Parinarium.] XLVIII, ROSACEH (OLIVER). 367 
B. Calyx-tube hollow, distinctly gibbous, teeth obtuse. Stamens 10-20, exserted 
(§ Neocarya). 
Flowers in terminal raceme. Leaves ovate-elliptical, 3-8 in. 6. P. macrophyllum. 
C. Calyx-tube pyriform or clavate, not gibbous, solid below, teeth obtuse. Stamens 
indefinite, exserted (§ Sarcostegia). 
Leaves broadly elliptical, apiculate, tomentose beneath . . 7. P. chrysophyllum. 
Leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse or apiculate, with scattered 
hairs beneath. Inflorescence dense, tomentose. . . . 8. P. polyandrum. 
Leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminate, minutely appressed-to- 
mentose beneath. Inflorescence tomentose. Calyx-tube 
Mid pedice? 43h... 5 a , a a ee 
Leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminate, glabrous. Inflorescence 
glabrous. Calyx-tube and pedicel hin... . . . . . . 10. P. glabrum. 
1. P. excelsum, Sabine; DC. Prod. ii. 527. Large tree; leafy ex- 
tremities appressed tawny-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic- 
oblong or elliptical, shortly and usually rather abruptly acuminate, 
rounded or broadly cuneate and entire at base, glabrescent, dark green 
or the midrib puberulous, dull and occasionally obscurely reticulate 
when dry above, closely hoary-tomentose beneath, nervures 18-25 on 
each side, rather prominent ; 2-4 in. long, 14—2 in. broad, petiole }-4 
in., channelled, with a pair of glands near the middle. Flowers in axil- 
lary tawny-tomentose divaricately branched panicles, shorter than the 
leaves, or panicles confluent towards the extremities forming an ample 
pyramidal or corymbose inflorescence. Bracts ovate, acuminate, sheath- 
ing the buds to near expansion, caducous. Pedicels equalling or much 
shorter than the hollow campanulate calyx-tube. Calyx-teeth valvate, 
lanceolate, acute, equalling or exceeding the tube. Petals caducous, 
linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, apparently dissimilar in the same 
flower. Antheriferous stamens about 8, not exceeding the calyx.— 
Guill. et Perr. FI. Seneg. i. 274, t. 62; P. brachystachyum, Benth. in 
Hook. Journ. Bot. 1840, 213. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Morson! Senegambia! St. Thomas, Don! 
agroo river, Mann! : 
‘The “Gray” or “ Rough-skinned Plum” of Sierra Leone. ‘“ The pulp is dry, farina- 
ceous, and, owing to the size of the stone, small in quantity, with an insipid taste.” 
Also in Guinea and Northern Brazil, if I be correct in identifying P. brachystachyum 
with it. 
2. P. subcordatum, Jiiv. Tree attaining 40-50 ft.; extremities 
tawny pubescent-tomentose, at length glabrate, frequently lenticellate. 
Leaves coriaceous, ovate- elliptic- or broadly lanceolate-oblong, broadly 
pointed or obtuse, base rounded and narrowly but distinctly cordate, 
upper surface at first thinly tomentose, at length glabrate, rather ob- 
scurely reticulate, tomentose beneath or in older leaves with the thick 
raised veinlets glabrescent, lateral nerves 15-20; usually from 2-3} in. 
long, 3-13 in. broad ; petiole } in. with a pair of glabrous glands near 
the middle. Flowers cymose in axillary silky-tomentose panicles shorter 
than or equalling the leaves, towards the extremities confluent forming 
a leafy inflorescence. Bracts ovate-lanceolate acuminate, glabrous 
within, caducous. Calyx-tube hollow, funnel-shaped; lobes ovate- 
