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and outside of sepals minutely toraentose. Flowers 35 in. in diam., thoir 
pedicels -2 to 3 in. long ; buds sub-globose, obtusely pointed. Sepals 
ovate-lauceolate, pubescent inside especially towards the base, the mid- 
rib thickened. Petals longer than the sepals, cuneiform, lobod and cut 
irregularly half-way into about 25 slightly unequal Ginbriao, veined, 
glabrous, the edges villous. Torus of 5 distinct, fleshy, sub-globose, 
puberulons, transversely oblong, truncate, 2-grooved glands. Stamens 
25, about half as long as the petals : filaments about half the length of 
the scaberulous anthers; cells unequal, the longer with (but sometimes 
without) an apical tuft of 4 or 5 stiff white hairs. Ovary ovoid-globose, 
vertically 5-furrowed, tomentoso, 5-celled. Stylo twice as long as the 
ovary, conic-cyliudric, pubescent at the thickened base, glabresoent 
above. Fruit globose, smooth; "8 to 1 in. in diam.; pulp thin: stone 
very hard, thick, 1 -seeded. Miq, Fl. Ind. Bat, i. pt. 2, p. 209 ; Mast, 
in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 404; Kurz FI. Barm. i. 170. 
Malacca ; Griffith, No. 683, Maingay, No. 255, (Kew Disfrib.), 
Singapore, Malacca, Penang, Perak ; very common at low elevations. 
Distrib. Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Burmah. 
Var. latifolia, King. Leaves broadly elliptic to elliptic-oblong 5 to 
7 in. long and 2' 75 to 3"75 in. broad : petioles elongate, 1*5 to 275 in, ; 
stipules lanceolate. 
Perak; Scortechini No. 1901, King's Collector, Nos. 4412, 8176, 
10786. 
4. Elsocarpcts ScoRTEcniNii, n. sp. King. A tree 30 to 50 feet 
high : young branches and stipules as in E. stipnlaris. Leaves elliptic- 
oblong otherwise as in E. stipularis except that the main nerves are only 
8 to 10 pairs, and the undor surface is only softly pubescent, not tomen- 
tose: length 55 to 7'5 in,, breadth 2'25 to 3 25 in. Flower pedicels 
longer than in E. stipularis, and the flowers the same, except that the 
ovary is 3-fnrrowed and 3-celled. Fruit oval, 1 to 1 25 in. long and "5 
to -75 in. in diam., glabrous and smooth when ripe, 1-celled, 1 -seeded by 
abortion. 
Perak ; Scortechini, No. 1481 ; Wray, Nos. 1376, 1836, 2251 ; 
Kiog's Collector, Nos. 3483, 10303. 
This is one of the few plants to which the lamented Father Scor- 
techini gave a manuscript name. He dedicated it to Jack: but as 
"Wall ich's species, dedicated to tbe same botanist, has long priority, I 
name this after my deceased friend. In everything but its 3-celled 
ovary and smooth oval fruit it agrees with E. stipularis, Bl. 
5. Elj=ocarpus Wrati, n. sp., King. A small tree: loaf-buds, 
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