74 VI. ANONACE^. [Mitrephora. 



to 4*5 in. wide; petioles "25 in. long, swollen. Flowers small, 

 •2 in. across, lavender colour or brownish pink, unisexual in few- 

 flowered axillary cymes. Pedicels slender, i in. long. Bracts 

 many, small. Sepals ovate acute pubescent. Petals, outer ones 

 twice as large as inner ones ovate obtuse, pubescent ; inner ones 

 spoon-shaped, limb ovate acute, claw linear. Stamens numerous 

 in male, appendages rounded broad. Ovaries 3, hairy. In female, 

 staminodes in 2 rows. Ovaries 12, hairy ovoid-cylindric ; ovules 4. 

 Stigma large, fleshy. Carpels ovoid wrinkled hoary, '8 in. long, 

 •65 in. through; stalk stout, '2 in. long. Seeds 2. Hah. Forests, 

 common. Johor, Pulau Tiuman (Burkill). Malacca. Selangor, 

 Batu caves. Perak, Bujong Malacca; Temengoh hill-woods; 

 Sungkai (Burn-Murdoch). Kelantan, Chaning. Disirih. Burma, 

 S. Siam (Trang). Native names : Ringei Jerenang; Kiru; Pisang 

 Pisang Bukit. Use : Timber used for house-building ; bark used 

 as soap in Malacca. 



(3) M. macrophylla Oliv. Ic. PL t. 1562 ; King, Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. I.e. 87; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 114, pi. 157. 



Small tree 20 to 30 ft. tall ; trunk 6 to 8 in. through ; branches 

 puberulous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic-obovate or oblong- 

 lanceolate acute or acuminate; base rounded, puberulous when 

 young, minutely reticulate; nerves 14 to 20 pairs, inarching, 

 •15 in. from margin, prominent beneath; 7 to 13 in. long, 175 to 

 4 in. wide. Flowers '2$ to 3 in. wide axillary in pairs or cymes, 

 dull purple to dark pink, i to 2 in. long, pubescent, similar to 

 those of M. reticulata. Fruit globose, minutely tomentose, rusty 

 brown, -4 to '5 in. through ; stalk "2 in. long. Seeds several. 

 Hab. Johor. Pahang, Tahan River. Bindings. Selangor, Weld's 

 Hill (native collector) ; Perak, Thaiping Hills ; Sungkai ; Goping, 

 common (Kunstler) ; Penang, West Hill from about 1500 ft. 

 altitude upwards (Curtis). Native name : Prusat. 



(4) M. crassipetala Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 13. 

 A tree, glabrous. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate acuminate 



acute, base rounded; nerves elevate beneath, 9 pairs, inarching, 

 6 to 8 in. long, 2*5 to 275 in. wide; petioles "25 in. long. Flowers 

 in racemes "5 in. long in clusters on trunk ; white. Bracts "05 in. 

 long, ovate. Sepals ovate obtuse, edges ciliate, •! in. long. Petals, 

 outer ones ovate, 3 in. long ; tip very thick, coriaceous ; inner 

 ones connivent spathulate, limb triangular thick. Male flowers, 

 stamens numerous oblong; appendages triangular-ovate. Pistils 

 abortive. Hab. Forests, Pahang on the Tahan River. Rare 

 (Ridley). 



20. POPOWIA, Endl. 



Trees or shrubs. Flowers small sub-globular, usually bisexual, 

 occasionally unisexual, hardly opening, extra-axillary or leaf- 

 opposed nearly sessile, tomentose. Sepals 3, ovate valvate. 



