TceniocMcBna.] xlix. conwaeace^. (J, D, Hooker. )> 56 



Be8sile; styles stort, stigmas discoid'. Gfepsitto: 1-3,. oTOidj. compressed, puljes- 

 cent; valves glabrous withiB. Seed oblong, arillate ; albumen 0; cotyledons 

 plano-convex. 



1. T. G-riffitbil, Sosh.f. m Benth. ^ Hook. Oen. M..v> 434 



MaiaccAj Qriffith, Maingay. 



Branches va^e-c slender, quite glabrous. ii««i^e<«3-7"byl|-3 in.,. sometimes almost 

 orbicular, base usually cordate, shining above and beneath, nerves 3-5 paars, arched ; 

 petiolules very short. Bacemes 2-3 in., fascicled, densely pubeseentl slender. Flowers 

 rotate, ^ in. diam. Sepals oblong,, pubescent, recurved in flower. Petals twice as long, 

 linear, dilated upwards, glabrous. Filaments short) subulate. Capsules 2-3, J-1 in., 

 obtuse, densely pubescent, valves coriaceous. Seed shorty slightly compressed, testa 

 black. 



r: EXilrIFA.NT»VS, HooE £ 



Trees or shrubs; Leaves with 1 leaflet, quite entire. Haeemes axillary, 

 short. Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous. Sepals 5, not enlairged in fruit, 

 suberect, valvate. Petals 6, longer than the sepals, oblongJanceolate', densely 

 pubescent. Stamens 10, 5 shorter, without anthersj. filaments short subulate 

 connate at the base. Ovary 1, strigose ; style short. Capsule stalked, oblique, 

 velvety; valves glabroxi» within. Seed arUlate; albisnen ; cotyledon* plano- 

 convex. — DistriBj Malayan Eeniisula and Islandss 



* Leases' ffSi&mis beneath oynearli/ so;. 



1. E. Thxraitesll, Hook. f. ; leaflet elliptic obtusely caudate-acuminate, 

 capsule curved into a semicircle beaked densely closely pubescent. Oonnarus 

 unifoliatus, Thwaites Bnum. 80 and 410. 



Oetlon, Central Province, at 3-^000 ft. Tkmaites 



A moderate sized tree ; branches slender, black. Leaflet 2^3 J^' by 1 -1| in., reticu- 

 late ; petiole and petiolule Jr-i' in., slender. iJocewies 4— 7-flbwered, pubescent, bracts 

 deciduous. Flowers subdicecious, \ in. diam., ^een. . Sepals acute. Petals twice as 

 long. Capside 1| iii. long, compreBscd,! woody. . 



2. E. Xelferl, JSooKi f:; leaflet elliptic-lanceolat© or linea>lanoeolate 

 acuminate,.nerves.5—?r pairs strong beneath;, 



Tbnassebim or Au^daman Isuuros ; ■ fleZ/en-.— Bistkib: B6rneo: 



Bramches slendfer;. blaek. Leaves 4-7, by If-Sj in,, very.variaWfriivIenglft and' 



breadth, thinlj" coriaceous, with slight pubescence on thepetjole'and'mielrib beneath; 



petiole slender;, ^tik Macemes ;|-^ in., pubescenlH Mowerrbuds,- |'in. long. Fhiit 



unknowDi 



3. E. calopbyllus, Kurz Andam. Sep: Ajipend^ S. 6 ) aaidiii Benff. As. 

 Soc. Jowr. 1872, H. 305 ; leaflet ovate ovate-lanoealaitei or ^iptic long-acumi- 

 nate quite' glabraras, nerves 6-7 pairs very slender;. . 



Andaman I^iands, Kurz. 



A tree 20-3Oft. ; shoots and buds pubescent. Zeo^ei 5-7'b^r>'2^i inj, coriaeebus, 

 finely reticulated,, gradually narrowed to the obtusely acumiiiate tip, pale ; petiole- 

 slender, f-1 in. ifacej»es| in;, densely pubescent.' Petals \ in., dinsely pubescent, 

 linear-oblong. Capsules |-1 in., obcJvoid or ellipsoid, subacute, densely velvety ; valves- 

 woody, glabrous within. — The description of the petals and inside of the capsule is 

 taken from Kurz. 



