406 xxvni. TiLiACEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Elmearpus. 



A tree. Leaves 2 by 1 in., with brownisTi pubescence beneath ; petiole J in. Flower 

 4 in. diam. A'epafe lanceolate. PeiaZs oblong, silky. Z)rMj»e 14 in., scaly. 



I have seen only imperfect specimens of this, and have some doubt whether the foliage 

 in Herb. Wallict. does not belong to some other genus (i Pterospermum). 



. 26. E.' acuminatus, Wall. Cat. 2675; leaves glabrous lanceolate 

 acuminate serrulate, racemes erect half the length of the leaves,, flower buds 

 fusiform lanceolate, stamens numerous, anther-tails short. 



Easteeh Bengal ; Assam, Silhet, and the Khasia, WalUeh, &o. 



A tree. Leaves 6 by If in. ; petiole |-1 in., lower ones much longer, thickened at 

 the apex. Flqloers \ in. diam., ISepaU oblong-lanceolate, slightly villous. Petals silky 

 outside, laoiniate ,at <thet apea;^ DisTc broad, -lobed. Ovary subglabrous, 2-3rcelled; 

 ovoles'numerous. ,,".,■, , 



27. E. ferrugineuB, Wi^ht Ic. 205 (Monocera>, not of Ja^h ; leaves 

 oblong-oval entire downy beneath, stamens 20, anthers shortly awned, 

 ovary 3-ceUed. — Beddome Flor. Sylv. t. 112. 



Westekn Pekinsdla, Nilghiri, Pulney, &c. Mts., Muwro, &o. 



A tree. Young branches stout, covered with rusty down. Leaves 3-6 by l|-2 in., 

 coriaceous, convex above ; ^ petiole 1-2 in., villous, thickened at the apex. Rojceraes 

 downy, shorter than the leaves, crowded at the ends of the branches. Flowers f in. 

 diam. Sepals lanceolate, downy. Petals silky, oblong, laoiniate at the apex. Drupe 

 fin., ovoid; stone 1-celled, l-seeded. — The leaves are remarkably convex in all the 

 specimens. This differs from Jack's Monocera ferrvginea (Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 86), 

 in the short petiole, and other characters. 



28. E. cyanocarpa, Maingay mss. ; leaves glabrous lanceolate ser- 

 rulate shortly petioled, racemes nearly as long as the leaves, buds elliptic- 

 lanceolate, ovary 5-celled, drupe 3-celled. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree. Leaves 5-6 by 1-| in. ; petiole \ in. Flowers nearly \ in. diam. Sepals 

 lanceolate. Petals obovate, longer than the sepals, divided halfway down into linear- 

 lanceolate very acute straight segments. Anthers puberulous. Qoary villous ; style 

 much exceeding the stamens. JJrwpe the size of a large cherry, bright blue ; stone 

 rugose, woody, 3-oelled. 



29. E. bracteatus, Kurz in Flora 1871, p. " 278 ; glabrous, leaves 

 obovate-oblong, bracts leafy dentate, stamens numerous, ovary villous, 

 stone rugose. 



Mabtaban, Kurz. ' 



A large tree. Leaves 5-6 inr, pointed at both ends, rep'ando-dentate ; petiole J-1 

 in. Bacemes axillary. Pedicels 1 in., glabrous; bracts J-1 in., obovate, apparently 

 persistent. Sepals J in., linear-lanceolate, silky outside, ciliate. Petals cuneate-oblong, 

 bifid, lobes laomiate. Drupe the sizg of a plum. 



30. E. cejrlanicus, Am. in Act. Acad. Nat. Gw. xviii. 323; leaves 

 glabrous long petioled broadly ovate acuminate, stamens numerous, anther- 

 taUs erect. Monocera Walkerii, Wight III. i. 84 ; Thwaites Enum. 33. 



Ceylon ; Saffragam District, alt. 5000 ft., Walher, &c. 



, A tree. Leaves 4-6 by 2 iu., crenulate ; petiole 1-1 4 in. Racemes as long as 

 the leaves ; pedicels slender, 14 in. Flower-huds lanceolate. Flowers secund, drooping. 

 Sepals lanceolate. Petals denselj' hairy, sparingly fimbiiate. Filaments pubescent. 

 Ovary 2-celled ; stone tubercled, subcylindric. 



31. E. g^landulifer, Mast. ; leaves glabrous long-petioled ovate- 

 lanceolate undulate crenate, stamens numerous, anthers hairy, ovary 



