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pressed ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves elliptic to elliptic-oblong, shortly 

 and bluntly acuminate, the base slightly narrowed ; upper surface 

 shining, glabrous except the puberulous midrib ; lower glaucous, the 

 reticulations distinct ; nerves 7-8 pairs, spreadiug, prominent beneath ; 

 length 8 to 12 in., breadth 4 to 5'5 in. ; petiole 15 in., thickened in 

 its upper fourth, pubescent. Male racemes 5 to 10 in. long, ferrugin- 

 ous-tomentose, the petals reflexed : female racemes shorter and sub- 

 glabrous. Fruit globose, the size of a cherry, lenticellate, 2-seeded. 

 B. ccesia, Kurz P. PL Burm., i, 78, not of Bl. 



Andamans ; Kurz, King's Collector. Nicobars, Kurz. 



2. Ryparosa Wiuti, King, n. sp, A tree 60 to 80 feet high, glab- 

 rous except the inflorescence. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate to ob- 

 long-lanceolate or elliptic, the apex sub-acute ; slightly narrowed to the 

 base ; upper surface shining ; lower dull yellowish green when dry, the 

 midrib and 4 pairs of sub-erect nerves prominent below as are the trans- 

 verse veins ; length 6 to 10 in., breadth 2'5 to 4 - 5 in. ; petiole 1 to 1-25 

 in., slightly winged at the apex. Bacemes solitary or in pairs, axillary or 

 from below the leaves, 6 to 9 in. long, longer in fruit. Male flowers 

 pedicelled. Calyx with 3 broad ovate teeth, pubescent externally. Petals 

 5, oblong-ovate, pubescent externally, each with a triangular sericeous 

 scale half as long as itself. Staminal tube pubescent ; anthers 5, ovate, 

 reflexed. Female flower ; sepals and petals as in the male; disc annular 

 with 5 conical staminodes. Ovary rugulose, jmbescent, globular, 1- 

 celled. Stigmas 2, sub-bifid, spreading. Fruit globular, crowned by the 

 stigmas, rugose, pubescent, "5 to 75 in., 1-seeded. 



Perak ; King's Collector, Wray ; rather common. 



3. Ryparosa Hullettii, King, n. sp. A small nearly glabrous 

 tree. Leaves membranous, obovate-elliptic, with a very short abrupt 

 acumen, the base narrowed ; both surfaces shining, the midrib and 3-4 

 pairs of spreading nerves prominent on the lower, as are the reticula- 

 tions ; length 5 to 7 in., breadth 3 in. ; petiole 1*5 in., thickened in its 

 upper fourth. Male racemes a foot or more long, jouberulous. Male 



flowers ; calyx membranous, with 3 broadly ovate teeth. Petals 5, ovate ; 

 scale small, sericeous. Staminal tube glabrous ; anthers 5, ovate, reflexed. 

 Female flower and fruit unknown. 



Singapore : on Bukit Timah, R. H. Hullett. 



Distinguished from the other species by its thin obovate leaves. 



4. Ryparosa Scortechinii, King, n. sp. A slender tree ; the branch- 

 lets and inflorescence rusty, otherwise glabrous. Leaves large, thinly coria- 

 ceous, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, shortly and abruptly acuminate, 

 gradually narrowed from the middle to the base ; both surfaces glabrous, 

 the upper shining, the lower dull, pale ; the midrib and 5 or 6 pairs of 



