108 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
solitary, about ‘25 in. long, bearing towards the apex 3 or 4 1-bracteolate, pubescent 
pedicels. Flowers *4 in. long. Sepals broadly ovate, acute, pubescent outside, glabrous 
inside as are the outer petals. Outer petals twice as large as the sepals, broadly ovate, 
acute. Inner petals *35 in. long; the limb hastate, triquetrous, thickened, the edges 
and the base ciliate; the claw long, narrowed to the tase, glabrous. Séaminodes 0. 
Stamens 10, in two rows, curved, slightly apiculate; the anther-cells large. Ovaries about 
10, obliquely oblong, curved, pubescent, 2-ovuled; stigma small, capitate, sessile. Ripe 
carpels 5 or 6, globular, glabrous, *4 in. in diam.; their stalks about ‘25 in. Seeds 
solitary. yee Te a | : 
Perak,—Wray, King’s Collector; at low elevations. Singapore,—Ridley. 
This is closely allied to O. dodecandra, Mig. - 
Pratn 149B. Orophea hastata, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels—of 
natural size; 3, flower dissected;.4 & 5, anthers; 6, pistil—endarged. 
14, Oropuea voprecanprA, Mig. in Ann, Mus. Lugd. Bat. uu. 25. A tree 20 to 
40 feet high; young branches sparsely adpressed-pubescent, afterwards glabrous dark- 
coloured and striate. Leaves membranous, elliptic, rarely elliptic-oblong, slightly in- 
equilateral, shortly caudate-acuminate, the base cuneate; upper surface glabrous, shining; 
the lower paler with a few scattered, pale, adpressed hairs; main nerves 5 or 6 pairs, 
bold beneath, inter-arching ‘25 in. from the margin; length 3°5 to 45:5 in., breadth 
1:75 to 2°38 in.;- petiole -2 in., stout, channelled. Peduncles supra-axillary, longer than 
the pedicels, 3- to 7-flowered, glabrous; pedicels *5 in. long, clustered near the apex, 
bracteolate above the middle. Flowers *5 in. long. Sepals smaller than the outer petals, 
spreading, dotted, conjomed at the base, slightly tubercular outside, glabrous inside. 
Outer petals broadly ovate, acuminate, narrowed at the base, °15 in. long. nner petals 
thick, lmear-oblong, blunt, puberulous outside, slightly arched below the middle, the 
apices divergent and recurved. Staminodes 0. Stamens 12, in two rows; the connective 
rather narrow, prolonged beyond the apices of the large, broad, dorsal anthers. Ovaries 
6 to 8, oblong, curved, oblique, glabrous, 2-ovuled; stigma oblong, sessile, Ripe carpels 
ovoid or slightly obovoid, blunt, glabrous, :85 in. long; their stalks 8 to ‘9 in. Seeds 
solitary, sub-rotund or oblong, with rugose, pale, scaly testa. King im Journ, As. Soc. 
Bengal 61, pt. 2, 84. : | . . 
Perak,—Scortechini, King’s Collector; at low elevations. 
Prats 150A. Orophea dodecandra, Mig. 1, Flowering branch; 2, young carpels; 
3, ripe carpel—of natural size; 4, flower dissected; 5, anthers; 6, pistils—endarged. 
15 OrRopHEA cuNEIForMIs, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 84. A tree 
20 to 40 feet hich; young parts rusty-pubescent or tomentose; the branchlets rather 
stout, ultimately glabrous dark-coloured aad furrowed. eaves thinly coriaceous, oblong, 
narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate-oblong, more or less sharply acuminate, very little 
narrowed to the rounded or minutely cordate base; upper surface at first with many 
long, thin, pale, adpressed hairs, ultimately glabrous; lower softly but rather coarsely 
pubescent, the midrib and 8 to 12 pairs of oblique rather prominent main nerves 
rutous-tomentose ; length 3:5 to 6 in., breadth 11 to 2-2 in.; petiole :05, tomentose. 
Peduncles 4- or 5-flowered, solitary, supra-axillary, slender, sub-glabrous below, rufous- 
sericeous above, longer than the pedicels; bracts numerous, linear-lanceolate; pedicels 
