Popowia.] VI. ANONACE^. 77 



or sub-acute, base rounded, above puberulous, beneath pubescent, 

 midrib and nerves 8 to ii pairs, prominent brown tomentose both 

 sides; 2*5 in. to 3*5 in. long, i"4 to i'8 in. wide; petioles thick, 

 •2 in. long, tomentose. Flowers fascicled extra-axillary, '25 in. 

 across, on pedicels '15 to -25 in. long, tomentose. Sepals ovate- 

 obtuse tomentose outside. Petals rounded thick and fleshy, both 

 series equal, tomentose outside, puberulous inside. Carpels 3 to 4, 

 globose green with a brown gloss, "25 in. through on stalks "i to 

 •2 in. long, tomentose. Seed i. Hab. Dense bamboo forests and 

 lowland mixed forest. Singapore, Garden Jungle. Perak at Ulu 

 Kerhng at 500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 



(6) P. velutina King, Joiirn. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 94; Ann. Bol. 

 Gard. Calc. I.e. 120, pi. 162B. 



Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 6 to 8 in. through. Leaves glossy dark 

 green velvety, elliptic-oblong acute or acuminate, slightly narrowed 

 to rounded base, above granular sparsely hairy, beneath softly 

 pubescent, midrib and nerves 6 to 7 pairs, indistinct, tomentose 

 on both surfaces; 3 to 5 in. long, 1*4 to i*8 in. wide; petioles "i in. 

 long. Flowers i to 2, extra-axillary, "25 in. across ; pedicels densely 

 tomentose. Sepals broad, ovate sub-acute, tomentose outside, 

 persistent. Petals sub-equal, thick sub-orbicular, tomentose out- 

 side. Carpels few, i to 3, ovoid blunt, slightly narrowed at base, 

 velvety-pubescent, '5 in. long, 35 in. through ; stalks '2 in. long, 

 tomentose. Seed i, rugose. Hah. Dense jungle, limestone districts 

 at 500 to 800 ft. altitude. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 



(7) P. tomentosa Maing. in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 70 ; King, Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 95. 



Shrub 6 to 15 ft. tall ; stem 2 to 3 in. through or less ; branchlets 

 tomentose. Leaves elHptic-oblong obtuse or sub-acute, base 

 rounded, sub-coriaceous, 3*5 to 5 in. long, i"5 to 1-9 in. across, 

 softly pubescent-tomentose on both sides, much so beneath ; nerves 

 9 to 10 paits, slender; petioles 'i in. long. Flowers extra-axillary 

 sub-sessile or shortly stalked, "25 in. across, white. Sepals ovate 

 connate. Petals villous outside, outer ones ovate thick, inner 

 ones larger, thick and concave. Stamens 25. Ovaries 7 to 9, 

 oblong pubescent; ovules 2. Carpels globose, pubescent, "5 to 

 •75 in. long; stalks 35 in. long on peduncle enlarged to -5 in. long, 

 tomentose. Seeds 2. Hah. Forests lowland. Singapore, Garden 

 Jungle. Malacca (Maingay). Brisu; Ayer Panas. Selangor, Batu 

 caves. Perak, Ulu Kerling, open bamboo forests (Kunstler). 

 Dindings, Gunong Tungul. Penang Moniot's Road. Native name : 

 Chingau. 



(8) P. nervifolia Maing.' in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 60; King, Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 95; Ann. Bol. Gard. Calc. I.e. 121, pi. 164. 



Small tree 15 to 20 ft. tall ; stem 2 to 3 in. through ; branchlets 

 pubescent. Leaves coriaceous oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong 

 shortly acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous above, nearly so beneath, 



