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ad pressed hairs, ultimately glabrous ; lower softly but rather coarsely 
pubescent, tho midrib and 8 to 12 pairs of oblique, rather prominent 
main nerves rufous-tomcntose ; length 3 5 to 6 in., breadth 1"1 to 2 2 
in. ; petiole "05, tomentose. Peduncles 4- or 5-flo\vered, solitary, supra- 
axillary, slender, sub-glabrous below, rufous-sericeous above, longer 
than the pedicels; bracts numerous, linear-lanceolate; pedicels *3 in. 
long, rufous-sericeous like the outer surface of the sepals and outer 
petals, bracteolato at the base. Flower buds globose. Sepals ovate, 
much acuminate, glabrescent inside like the outer petals. Outer petals 
ovate, acute, veined. Inner petals with a cuneiform, sometimes retuse, 
thick limb aud a short, narrow claw, Staminodes 3, in an outer row, 
sub-orbicular, fleshy. Stamens 6, with broad llat connective, not produced 
at the apex, and large dorsal anthers. Ovaries about 6, oblong, oblique, 
densely villous, 2- or 3-ovuled, Stigma sessile, broad. Ripe carpels 2 
to 4, sessile, cylindric, tapering a little at each end, puberulous, l'b to 
1*75 in. long and about M .*> in. in diam. Seeds 2, oblong. 
Pcrak ; Scortechini, King's Collector. 
This is readily distinguished from the closely allied species 0. 
mactdata, by its scorpioid cymes, globular flower-buds, and by the 
cuneiform (not lanceolate) limbs of its petals. 
11. Orophba polycarpa, A. DC. in Mem. Soc. Genev. V, 39. A 
large shrub or small tree : young branches slender, pubescent at first, 
but speedily glabrous, furrowed and dark-coloured. Leaves membranous, 
ovate to ovate-oblong, obtusely and very shortly acuminate, the margins 
undulate, the base rounded or narrowed ; both surfaces glabrous ; main 
nerves 6 to 8 pairs, spreading, faint ; length 2 to 4 in,, breadth 1 to 175 
in., petiole "05 in. Peduncles axillary or supra-axillary, slender, 1- to 3- 
flowered, pubescent ; bracteoles several. Sepals ovate, acute, very pu- 
bescent. Oilier petals ovate, acuminate, more than twice as large as the 
sepals, pubescent on the outer, glabrous on the inner, surface. Inner 
petals twice as long as the outer, irregularly oblong, the apices broad 
and curved outwards, the base slightly narrowed, puberulous outside, 
glabrous within, "4 in. long. Stamens G or 7 in a single row ; the anther- 
cells quite dorsal, separate, the connective flat and very slightly prolonged 
above their apices. Ovaries about twice as many as the stamens, gla- 
brous, ovate, oblique : stigma small, sessile, sub-capitate. Ripe carpels 
globular, glabrous, shining, '35 in. in diam. : their stalks 25 in. long. 
Seeds 1 or 2. Hook. fil. and Thorns. PI. Ind. Ill ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 
I, 91 ; Kurz F. Flora Burma, I, 49 ; Anonacea Griff. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 
IV, t. 654. Wall. Cat. 6431. Bocagea polycarpa, Steud. Nomen. 212. 
Mehdomm? monospertnum Kurz in Andaman Report, App. B. p. 1. 
Bocagea polycarpa, Steud. 
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