356 G. K\ng-^Maierialt for a Flnm of the Malaijnn Peninsula. [No. 3, 
9. El^iodbndhon, Jftcq. f. 
Small treea or shi'iibs. Leaves opposite or suboppoaite^ crenato or 
entire. Flowers in axillary branohing cymes, often polygamous. Calyx 
4- or 5-cleft. FetaU 4 or 5, fipreadiiig. Disc cupnlar. Sta7nens 4 or 5 ; 
antherfl nearly globose. Ovary continmou.et witfi the disc, conical, rarely 
2-4- or 5-celled, style very short, ovules 2 in each celL Fruit sacca- 
lent or dry, 1-2-celled, indehiscerifc ; cells 1- rarely 2-seeded. Seed 
without an aril, albuminous. — Djetkib. About 40 species, natives of 
South Africa, Tropical Asia^ America and Australia. 
Elj;odendiion suu-itoxuNDUM, Kintf n. sp. A tree 20 feet hijE^h: 
yoang branches sub-compresBcd, glabrous, dark- coloured wlieu dry» 
Leaves broadly ovate or sub-rotund, obtuse or yub-cuNpidate, the edges 
emtire and slightly re volute, the base slipfhtly narrowed or rounded ; both 
surfiices glabrous, dull, the upper pale, the lower brown when dry: 
main nerves 6 or 7 pairs, spreading obliquely^ little curved : length 2 to 
2"5 in., breadth I'S to 1*8 in. ; petiole '3 to *5 in,, slender, C/^tti^s axillary 
and terminal, umbellate on a common peduncle, 1"5 to 2"5 in. long, 
]"5 to 2 in. iti dtam., much-brancbed, nmny-fllovyered. Flowers numerous, 
nearly *2 iu. in diara., their pedicels longer than tberaaelves. Calyx 
short, cupular, deeply divided into 4 or 5 rotund concave lobes. Fetala 
4 or 5, broatlly oblong, blunt, spreading, glabrous, sparsely scaly outside. 
Disc short, cupular, thin, wavy, not lobed. jS^famen* 4 or 5, inserted on the 
outer surface of the disc ; the filaments nearly as long as the pistil, 
slender ; anilters ovate, basi fixed. Ovary ovoid, tapei'ing, surrounded at 
the base, but not conflnent with, the thin disc, 2-celled ; style short, 
sfigma small. Fruit (immature) '5 in, long, obtong-clavate, dark- 
cnloui'^d, glabrous, crowned by the persistent style, l-celled (by abortion) 
and 1 -seeded. 
Perak: King's Collector Ko. 1166, Andamans; Kings's Collector. 
Johore ; King, Pahangj Ridley ITo. 1001 a. 
This differs from E. gtaitcwm^ Pers, in having smaller flowers which 
are always 4-meix)iia ; in having a smooth (not lobed or corrugated) 
disc; a much less tapering ovary; and entira leaves with fewer nerves. 
10. HiPPOCBATEA, Linn. 
Small trees or scandent shrubs. Leaves opposite, petioled ; stipules 
small, caducous. Flowers small, white or greenish, disposed in axillary 
cymes, more mrely in terminal cymose panicles. Calyx small, 5-parted 
or of 5 free sepals. Petals 5, spreading, much larger than the calyx, 
imbricate or valvate. Stamens 3, the filaments recurved and lying in 
the grooves of the ovaiy j anthers short, broad, often l-celled and with 
transverse dehiscence. Disc flat or cnpnlar. Ovary suiTounded by the 
