1897.] G. Kiiij^ — MaferinU for a Flora of t^e Malayan Peninsula. 9 
apex caudate-acuminate ; both snrfacea glabroaa, the upper shining ; the 
lower dull, minntel j reticulate ; main nervea 4 pairs, curved, ascending, 
pi-ominent^OB the lower surface; length 4i'5 to 7 in,, breadth 1"25 to 2 
id., petiole *1 to 15 in. Cymes auxiliary, very short, tawny-toraentose. 
Calyx thick ; th,e lobes deep, ovate, obt-nse, cinereous -tomentose. Petals 
elightly longer tlmn the calyx, membranous- FolUdes cinereoQS-tamen- 
tose, obliquely elliptic, sub-compressed, grooved along the aatare, almost 
sti'aight, the apex rather blunt with an abrupt small apicutua , the base 
slightly and suddenly contracted into a short stout pseudo-stalk covered 
by the persistent caljx ; length '5 in,, breadth '3 in. ; pericarp thick, 
glabrous inside. Seed oblong with a large hilum and thin arillus. 
Perak ; Scortechiui No. 607. 
Gathered only by the late Father Scorteohimi wboi© Bpooimens are in fruit, and 
from whose field notea the foregoing description of the flower haa l>eon takeii^ 
2. EtLiPANTUDS CALOPHYLLUS, Kuvt. Atldam. Report, Append. B. 6* 
A small tree ; young branches slender, glabrous. Leaflet coriaceoas, 
elliptic to elliptic-ovate, sometimes oblong-lanceolate, shortly caudate- 
acuminate, the base rounded or slightly and abruptly cnneate; both 
surfaces glabroas; the upper shilling when dry; the lower dull, minute- 
ly reticulate ; main nerves 4 or 5 pairs, spreading, curving upwards, inter- 
amhing freely ; length 4-5 to 6-5 in., breadth 2 to 2 25 in. ; petiole '75 to 
1 in,, the joint near the apex. Cynies axillary, shorter than the petioles, 
minutely tawny- tomentose. Flmvers "3 in. long, on pedicels shorter 
than themselves. Calyx hhes broadly ovate, sub-acute, tawny-tomentose 
outside, leas than half as long as the linear-oWong densely velvetty 
obtuse petals. Sia7?ien3 the 5 perfect shorter than the petals and with 
very pubescent filaments ; the 5 abortive much shorter and more slender, 
anantheroua. Ovary narrowly ovoid, sericeous. Style rather short, 
stigma sub-capitate. Follicles oho void or ellipsoid, slightly compressed, 
blunt, rusty-tomentose, 1 in. long ; pericarp thick, woody, glabrous with- 
in^ Eurz Jomm. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, Pt. II, 305; For, Flora Burma I, 
329; Hook. fil. Fl. Cr. Ind. 11, 55. 
Andaman Islands; Kura, King's Colleetore. 
3, Ellipanthds OcRTisil, King n. spec. A tree ; young branches 
rusty-puberulous, the bark dark. Leaflet thinly coriaceous, oblong-lan- 
ceolate, tapering to each end, the apex caudate-acuminate ; upper surface 
glabroas, shining ; the lower reticulate, sparsely pubescent, the midrib 
tomentose; main nerves 7 or 8 pairs, curving obliquely upwards, promi- 
nent beneath ; length 2-5 to 3 5 in., breadth '8 to 1"5 in., petiole "3 in,, 
tomentose. Patiiohs axillary, branching from the base, '5 to '7 ^in. long, 
sericeous. Flowers '2 in. long, on pedicels shorter than themselves. 
Segments of the calyx ovate-lanceolate, thick, tomentose on the outer, 
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