138 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 
axillary, shorter than the petioles, the rachises pedicels and outside of 
sepals softly rufous-tomentose. Floivers - 25 in. in diam. ; their pedicels 
about "25 in. long, recurved. Sepals 4, ovate, acute; inside puberulous 
with infolded tomentose edges, the midrib thickened. Petals 4, very 
little longer than the sepals, oblong, slightly obovate, obtuse, shortly 
8- to 10-toothed, villous outside, glabrescent inside, the edges villous. 
Torus a shallow infous-villous cup. Stamens about 12, shorter than the 
petals, scaberulous, the filaments about half as long as the anthers ; 
anther-cells slightly unequal, pointed, the longer sometimes with, but 
usually without, a minute tuft of white hail'. Ovary (absent in most 
flowers) ovoid-oblong, glabrous, imperfectly 2-celled, one cell only 
perfect. Fruit ovoid, tapering at each end, smooth, shining; pulp thin, 
slightly fibrous : stone sharply rugulose, crustaceous, 1-celled. 1-seeded. 
Monocera ferruginea, Jack Mai. Misc, ex Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 86. 
Singapore ; Jack, Kurz. Penang ; Curtis, No. 465. Malacca ; Griffith, 
No. 693 ; Maiugay, No. 259, (Kew Distrib.). Perak; King’s Collector ; 
common at low elevations. 
This species approaches E. glabrescens, Mast, but is larger in all 
its parts and much more persistently tomentose. This is unrepresented 
by any Wallichian specimen at Kew, and is therefore referred toby 
Masters in the Flora of Brit. India only in a note (i. 409). 
21. Eljiocakpcs glabkeScens, Mast, in Hook. fil. FI. Br. Ind. i. 
403. A tree : young branches and petioles densely rufous-tomentose. 
Leaves coriaceous, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; edges entire, 
slightly revolute ; base rounded or slightly narrowed ; upper surface 
glabrous, the midrib pubescent ; lower surface at first rufous-pubescent 
ultimately glabrescent or glabrous, the reticulations minute but distinct : 
main nerves 5 or 6 pairs, prominent beneath, spreading, curved : length 
2’5 to 3'5 in., breadth 1'2 to 1'6 in. ; petiole 1*25 to 1 • 75 in., slightly 
thickened at the apex, glabrescent when old. Bacemes rather longer 
than the petioles, axillary and from the axils of fallen leaves ; rachises 
and pedicels sparsely pubescent. Flowers ’25 in. in diam., the pedicels 
about 2 in. long, recurved. Sepals 4, sub-erect, ovate-lanceolate, thick- 
ened at the base, pubescent outside, glabrescent inside with puberulous 
edges, the midrib thickened. Petals 4, slightly longer than the sepals, 
oblong, the apex obtuse and with 6 to 12 short unequal teeth : pubescent 
outside, glabrescent inside, the edges shortly villous. Torus a very 
shallow villous cup. Stamens 10 or 12, shorter than the petals : filaments 
short : anthers scaberulous, the cells slightly unequal, slightly pointed, 
usually without small apical tufts of minute hair. Ovary (absent in 
many flowers) ovoid, glabrous, 1-celled. Style short, conic, glabrous. 
Fruit. ( fide Masters) the size of a cherry, 1-celled, 1-seeded. 
