78 VI. ANONACE.E. [PopOWta. 



midrib and nerves pubescent; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, prominent, 

 as are reticulations; 5*5 to 8*5 in. long, 2 to 3*5 in. wide; petioles 

 '35 to '5 in. long, glabrous or pubescent. Flowers i to 2, extra- 

 axillary, '5 to 75 in. across; white or pink; pedicels tomentose, 

 "15 to '25 long, bracts 2, nearly as large as sepals. Sepals ovate- 

 orbicular acute thick villous, tomentose outside. Petals, outer 

 ones larger tomentose outside, inner ones longer, tips inflexed, 

 tomentose. Stamens numerous, appendages rhomboid. Ovaries 

 numerous, hairy. Carpels numerous, cjdindric-ovoid apiculate, 

 narrowed at base, strigose, "5 in. long, '25 in. through ; stalks "2 

 to '3 in. long on a globular torus. Hab. Forests, to 1000 ft. altitude. 

 Johor, Gunong Janeng (Kelsall). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Sulu 

 (Cantley). Malacca (Maingay). Perak, Thaiping Hills. Selangor, 

 Ginting Bidai. Penang, Pulau Butong at 300 ft. altitude (Curtis). 

 Native names : Pasa Achong ; Mumpisang Batu. Use : In house- 

 building. 



(9) P. nervosa Ridl. Ellipeia nervosa Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 52 ; 

 King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 27; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 35, 



pl- 33- 



A tree up to 20 ft. tall ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves coriaceous 

 with pellucid dots, elliptic to lanceolate-oblong acute at both ends, 

 tip sometimes acuminate, above glabrous, beneath sparsely strigose 

 with distinct reticulations ; nerves 10 to 12 pairs ; 8 to 12 in. long, 

 2 to 3 '5 in. wide; petioles 35 to '5 in. long, glabrous. Flowers 

 unisexual, solitary or in pairs, extra-axillary, 75 in. across, globose ; 

 pedicels 'i to '2 in. long, pilose, stout. Sepals ovate acute pubescent. 

 Petals white, pubescent, spreading imbricate, much longer, outer 

 ones broad ovate-oblong, blunt ; inner ones shorter and narrower, 

 oblong. Stamens in male flowers numerous. Pistils in females 

 many. Carpels numerous, ovoid apiculate, narrowed into stalk, 

 orange (rose red according to Wray), i in. long, '5 in. through, 

 glabrous on 75 to i in. stalks. Hah. In lowland forest to 3000 ft. 

 altitude. Common. Johor. Malacca. Pahang. Selangor. Perak 

 and Penang. Native names : Poko Girah ; Kenchong ; Larak. 

 Use : In house-building. 



The leaves of this tree very closely resemble those of P. nervifolia. 



(10) P. pumila Ridl. Ellipeia pumila King, Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. I.e. 27; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 34, pi. 32. 



A shrub 2 to 8 ft. tall; young branches tomentose. Leaves 

 coriaceous oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base acute, 

 above glabrous, beneath sparsely pubescent ; nerves 9 pairs, faint, 4*5 

 to 7 in. long, i'5 to 2-25 in. wide; petioles -25 to -35 in. long, pubes- 

 cent. Flowers i or 2, extra-axillary sub-sessile, 75 in. across; 

 pedicels 'i in. long, coarsely hairy. Sepals much shorter than the 

 petals, ovate sub-acute, strigose-pubescent outside. Petals im- 

 bricate, white, lanceolate hairy-strigose outside, glabrous inside, 



