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Pygeum.] n, ROSACEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 321 



11. P. brevifolium, ITook, f, ; leaves broadly oWong acute or obtuse 

 (juite glabrous beneath, basal glands minute or 0, racemes axillary globose 

 tomentose, calyx-limb 5-6-toothed, petals 0. 



Malacca, summit of Mt. Opiiir, Griffith, Lobb. 



A shrub, 3-4 ft. ; branches woody and leaves quite glabrous. Leaves 2-2^ in., 

 coriaceous, usually contracted at the tip and obtuse or cmarginate, rarely acute; 

 nerves^ beneath faint, spreading and arching ; petiole \-\ in. Racemes contracted, 

 Dot 5 in, long, 6-10-fld; bracts small; pedicels short. Calyx urceolate; teeth un- 

 equal, obtuse. 5^amm5 10-16, filaments short. Omry villous; style rather short, 

 glabrous, 



^ A specimen of this marked 'Lucon, T. Lobb/ in Herb. Hook., is probably so 

 ticketed by mistake. Lobb having visited Mt, Ophir no doubt collected it there. 



12, P, Gardner!, Hook.f,] leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate, 



Dasal glands 0, racemes axillary stout elongate pubescent, bracts deciduous, 



calyx 12-lobed, petals 0, stamens 12 short. Pygeiun ? acuminatum, Wight Ic. 



t. 993. P, zeylanicum, Dalz. *§• Gibs. Bomb. Flor, 89, excl Synon.^ not of 

 Gcertn. 



Western Peninsula, Nilghiki Hills, Gardner, Wight. Ghats of Bombay, 

 Ritchie. 



A large tree, glabrous everywhere except the inflorescence. Leaves 4-6 in., very 

 coriaceous, base acute or rounded, equal or unequal, nerves oblique; petiole ^-1 in., 

 qiute glabrous, or of young leaves silky. Racemes 3-4 in., peduncle and rachis 

 ^^^t ; pedicels short, stx)ut. Flowers \ in. diam. Calyx-tube urceolate ; limb with 

 JM2 obtuse tomentose lobes. Petals 0. Stame^is 12, rather slender. Ovary 

 ^sute; style ' exserted. Fruit l~\\ in., transversely 2-lobed, shining and smooth, 

 apiculate in the sinus at the top. 



TT Leaves more or less 2>ube^C€7it beneath, 



, 13. p. ceylanicum, Ga>rtn. Fruct, i. 218, t. 46; branches leaves 

 ■^neath and inflorescence densely finely tomentose, leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 'btuaelv apnTYirnofc. Voooi «.ioT^/ia invrro"^ vacemes solitary, calyx obconic ob- 



^ ;ns about 12. Thwaites Enum, 102, 



^yn. P. acuiumatum. "p. Walkerii, Blame Mel Bot, 1855 n, 2 {ea: Walp. 



"otuaely acummate, basal glands large, r 

 surely G-toothed, petals G acuminate, s'tame 



^nn. IV. 642). Polyodoutia Walkerii, Wight. III. i. 203. 



Ceylon, -vrarm moister parts of the island, ascending to 3000 ft., Walker, &c. 

 A rather large tree; branches stout, lenticellate. Leaves 5-6 in., coriac 



^se rounded; nerves ratlier obliquely ascending, upper surface quite glabrous, under 



U^yand finely tomentose. Baceme.i axillary or from the axils of fallen leaves, 



H in., densely rustv-tomentose pedicels short, stout, bracts not seen. Calyx-tube 



'^^ous within, teeth obscure. TetaU villous, hooded. Owmj villous ; style glabrous. 



14. p. capitellatum, Ilooh. f. ; branclilets and Iea^•es beneath finely 

 pubescent, leaves broadly oblong obtuse, basal glands rather large, racemes 

 oW ^ contracted into globose denselv ^-illous heads, calyx-tube campauulate 

 "scurely 10-lobed, petals 0, stamens about 15, style hairy. 



tofln/?^*''''* rather stout, densely pubescent. Leaves 5-6 in., coriaceous, base 

 8,1 n.' '"''^"b stout, pubescent above, tomentose beneath ; nerves rather numerou.s 



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1 il f^^^' «Pi"eading and arched • petiole i in. Racemes solitary or crowded, sessile, 

 LL "S'J«'"3^<iense-flowered; pedicels very short. Calyx-hmh tomentose on the 

 'Sir '''"*''** ^««ge^ than the calyx. Ovari/ villous ; style rather short, with 



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montanum, Ifook.f. 



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