8 G. King — Maiei-iaJs for a Flora of the Malayan Fenimttla, [No, 1, 
anthe»*s) shorter than the pistil ; filamenta glabrescent or glabrous, 
those of the perfect Btamens dilated at the base. Ovary pubeaoent, 
style glabrouB, stigtua discoid-capitate. Follicles broad, obliquely sub- 
rhomboid, tapered to the base, the dorsal satore afcraighfc anS ending in 
a conical point, the ventral compressed and widely curved, glabrous, red 
when ripe» 2'5 in, long and l o in. broad ; pericarp woody, adpressed- 
pnliescent on it-s inner surface. Seed oblong, flat; the testa black, half 
covered by a thin basal arillus. Erythrodipna elliptictinit SjoU. in* 
Tijfl.scli. Ned. Ind. XIV, 174 
Singapore ; Ridley, No. 1380. Perak ; King's Collecfors, Koa. 4090, 
4943,6958, 7480,8435. Wray; Nos, J831, 2870, 2873; Scortechini, 
Ko. 1689. Peuang; Curtis. 
There isanpGcimen it) the Ciilcnttn. Ilorbanvitn coOouted hj Kurz in the Bniteil' 
zorg [lardeii what eiacfcly ngrees witii this. That specimen is ninned Eri/throstigma 
elliptiiium Znll. } and it is on the strength of IhiB idcntificiition of Kurd's thnt I 
hnvo included this Bynonym here. . For Zdlliiiger fwho refera tho genua Erythros- 
ti^ma to Anacardiftcesi) defluea bia thren apeoics (l, o.) E. elUpticum, E. obliquuiK 
nnd E. villomm so brjcf!j nnd imperfectly, that it is quite impoaaibte, from hia des' 
criptiona alone, to identify any of tliem. 
2. Ellipanthus, Hook. f. 
Trees or erect shrubs. Leaves with 1 leaflet, quite entire. Raceme* 
or cymes axillary, short. Flowers hermaphrodite or polygaraoua. Sepals 
5, not etdarged in fruit, sab-erect, valvate. Petals 5, longer than the 
gepals, oblong-lanceolate> densely pubescent. Stamens 10, 5 shoi-ter 
-without anthers ; filaroents short, subulate, connate at the base. Ovary 
1, pubescent; style ehort. Follicle stalked, oblifjne, veJvetty ; valves 
glabrods within. Seed ariUate, albumen 0 ; cotyledons plano-couvejc. — 
DiSTRiB. 12 species ; Malajau Peninsula and Islands, 
Both Hurfac 6S of leaves quite glnhrona. 
Leaflet nnrrowly elliptio-oblong, tapering to each end ; 
folliclea "5 in. long ... ... ... .,.1. E. Se&rt^himii, 
Leaflet ell1ptic*tjvate to elliptic j follicle 1 in. long ... 2. if. calophyllus. 
Under Hurfaces of leJiveB bairy. 
Leiiflet oblong-lanceolate, 2 S to S'S in. long } flowers in 
short paniclei. ... .„ , ... 8. E* Cnrt\sii. 
LenHetB ovate- or oblong- ell iptio to elliptic, 4 to 6 in long. 
Flowers in raoomea,. follicle with a psendo-atalfc only '2 
in. long ... ... „. ... ... 4. j^. Qrigithiu 
Flowora in denae capitnloid cymes ; follicle gibbotis at 
the base on one side, ita paenido-stalk about 1 in. long 5. gihhoniu. 
I, ELiiiPAKTHua ScoRTECHTNij King n. Spec, A small tree ; youn^ 
branches with pale cinereous bark, pubescent, Leafiet thinly coriaceous^ 
narrowly ellipfcic-oblong, tapering irom tiie middle to either end, the 
