3 i ANNALS OF THE IJOYAL BOTANIC GAliDEN, CALCUTTA.
PiJiTE 30. Ellipeiá leptopoda, King. 1, Braacla -witli flowers and buds; 2, leaf
from another specimen; 3, ripe carpels; 4, section of seed—of natural size; 5, flower
dissected; 6, anthers—enlarged.
3. ELLIPEIA GLABRA, H. f . ^ T. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 52. A tree; young branches and
inflorescence brown-pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or elliptic-oblong, acute, the
base rounded or acute; both surfaces glabrous, not shining; the upper rigid, the lower
paler and rcticulate; main nerves about 9 paii'S, curved, sub-ascending, prominent
beneath; length 4 to 5-5 in., breadth 1*5 to 2 in.; petiole '25 in. Cymes shortlypedunculate,
axillary, 3- to 5-flowered, 1 to 1-5 in. long. Flowers 1-3 in. in diam.;
bracteole oblong, sub-amplesicaul, recurved. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, recurved, -25
in. long. Outer petals obovate-lanceolate, sub-acute, flat, without claws, '7 in long; the
inner shorter, obovate, obtuse. Ovaries strigose; ovule 1, erect (Maingay). Eipe
carpels sub-globose, -65 in. long; pedicels slender, -75 to 1-25 in. long; pericarp thin.
Seed oblong, pale, with a deep longitudinal furrow. King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61,
f t . 3, 26.
Malacca,—Maingay {Kew Distrih.) No. 66.
Except Maingay's, I have seen no specimens of this.
PLATE 27B. Ellipeia glabra, H. f . ^ Th. 1, Fruiting branch; 2, inflorescence—
of natural sise; 3, pedicel, bracteole, and flower with petals removed; 4 & 5, stamens;
6, ovary; 7, section of ovary—enlarged; 8, seed—of natural sise.
4. ELLIPEIA COSTATA, King in Jmrn. Aa. Soc. Bengal 61, pi. 2, 26. A shrub about
10 feet high; 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 pau-s, bold, sub-ascending, rather straight; length 4 to 6-5 in., breadth 2 to
3 in.; petiole '35 in., tomentose. Fhvjers solitary, extra-axillaiy, -65 to 1 in. in diam.;
pedicels woody, tomentose, 'LÓ in. long, with 3 ovate acute bracts at their bases.
Sepals ovate, obtuse, half as long as the petals and, like them, sericeous externally and
glabrous or sub-glabrous internally. Petals sub-equal, oblong, acute, '35 to '45 in. long.
JRipe carpels ovoid-cylindric, slightly apiculate and shortly stalked, glabrous, '8 in. long
a n d ' 3 5 in. in diam.; pericarp thin. Uvaria costata, Wall. Cat. 6480.—Guatteria costata,
n. f . Th. Fl. Ind. 14.3.—Polyalthia costata, H. f . ^ Th. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 67.
Burmah,—FaZñc/i; on Moolyet at 5,000 ieQt,~GalMhj.
I have seen no entire fruit of this species, but only some loose caipels. When ripe
these are said by Mr. Gallatly to be red.
PLATE 31. Ellipeia costata. King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, flower—of natural sise ;
3, flower—enlarged; 4, outer petal; 5 & 6, stamens; 7, pistil; 8, section of same—much
enlarged. {Drawn from WallicKs specimen Gat. 6480.)
5. ELLIPEIA PUMILA. King in Joum. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 27. A shrub 2 to 8
feet high; young branches with minute pale rufous tomentum; when older, darkfiolourcd,
glabrous and furrowed. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate,
tapering from the middle to the shortly acuminate apex and acute base; both
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• . 1 when dry; the upper glabrous, the lower sparsely adprcsseds
J a o o , obsolete o . tho uppe.. length 4-5 to 7 in., taea^K
i r i 2 25 in.^ petiole -25 to -85 in., pnbeseent. sotoy or m p.™,
„ 1 .7n in in diam. when expanded; the buds globose; pedicels -1 in.
snb^^ente, strigose-pnbesoent outside and sub-glabrons ms.de as are the petals PetaU
tabAato spreading, laneeolate or oblaneeolato-oblong; the outer at first much shorter
t t a n bu iltimately sub-equal to, tho inner. Mah stanrens numerous wr h
„ n I v o U elongat; truncate heads; pistils 0. « lie t - male, but ™th
fewer stamens; pistils about 10, pubescent, 1-oyuled; stigma short, fia , pubesccnt. lUr
ca,y.i. i to 5, Lb-cyliudr-io, tapering to each end, 76 in. long and -a. rn. m dram,
minutely granular and strigose; stalis tomentose, -15 in. long. Torus very small. SeeU
" " " " I ^ e a T O s ' ^ a n d ' t o general / « i » this is Tery like P«poma nervifolm, Maing,, but its
petals are distinctly imbricate.
Perak; on Ulu liubong,—iiny's Colledm-, Scortiehini.
PLATE 33. Ellipeia pumila. King. 1, Flowering branch ; 2, ripe f r u i t - . / natural
she; 3, flower from below ; 4, petals and andi'Oicium ; 5, stamens; 6, OYIIIJ^enlarijid.
6 ELLIPEIA NEBYOSI, So«i. f.1. S{ Tlmm. Fl. Br. Iml. i. 62. A tree 40 feet
hi-h; young blanches glabrous, dark-eolourod, slightly ridged. Leava coriaceous, with
HcUiicid dots elliptic-oblong or lanccolate-oblong, acute or (rarely) shortly acuminato, the
base acute; upper sui-faee glabrous; the lower sparsely strigose, tho reticulations transverse
and Toiy distinct ; main neiwes 10 or 11 pairs, oblique, rather straight ; longih 8 to
11 in., breadth 2 to S-o; petiole -35 to 'o in., glabrous. Flmert polygamous, sohtary,
cxtra-asillaiy, rarely in paii's, -75 in. in diam., globose; pedicols stout, -1 to -2 in. long,
rufous-pilose, braoteate. broadly ovate, acute, pubosccnt, much smaller than the
petals. Fetah white, spreading, imbricate; the outer broadly ovato-oblong, obtuse; the
inner rather shorter and narrower, oblong; all pubesccnt, especially externally. Staramt
in the male flowers numerous, with roundish flat heads. Omria in the female flower
many, eiu-ved. Mfe carfeb rather numerous, ovoid, slightly apiculate, narrowed i i to the
stalk, rose-red when lipe (Wray), about 1 in. long and -o in. in diam., glabrous; their
stalks -70 to 1 in. long. King in Journ. Ai-. Son. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 27.
Malacca,—jlftiiijojl (Kew Diitnt.) No. 47. Perak ; common at low elevations.
Penang,—Curtis.
In the texture and nervation of its leaves this species has a strong roscmblanee
to Fopoum ncrvi/oliti, Maing., and other spocies in its neighbourhood. But tho petals are
not those of a Fopowia, both rows being distinctly hnbricate. The fruit, moreover, is
larger than that of Fopowia, and tho albumen is much more cellular in strnctm-o, being
in this respect, Iflio that of Ellipeia euneifolia, II. f. & Th.
PLATE 33. Ellipeia nervosa, E. f . ^ Th. 1, Floweiiig branch; 2, ripe eaniels;
3, section of ripe eai-pol and of its single seed—o/ natural size; i, tiower dissected ;
5, autheis—eniarged
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