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pressed ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves elliptic to elliptic-oblong, shortly 
nnd bluntly acuminate, the base slight ly narrowed ; upper surface 
shining, glabrouB except the pubernlous midrib; lower glaucous, the 
reticulations distinct ; nerves 7-8 pairs, spreading, prominent beneath ; 
length 8 to 12 in., breadth 4 to 5'5 in. ; petiole 15 in,, thickened in 
its upper fourth, pubescent. Mate racemes 5 to 10 in, long, ferrugin- 
ous-tomentose, the petals rellexed : female raeemes shorter and snb- 
glabrous. Fruit globose, the size of a cherry, Ienticellate, 2-seeded. 
B. cmia, Kurz F. Fl. Burra., i, 78, not of Bl. 
Andamans ; Kurz, King's Collector. Nicobars, Kurz. 
2. Ryparosa Wkayi, 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; si ightly 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- 
verso veinB; length 6 to 10 in., breadth 2*5 to 4*5 in. ; petiole 1 to 1*25 
in., slightly winged at the apex. Racemes 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 
snale 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, pubescent, 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 HuMjEttii, 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- 
tion r ; length 5 to 7 in., breadth 3 in. ; petiole 1*5 in., thickened in its 
upper fourth. Male racemes a foot or more long, puberulous. Male 
flowers; calyx membranous, with 3 broadly ovate teeth. Petals 5, ovate ; 
scale small, sericeous. Staminal tube glabrous ; anthersb^ 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 Scorteciiinu, King, n. sp. A slender tree ; the branch- 
lets and inflorescenco 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; tho midrib and 5 or 6 pairs of 
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