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C. Eastern species. L. pubescent beneath. 



9. C. semidecandrus, Jack ; King I.e. 4. Mergui, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra. A 

 climbing or scrambling shrub. Branchlets deciduously puberulous. Leaflets 5-7, 

 common petiole, petiolules ami underside of leaflets puberulous. Capsule falcate, 

 obovoid, at first rusty pubescent, afterwards glabrous, narrowed into a short stalk, 

 valves sparsely sericeous inside. 10. C. Griffithii, Hook. f. Mergui. Imperfectly 

 known. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 3-5 in. long, rusty pubescent beneath. 



Cnestis ramiflora, Griff., including C. platantha, Grift'. ; Kurz F. Fl. i. 328 (C'oii- 

 narus igneas, Wall.), Lower Burma and Andamans, Kyetmaukni, Burin., is a shrub or 

 small tree, often seandent. Branchlets, common petiole, underside of leaflets and in- 

 florescence more or less softly tomentose. L. imparipinnate, leaflets usually opposite, 

 9-15 pair, nearly sessile, narrowly oblong, base rounded or cordate, 1-3 in. long. Fl. 

 polygamous or dioecious, in short fascicled (often branched) racemes, axillary or from 

 the old wood. Sepals valvate, slightly overlapping at the tip, spreading in fruit. 

 Ripe carpels 1-3 from one flower, sessile, bright red, compressed, falcate, curved, 

 ■widest in the middle, rusty pubescent, pericarp densely lined inside with long stiff hairs. 



Taeniochlaena birmanica, Prain in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. ix. t. 26. Kachin hills, Upper 

 Burma. A shrub. L. imparipinnate, leaflets 2-3 pair, 3-4 in. long. Fl. bisexual, in 

 short axillary panicles, sepals $ in. long, valvate, reflexed in fruit. Ripe carpels 1-3 

 from each flower, senile. ..void, li in. long, glabrous inside and outside. 



3. ELLIPANTHUS, Hook. f. ; Fl. Brit. Lid. ii. 55. 



Trees or shrubs. L. unifoliolate, quite entire. Fl. pentainerous, bisexual or 

 polygamous, in short axillary racemes. Sepals valvate, not enlarged in fruit, 

 petals longer than sepals, oblong-lanceolate, densely pubescent. Stamens 10, 

 the five shorter without anthers, filaments short, connate at base. Ovary 1, 

 pubescent, style short. Capsule stalked, oblique, velvety (glabrous in E. ster- 

 i-nl iiffnl ins , valves glabrous within. Seed arillate, albumen 0. Species 12, 

 Burma, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



A. L. pubescent beneath. 



1. E. Thwaitesii, Hook, f.— Syn. E. unifoliolatus, Bedd. Fl. Sylv.t. 170; 

 E. monophyllus, var. neglectus, 0. Kuntze. Vera. Padappan, Mai. 



A small tree. Branchlets, petioles and underside of leaves slight I}' 

 pubescent. L. elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, blade 

 4-5, petiole \ in. long, sec. n. 4-5 pair, joined by 

 conspicuous reticulate veins and strong intramarginal 

 nerves at a distance from margin. Fl. pale-green, 

 in short axillary panicles, sometimes tetramerous, 

 petals ,', in. long. Capsule 1 -H in. long, pointed, 

 base tapering int. i ;i stalk supported by the persistent 

 calyx, densely covered with rusty hairs. 



Evergreen forests, Travancore and Tinnevelli. Fl. 

 Pebr. March. Ceylon, moist region. 



2. E. tomentosus, Kuiv. I'. V\. i. 330. 

 A small evergreen tree. Branchlets, petioles and 



inllni'eseiiee I a w ny-t omen tose. I .. elliptic Or elliptic 



oblong, glabrous above, more or less pubescent 



beneath, blade I .">, petiole \ ill. long, articulate at 



the insertion of blade. PI. in small com] I axillary 



panicles. Capsule I! in. long, densely velvety. 

 South. to slopes of the Pegu Soma, Tenasserim. I I 



C. s. 



I'.. L. glabrous on both sides. 



:!. E. calophyllus, Kurz. Andaman*. L. elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, blade 4-7, pet ioles I I i in. long, glabrous. Petals 1 in. 

 long. Capsule obovoid, 1 in. long. I. E. Helferi, Hook. 



Fio. 94. — Ellipanthus 

 tomentosus, Kuri. I. 



