; 
stigma sessile. Carpels 4 to 6, much elongate, cylindric, puberulous, 8 to 5 in. long 
and about °3 in. in diam., moniliform when dry. Seeds 4 to 7, linear-oblong. King in 
Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 82. 
Perak,—Scortechini, King’s Collector. 
Pirate 148B. Orophea maculata, Scort. 1, Flowering branch; 2, flower; 3, flower 
dissected; 4, flower-bud; 5, ripe carpels—of natural size ; 6, anthers; 7, pistil; 8, section 
of pistil—enlarged. 
12. ORoPHEA GrRaciLis, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 83. A tree 20 
to 380 feet high; young branches slender, at first minutely tomentose, afterwards 
darkly cinereous and glabrous. eaves thinly coriaceous when adult, lanceolate, much 
acuminate, the base cuneate or slightly rounded; both surfaces glabrous; main nerves 
5 or 6 pairs, spreading, inter-arching far from the edge, very indistinct; length 2° 
to=3°5 an, breadth 9 to 1:2 in.; petiole 05 in. Flowers solitary, ‘25 in. in diam., 
extra-axillary ; pedicels ‘75 to 1 in. long, very thin, glabrous, jointed, and with several 
minute subulate bracteoles above the middle, Sepals broadly ovate, sub-acute, connate 
at the base, spreading or reflexed. Outer petals larger than the sepals, ovate, acute, 
"15 in. long; both surfaces glabrous, the edges alone minutely pubescent. Jnner petals 
‘25 in. long, slightly vaulted; the limb thick, trapezioid, with pubescent edges; the claw 
narrow, not so long as the limb, glabrous. Stamens 6, in a single row; the connective 
much produced above the rather small dorsal anther-cells. Ovaries 4 to 10, ovoid, 
glabrous, 2-ovuled; stigma large, sessile. Ripe carpels 6 to 10, globular, glabrous, 
-45 in. in diam., their stalks -25 in. long. Seeds solitary or two together, depressed- 
globose, with a transverse groove and ridge, shining, pale. 
Perak,—Scortechint, King’s Collector. 
This is closely allied to the W. Peninsular 0. uniflora, but that species has twice 
as Many stamens. 
Piare 149A. Orophea gracilis, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels; 3, pair 
of seeds from a carpel seen from the side and showing the lateral grooves and ridges ; 
4, convex surface of a seed; 5, flat surface—of natural size; 6, flower unexpanded ; 
7, flower dissected; 8, anthers—enlurged. 
61, pt. 2, 83. <A tree 20 
13. Oropuea wasrara, King in Journ. As. Soc. Benga! 
branches rather 
to 40 feet high; all parts glabrous except the inflorescence eens 
slender, dark-coloured.. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-oblong » shortly 
caudate-acuminate, the base cuneate, rarely rounded; both surfaces shining, the lower 
pale; main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, spreading, inter-arching within the edge ; length 38 
to 5°5 in., breadth 16 to 2-4 in; petiole *2 im. Peduneles axillary or supra-axillary, 
Ann. Roy. Bor. Garp. Cacurra Vou LV: 
