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322 LI. ROSACEiE. . (J. D. Hooker,) [Pijgeim, 



sunk, mcemes densely tomentose, calyx urceolate 5-tootlied^ petals 6 acute, 

 stamens 12-15, style hairy. Chrysobalanea arborescens, jR. Br, in Wall Cat 

 7607. 



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Eastern Himalaya, Sikkim, Herh. Griff. Khasia Mts., alt. 3-4000 ft, Gomez, kQ. 



A small tree ; branches stout, young with short stiflF hairs, older lenticellate. 

 Leaves 4-7 in., coriaceous, young with appressed hairs on the upper surface and 

 densely ciliate margins, base subacute or rounded, tip finely acuminate, above 

 glabrous except the impressed midrib, beneath clothed with short rather stifi 

 hairs; nerves 10-12 pair, obliquely ascending, prominent and reticulate beneath; 

 petiole very short, \ in., stout. Racemes 1-1^ in., solitary or fascicled on the old 

 wood; pedicels short; bracts not seen. Flowers |^in. diam. Calf/x with 5 sulnilate 

 remote teeth. Petals villous, ovate-lanceolate. Uvart/ densely villous ; style slender. 



15. P. Griffithll, Hook, /. ; branchlets and inflorescence densely to- 

 mentose, leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate obtuse or obtusely cuspidate 

 minutely puberulous teneath obscurely sinuate-toothed, basal glands small, 

 racemes very short stout, flowers sessile, calyx 6-toothed, petals 0. 



Malacca, Griffith, 



Branchlets stout. Leaves 5-6 in., coriaceous, base rounded or acute, most, 

 minutely dotted on both surfaces, smooth and glabrous above with puherulous 

 impressed midrib and nerves, margin ciliate and obscurely toothed, beneath fine y 

 puberulous with 8-10 pair of spreading arching pubescent nerves; petiole g id., 

 very stout. Racemes ^ in. long, axillary, solitary, few-flowered, densely tomentose, 

 rachis very short. Flowers apparently quite sessile. Calyx-tuhe obcomc, teetn 

 oblong. Stamens 12. Ovary globose, hairy.— I have seen but one specimen ana 

 the description of the flowers is from Griffith's MSS. The sinuated margin of tne 

 leaf is a remarkable character. 



arboreum 



ovate-oblong or broad-oblong shortly cuspidate glabrous or rusty-touientos^ 

 above, brown pubescent or almost tomentose beneath, racemes elongate i-* 



together in the axils of fallen leaves. 



Maotaban hills to Tenasserim, alt. 3-4000 ft.. Kurz. . t j.. 



A tree, young branches and bnds rusty-tomentose. Jjcaves 4-6 in., ^^8^^^ j-Ls 

 taceous or almost coriaceous, almost wrinkled above. Racemes 2-3 in., P^^ .- 

 ^-^ in. Calyx-teeth minute. Petals hardly longer, villous. Ovary ^^^^f^^J^i 

 villous. Drupe almost ^ in. transversely, almost didymous, covered with ^^^ 

 rusty-brown stiff hairs, soon glabrescent.— I have taken the description from ^ ' 

 having seen no specimens. Miquel divides the P. arboreum, Endl. (Gen. Plani^- 

 into two species, P. parviflorum, Teysm. & Binnend., and P. latifoliim, ■^U'i- ^^ 

 ' ~'th a hirsute and the latter with an almost glabrous ovary— ^^^^^ 



i^rmer 

 Javanese. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



Maingay's No. 628 (Distrib. Kew) from Malacca not being in flower is ^^^^^^^ 

 minable; it has slender glabrous branchlets, oblong-lanceolate ^^^^^^^'^^-AtioleSj 

 <[uite glabrous rathor membranous leaves 3-4 in. long, with short slender p 

 very short racemes, fruit the size of a large pea, transversely elliptic-glohose. 



6. PXtZNSEPZA, Boyle. 



^ A glabrous spinous shrub. Leaves deciduous, lanceolate or obovate; J ^^^ 

 minute, deciduous. Flowers in short axillary racemes on the ^^ -^i^ficBie 

 epines. Calyx persistent, tube cupular ; lobes 5, unequal, orbicular, i j^^te, 

 in bud. Petals 5, orbicular shortly clawed. Stamejis numerous, many- 



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