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*25 in. Peduncles extra-axillary, about '5 in. long | the flowers 3 or 4 
on short pedicels, each subtended by a rotund-obovate, cuoullate bract ; 
the whole inflorescence and calyx rather sparsely stellate-tomentose ! 
buds depressed-globose : flower '75 in. in diam. Sepals often 4 in no ru- 
ber, semi-orbicular, very obtuse, slightly united below, spreading. Petals 
coriaceous, three times as long as the sepals, ovate-rotund, obtuse, 
recurved, minutely piibescent on both surfaces, dark crimson. Anthers 
sessile, very small, the connective produced beyond the apex, flattened, 
oblique. Ovaries about as long as the anthers ; the stigmas truncate, 
hairy. Torus hemispheric. Carpels numerous, on long slender stalks, 
ovate-rotund, *5 in. long, slightly oblique with a slight lateral beak, 
minutely cinereous- pubescent. Stalks slightly thickened and ridged 
towards the apex, 1*5 to 2 5 in. long. Seed ovoid, flattened on one side, 
smooth. 
Perak i at low elevations, King's Collector. Singapore, Ridley. 
A species in its leaves resembling Uvaria heterocarpa^ BI. but with 
different fruit : also like U> timtmnsis, Miq., but with much more obovate 
leaves. 
3. Bllipeia glabra, H. f. and T. FL Br. Ind. I, 52. A tree: 
young branches and inflorescence brown-pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong or elliptio-oblong ; the base rounded or acute ; both surfaces 
glabrous, not shining, the upper rigid, the lower paler and reticulate t main 
nerves about 9 pairs, curved, sub-ascending, prominent beneath | length 
4 to 5 5 in., breadth 1*5 to 2 in., petiole '25 in. Cymes shortly peduncu- 
late, axillary, 3- to 5-flowered, I to 1*5 in. long. Flowers 1*5 in. in diam.; 
bracteole oblong, sub-amplexicaul, recurved. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 
acute, recurved, "25 in. long. Outer petals obovate-lanceolate, sub-acute, 
flat, without claws, 1 in. long ; the inner shorter, obovate, obtuse. 
Ovaries glabrous below, strigose above ; ovule 1, erect (Maingay). 
Mipe carpels sub-globose, *65 in. long ; pedicels slender, "75 to 1"25 in. 
long : pericarp thin. Seed oblong, pale, with a deep longitudinal furrow. 
Malacca; Maingay No. 66 (Kew Distribution). 
Except Maingay's I have seen no specimens of this. 
4. Ellipbu costata, King. A shrub about 10 foet high j young 
branches pale, rusty-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, the base cuneate: upper surface glabrous 
but rather rough ; lower pale, softly and laxly pubescent, sub-glabrescent 
when old ; main nerves 8 to 9 pairs, bold, sub-ascending, rather straight: 
length 4 to 6*5 in., breadth 2 to 2 5 in. ; petiole "25 in., tomentose. 
Flowers solitary, extra-axillary, *75 to 1 in. in diam.: pedicels woody, 
tomentose, '15 in. long, with 3 ovate acute bracts at their bases. Sepals 
ovate, obtuse, half as long as the petals and, like them, sericeous exter- 
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