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midal terminal panicles 3 to 15 in. long, 1-5 to 6 in. wide, the main 

 rachis and branches densely rusty-tomentose, the panicle branches 

 •75 to 2-5 in. long, subtended by large foliaceous bracts -l to 1 in. long, 

 exactly like the foliage leaves but smaller ; peduncles of individual 

 cymes rusty-tomentose, "25 in. long ; pedicels bracteolate, •! in. long 

 or less, rusty-tomentose. Sepals orbicular, rusty-pubescent. Corolla 

 white, or white tinged with pink, '45 in. wide ; lobes spreading, glabrous 

 within ; interlobular spaces densely rusty-pubescent externally ; lobules 

 ovate acute, their margins sub-entire. G. Don Gen. Syst. IV. 392 ; 

 Clarke in Hook. f. Plor. Brit. Ind. IV. 181 ; Prain Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. LXIII. 2. 84 ; Halher f. Bull. Herb. Boiss. V. 737. JS. ferru- 

 ginosa, Griff. Notul. IV. 283. E. paniculata, /3. expansa, Choisy Ann. 

 Sc. Nat. 2. I. 222; DC. Prod. IX. 464. E. coriacea, Kurx For. 

 Plor. Burm. II. 213 partly (not of Wall.). 



Kedah : Lankawi, Curtis 2128 ! — Disteib. Tenasserim. 



4. Erycibb Peincei, Wall. Cat. 1335. A large straggling bush 

 with spreading branches, or a stout climber ; branches glabrous, the 

 bark more or less fissured but quite cylindric ; branchlets densely rusty- 

 tomentose, cylindric. Leaves obovate-oblong or rarely obovate-lanceo- 

 late, narrowed slightly to the narrowly truncate or sometimes rounded 

 base, more abruptly to the shortly acuminate or acute apex, with an 

 obtuse or occasionally acute tip ; 2-5 to 4 in. long, 1-25 to 1'75 in. 

 wide ; coriaceous, shrinking somewhat irregularly when dry ; glabrous 

 rather pale green above, beneath at first rusty pubescent with a loose 

 tomentum, which soon disappears except from the midrib ; lateral 

 nerves 5 to 7 pairs, very oblique and not very prominent on either 

 surface, with a distinct sub-marginal looping vein; secondary reticulate 

 venation distinct but not prominent on either surface; petiole "2 to 

 •25 in. long, rusty-pubescent. Floivers in axillary cymes in the upper- 

 most leaf axils, 5-9-flowered, ^75 in. wide, the ultimate 3 to 7 passing 

 into a terminal panicle without leaves 1'5 to 3 in. long, rarely longer; 

 peduncles '15 to "25 in. long, rusty-pubescent ; pedicels very short and 

 lanceolate bracteoles, -2 in. long, rusty-pubescent. Sepals orbicular, 

 coriaceous, rusty-pubescent. Corolla greenish, sweet-scented, ^4 in. 

 across ; lobes slightly spreading ; interlobular spaces shining golden 

 silky externally ; lobules ovate, margins finely undulate. Fruit ellipsoid, 

 black, smooth, •G in. long, ^35 in. in diam. Choisy in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2. 

 I. 224 ; DC. Prod. IX. 464 ; Clarke in Hook, f . Plor. Brit. Ind. IV. 152 ; 

 Prain Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXIII. 2. 85; Hallier f. Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss. V. 737 (excluding the Assam and Khasia localities), 1052. 

 E. camptobotrya, Miq. Plor. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 578. 



Malacca : Griffith 5883 (K.D.) ! Maincjay 1155 (K.D.) ! Singa- 



