94 МВ. J. MIERS ON THE ВАККІМСТОМІАСЕ А. 
prominulis; petiolo fusco, revolutim marginato, limbo 8-9plo breviore: racemis in 
ramulis foliiferis, terminalibus, folio subbrevioribus; rachi erecta, crassiuscula, nodosa, 
nodis validis apice 1-floris (bracteatis ?); floribus sessilibus; calyce cupulato 4-lobo, 
lobis semiovatis erasse coriaceis, intus pruinosis, extus granosis, fuscis; petalis 4, 
sepalis 4plo longioribus, oblongis, parallele nervosis, pruinosis, pallide roseis, un- 
guibus tubo stamineo brevissime agglutinatis; staminibus numerosissimis, multi- 
seriatis, petalis subzequilongis, imo in tubum longiusculum erectum monadelphis, 
nonnullis antheriferis, reliquis sterilibus ; filamentis granulatim corrugulosis; stylo 
longo, tenui ; stigmate breviter fimbriato; ovario infero, turbinato, subtetragono, cor- 
. rugato, pruinoso, 4-loculari; disco epigyno plane annulari, margine exteriore tubum 
staminigerum gerente, intus fornicatim prominente, verticem concavum ambiente. 
In Borneo: v. s. in hb. Hook. Banjarmassing (Motley 750). 
The raceme-bearing branchlets 2 in. long, with 2—4 leaves erowded toward the apex; 
leaves 3—4 in. long, 1$-22 in. broad, on petioles 4—7 lines long, and with about 12 pairs 
of parallel nerves 3 lines apart; terminal raceme 2 in. long, furnished with many 
crowded very beautiful flowers, sessile on the nodose expansions of the rachis, which are 
1 line long and thick, and 1-2 lines apart; ovary 2 lines long, its crowning sepals 3 lines 
long; petals 13 lines long, 43 lines broad; monadelphous tube of stamens 3 lines long, 
and 3 lines in diameter ; stamens numerous, many of them sterile ; ovary subtetragonous, 
4-celled, with numerous ovules in each cell attached to the axis: their characters are 
quite those of Planchonia, to which this species is referred. Its fruit is unknown. 
6. PLANCHONTA LrTTORALIS, Bl. in Van Houtte, Fl. Serr. уй. p. 25: Perigara valida, Bl. 
(in parte) Bijdr. Z. с. 1096 : ramis rugulosis, striatis, junioribus pallide brunneis, 
opacis, vix striolatis: foliis ellipticis, vel elliptico-oblongis, apice in acumen sub- 
breve subaeutum angustissime obtusulum et subemarginatum constrictis, imo sen 
sim et anguste cuneatis, margine subrevoluto cartilagineo inszequaliter sinuato 
serratis, dentibus erectis obtusis vel seepius acute mucronulatis, chartaceis, supra | 
pallide viridibus, opacis, costa tenuissima nervisque pallidis prominulis, venis valde 
reticulatis, subtus pallidioribus, costa striolata nervisque albescentibus paullo pro- 
minentibus ; petiolo tenui, limbo 15plo breviore: inflorescentia ignota : drupa elon- 
gato-ellipsoidea, costatim subangulata. Java in maritimis: v. s. in hb. Hook. in 
hort. Bogor. cult. (Anderson, sub G. valida, sine flore aut fructu). 
A species differing from P. sundaica in its broader, less acuminated, paler leaves, upon 
longer petioles. It is cultivated in the Bogor Gardens, probably introduced from one of 
the Sunda Islands. Its leaves, 2-1 in. apart, are 41-71 in. long, 11—4 in. broad, on 
petioles 3-6 lines long. Blume considered it the same as his Perigara valida, because 
it is so named in the Bogor Gardens; but that ifa very different species. 
7. PLANCHONIA VALIDA, nob.: Pirigara valida, Bl. Bijd. 1096: Gustavia valida, DC. 
Prodr. iii. 290; Hassk. Bot. Zeit. (1844) xxvii. p. 595: procera: foliis ovali- vel late 
ellipticis, apice acute vel subretuse acuminatis, imo cuneatis vel retusis et in peti- 
