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Climbing; branches 4-angled; flowers nu¬ 
merous small . . . . . . (14) E. angulata 
Climbing; branches terete; flowers numerous; 
fruit ovoid, 1 in. long . . . (15) E. Stapfiana 
(1) E. strigosa Prain, Journ. /Is. Soc. Beng. lxv. (2), 536; 
lxxiv. 288. 
Liane 40 to 50 ft. long, 1 to 2 in. through; branches black, 
tomentose. Leaves thinly coriaceous elliptic cuspidate-acuminate 
or ovate-lanceolate, base cuneate; nerves 5 pairs, fine elevate; 
glabrous above, finely black-tomentose beneath, 3 to 4 in. long, 
1-5 to 175 in. wide; petioles 75 in. long. Panicles dense, brown 
tomentose; axillary peduncles 1*5 in. long or less. Flowers 
crowded in dense cymes, *5 to 1 in. long, brown-pubescent. Sepals 
orbicular. Corolla white, -3 in. across. Hab. Perak, Thaiping 
(Kunstler). Rare. 
(2) E. magnifica Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixxiii. {2), 18; 
lxxiv. 289. 
A stout liane 100 ft. long, 2 to 3 in. through, densely brown- 
tomentose. Leaves elliptic, stiffly coriaceous, glabrous above, 
dense brownish green, tomentose beneath, tip round, base slightly 
narrowed round; nerves very prominent beneath about 10 pairs; 
8 to 10 in. long, 3-5 to 4 in. wide; petioles *35 in. long. Racemes 
axillary, dense sessile, 1 to 2 in. long, sometimes crowded. Sepals 
orbicular, velvety-brown. Corolla *5 in. across, white or yellow. 
Fruit ellipsoid, 1*25 in. long, densely velvety-brown. Hab. Perak, 
Larut (Kunstler). Rare. 
(3) E. citriniflora Griff. Notulce 4, p. 284. E. Wallichii 
Prain and Hailier, Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5, p. 382. 
Climbing shrub. Leaves oblanceolate coriaceous, base narrowed 
obtuse or acute; nerves hairy when young and elevate beneath, 
10 to 12 pairs; 6 to 9 in. long, 3 to 375 in. wide; petioles thick, 
curved, -5 in. long. Cymes crowded or solitary, axillary, 75 to 
1 in. long; pedicels *1 in. long, like the sepals and peduncles hairy. 
Sepals obovate-orbicular, hairy on edges. Corolla outside hairy, 
about -5 in. across, yellow, smelling of tree-bugs. Hab. Open 
country in the north. Penang, Waterfall (Curtis). Kedah, Alor 
Sta (Ridley). Dislrib. Tenasserim. 
(4) E. expansa Wall. Cat. 1331; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 
lxxiv. 289. 
Woody climber densely red-tomentose. Leaves elliptic, usually 
blunt with a short sharp point, base rounded, sub-coriaceous, 
glabrous above, red-pubescent chiefly on nerves 2 to 3 pairs fine, 
conspicuous beneath; 2 to 2*5 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles 
red-pubescent, *15 in. long. Panicles terminal, 5 in. long, of close 
short branches of cymes 75 in. long or less, 2 longer peduncled 
in 2 upper axils, all red brown-tomentose. Sepals orbicular, 
tomentose. Corolla -45 in. across, pinkish white. Hab. Lankawi, 
Kwala Kwah (Curtis). Distrib. Tenasserim, South Siam. 
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