PI 
15 to 2'75 in., petiole "15 in. Peduncles extra-axillary, solitary, '5 to 
'75 in. long, with numerous ovate-acuminate, rusty-pubescent bracts. 
Flowers 1 to 4, rather large ; their pedicels about '4 in. long, pubes- 
cent and with a single adpressed ovate-lanceolato bracteole. Sepals 
ovate-acuminate, adpressed- pubescent outside, sub-glabrescent inside. 
Outer petals much larger than the sepals, ovate-orbicular, acute, veined, 
pubescent on the outer surface and on the upper half of the inner, 
•4 in. long. Inner petals '75 in. long, trapezoid, acute, tomentose on 
both surfaces except a glabrous patch bearing a transverse callosity 
on the inner ; the claw long, narrow and glabrous. Stamens 6 perfect, 
with a few imperfect in an outer row : anther-cells large, dorsal ; the 
connective oblique, slightly produced above their apices. Ovaries about 
3, narrowly ovoid, densely sericeous, 3-ovuled ; stigmas sessile, truncate. 
Fruit unknown. 
Nicobar Islands ; Kurz, King's Collector. 
3. OflornEA h'RSUta, King, n. sp. A shrub 8 to 12 feet high : 
young branches at Just densely rufous-hirsute, afterwards becoming 
glabrous and dark-coloured. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-oblong, often 
slightly obovate, shortly and bluntly acuminate, narrowed from be- 
low the middle to the rounded minutely cordate baso : npper surface 
glabrous, shining, the lower pale, dull, sparsely hirsute, the midrib 
setose at the base : main nerves 8 to 9 pairs, spreading, very faint : 
length 35 to 45 in., breadth 1*24 to 175 in.; petiole "05, setose. 
Peduncles extra-axillary, about *5 in. long, 1- to 3-flowercd, rufous-hirsute 
like the pedicels: pedicels about 75 in. long and with several minute brae- 
teoles. Flowers "5 in. in diam. Sepals broadly ovate, acute, coarsely hirsute 
outside and on the edges, glabrous inside. Outer petals much larger than 
the sepals, broadly obovate, blunt, sparsely pubescent outside and on 
the edges, glabrous inside, "15 in. long. Inner petals *25 in, long, vaulted : 
the limb trapeziform, rather thick, glabrous outside, pubescent inside ; 
the claw very narrow, longer than the limb, glabrous. Stamens 6, in 
a single row, curved : anthers broad, dorsal, the connective not produced 
above their apices. Ovaries about 6, ovoid, glabrous, 1- to 2-ovuled : stigma 
sessile, roundish. Carpels 4 to 5, globular, yellow when ripe, sparsely 
hirsute, '4 in. iu diam, ; stalks "1 in. 
Perak : King's Collector, No. 4283. 
Only once collected. In its leaves this resembles Mitrephora setosa. 
King. 
4, Oropjiea ijexasdra, Blume Bijdr. 18. A small tree : young 
branches slender, minutely tomentose, soon becoming dark-coloured, 
glabrous and furrowed. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to 
elliptic-oblong, rather abruptly acuminate, tho base sub-cuncato o r 
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