Brownlowia.] xxv. tiliace^. 293 



Tree. Leaves coriaceous ovate acute, base emarginate or 

 cordate shortl}/ peltate, above glabrous, beneath densely scaly, 

 tip blunt ; nerves about 5 pairs, slender elevate beneath ; nervules 

 very fine, 4'5 to 9 in. long, 2*8 to 6 in. wide; petioles slender, 

 i'9 to 2'5 in. long. Panicle terminal shorter than leaves, lax few- 

 flowered, scurfy, 5 to 10 in. long. Flowers "2 in. long; pedicels 

 scaly, '2 in. long. Calyx wide campanulate, scaly, lobes nearly 

 half as long, acute. Petals pink, oblong blunt, slightly narrowed 

 at base, not clawed. Styles subulate longer than the stamens. 

 Hab. Tidal swamps in the south ; Singapore, Kranji. Pahang, 

 Pianggu, Endat (Evans). Pulau Tinman (Burkill). Disirib. 

 Moluccas, Wetter Island, New Guinea. 



The leaves of the Singapore plant are much smaller than those of the 

 Moluccan plant. 



2. PENTACE, Hassk. 



Trees, often vast. Leaves entire, coriaceous, lower surface 

 pale with scaly hairs. Flowers numerous, white in terminal 

 panicles. Calyx bell-shaped, 5-lobed. Petals 5, glabrous, longer. 

 Stamens numerous on a low torus; staminodes 5, opposite sepals. 

 Ovary 5-celled, cells 2-ovuled; styles united, rarely free. Fruit 

 dry, indehiscent, 3- to lo-winged, i-celled, i-seeded. Seed albumin- 

 ous. Species 18, 2 Burmese, 4 Malay islands, 12 Malay Peninsula. 



Leaves pinnate-nerved ; ovary 3-ridged ; fruit 3- 



winged (0 P- triptera 



Leaves trinerved, i. e. 2 lowest nerves rising from base. 



Nerves from midrib 6 to 7 pairs . . (-) P. Hookeriana 



Nerves from midrib 2 pairs. 



Leaves pubescent, small . . . . . (3) P. hirtula 



Leaves glabrous oblong. 



Leaves sub-obtuse ; ovary not ridged . . (4) P. floribunda 



Leaves elliptic ; ovary 10 ridged . . . (5) P. perakensis 



Leaves elliptic or ovate, abrupt acuminate . (6) P. eximia 

 Leaves glabrous ovate. 



Flowers very small (7) P. Kunstleri 



Flowers -25 -25 in. wide . . . . (8) P. Curtisii 



Leaves glabrous, oblong to lanceolate ; side nerves 

 from midrib faint or invisible. 

 Leaves 3 in. long, ovate ; ovary 5-ridged . (9) P. strychnoidea 



Leaves 9 in. long, oblong; petioles "15 in. long ; 



ovary 10-ridged (10) P. Scortechinii 



Leaves 8 in. long, lanceolate; petiole "75 in. 



long; shrub (11) P. acuta 



Leaves 5-nerved from base, 7 to 14 in. long . . (12) P. macrophylla 



(i) P. triptera Masters, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 382 ; King, I.e. 100. 



A very large tree 60 to 80 ft. tall. Branchlets pubescent. 

 Leaves ovate to round-ovate or ovate-oblong, sub-acute, sub- 

 coriaceous, base rounded, above glabrous, beneath scaly; nerves 

 basal, I to 2 pairs lateral, 5 to 7 pairs, 4 to 5 in. long, 2 to 275 in. 

 wide; petioles -6 to 1-2 in. long, pubescent. Panicles terminal and 



