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and nothing that I have dissected quite fits his description of nitidus, 
of which ho describes the stamens as 15 : whereas in the plants which 
I refer to this species they vary from 15 to 35. Jack describes the 
putamou as 5-ridged and 5-celled : I do not find more than 3 cells in the 
ovary. In spite, however, of these discrepancies, I believe that Jack's spe- 
cimen above cited belongs to the species which he named E. nitidus 
Wallich's specimen No. 2679 has leaves which do not well answer to Jack's 
description " attenuate at the base." They are only slightly attenuate, 
and correspond rather with those of his own species F. leptostachyu* 
which is sufficiently distinct as regards the shape of its leaves to be main- 
tained as a variety, though not in my opinion entitled to specific rank. 
Var. leptostachya. Leaves elliptic-oblong to olliptio-rotund, acate, 
the edge obscurely serrate-crenate, often sub-entire, the base rounded : 
length 6 to 9 in., breadth 275 to 4'5 in. j petiole 1 in. to 1*75 in., slight- 
ly thickened at the apex. E. leptosi achy its, Wall, Cat. 2672; C. Mull, 
Annot. de fam. Elteocarp, 23 ; Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 403. 
Penang, Wallich ; Perak ; King's Collector, Nos. 409, 4905, 10105, 
10240 ; Scortechini, Nos. 195, 1752 ; Wray, No. 2313. 
9. El^'ocarpcs flortbondus, Blnme Bijdr. 120. A tree 30 to 40 
feet high : young shoots shortly silky ; otherwise glabrous, except the 
inflorescence. Leaves thinly coriaceous ovate-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate 
or oblanceolate, shortly acuminate, coarsely cronate-serrato, the base much 
narrowed ; both surfaces shining, with a blistered appearance when dvj: 
main nerves 5 to 7 pairs- length 3 to 5*5 in., breadth 1'75 to 2"75 in., 
petiole 1 to 1'5 in., thickened at the apex. Racemes usually from below 
the leaves, sometimes axillary, usually shorter than, but sometimes near- 
ly as long as the leaves ; rachises, pedicels and outside of sepals puberu- 
lous. Flowers "4 in. in diam., their pedicels about "35 in. long. Sepals 
lanceolate, outside glabrescent and often pustulate ; inside glabrous 
except the pubescent involute edgo, the midrib prominent. Petals 
cuneiform, lobed irregularly half-way down, the lobes divided iuto about 
25 fimbriae, glabrous except the pubescent edges, the lower half veined 
and thickened, ofton pustulate. Torus oE 5 distinct, fleshy, oblong, sub- 
globular, truncate, tomentose glands. Stamens about 30, shorter than 
the petals, scaberulons, the filaments very short, the cells slightly un- 
equal, the longer with a small apical tuft of white hair. Ovary ovoid- 
globose, tomentose, 3-celled. Style longer than the stamens, cylindric, 
puberulous in the lower, glabrous in the upper third. Fruit 1 in. long, 
ovoid-elliptic and slightly apiculate when ripe, oblong and much api- 
culate when young: stone narrowly ovoid tapering to each end, with 
3 vertical grooves and many rather shallow large ruga?, 3-celled, on* 
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