Elaeocarpus Barnardii, 

 a new Species described from Perak. 



By I. H. Bcrkill. 



The Elaeocarps are abundant in the Malay Peninsula and are 

 on the whole very much of one type: to this type Elaeocarpus Bar- 

 nardii in general conforms. 



It occurs close to Taiping at low elevations : and it is there 

 known by the name Jiha. It is a tree with reddish chestnut bark 

 on the branches, and with relatively small somewhat crowded 

 obovate bright green smooth leaves, the margins of which are slightly 

 and distantly toothed. The flowers are of average size, and, as is 

 always the case in the genus, face earthwards along horizontal 

 racemes. The fruits are of a deep blue. 



The affinity seems to be to Elaeocarpus cuneatus, Wight, a 

 widely spread tree of India, which southwards reaches Tenasserim. 



Elaeocarpus Barnardii, inter Diceras E. cuneato, Wight, affi- 

 nis : differt praecipue ovario et putamine. 



Arbor, ramornm cortice castaneo vel rufo-castaneo. Folia 

 obovata, apice obtusa, minopere acuminata, glabra, obscure 7 — 8- 

 dentata, ad 9 cm. longa, ad 4 cm. lata, sed pleraque fere dimidio 

 minora ; nervi laterales 5 — 6, inter quos 2 vel 3 basales ad originem 

 in pagina inferiori domatiam f erent : petiolus ad 3 cm. longus. 

 Racemi 12 — 20-flori, vel foliis breviores vel aequantes vel paulluio 

 longiores. Flores Dicerarum. Sepala linearia, 6 mm. longa. Petala 

 obcuneata supra mediam laciniata, sepalis aequilonga. Stamina, 

 plus minusve 20, 3 mm. longa; antherae apice barbatae, 2 mm. 

 longae. Ovarium 3-loculare, pubescens. Fructus olivaeformis, 

 ad 2 cm. longus vel paulluio longior, putamine laevi. 



Peeak. Haud procul ab oppido Taiping collegit H. B. F. 

 Barnard, cum floribus mense Februario, cum fructu immaturo 

 mense Martio, etiamqne cum fructu sed maturo mense Januario. 



Jour. Straits Branch E. A. Soc, No. 75, 1917. 



