Peiilace.] xxv. tiliace^. 295 



glabrous; nerves 6 pairs, prominent beneath, 5 to 7 in. long, 2 to 

 275 in. wide ; petioles "25 in. long. Panicles terminal and axillary, 

 2"5 to 5 in. long, scurfy-tomentose. Flowers crowded "2 in. long, 

 yellow; pedicels short. Calyx bell-shaped, cut half-way down 

 into 3 or 4 triangular sub-acute teeth, scaly-tomentose. Petals 

 narrowly obovate. Stamens 15 in 5 bundles, shorter; staminodes 

 thick, orbicular. Ovary depressed-globose, obscurely 5-lobed, 

 5-celled, densely pubescent. Hab. Perak, banks of Kinta River 

 (Kunstler). 



(3) P. hirtula Ridl. 



Tree. Branchlets, petiole and midrib hairy. Leaves obovate 

 or oblong, tip blunt or shortly apiculate, margin minutely undulate, 

 coriaceous, 3"5 to 4 in. long, i'6 to 2 in. wide ; nerves basal, i pair, 

 lateral 2 pairs, elevate ; nervules very slender ; petioles i in. long. 

 Panicle lax, thickly stellate-hairy, terminal, 3 to 4 in. long, i'5 

 to 2 in. wide. Flowers "i in. long, on pedicels nearly as long. 

 Calyx campanulate with 5 triangular teeth half the length, tomen- 

 tose. Petals narrow oblanceolate obtuse with a long narrow 

 claw. Stamens in 5 bundles of about 10 each, oblanceolate; 

 staminodes linear. Ovary globose, silky, obscurely 5-lobed; style 

 glabrous. Fruit '5 in. long and as wide, rounded-oblong, wings 10 

 semi-elliptic "2 in. long. Hab. Penang, Penara Bukit (Curtis). 



(4) P. floribunda King, I.e. 102. 



Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall, 5 to 20 in. through. Branchlets stellate, 

 pubescent. Leaves elliptic-oblong, sometimes rounded, tip bluntly 

 apiculate, base rounded, slightly narrowed, coriaceous, dull green, 

 glabrous above, ashy beneath, basal nerves i to 2 pairs, laterals 

 2 to 3 pairs, prominent beneath, 5 to 6*5 in. long, 2'5 to 375 in. 

 wide; petioles i to 2 in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal 

 stellate-pubescent, many-branched. Flowers very numerous, "i in. 

 long, pale yellowish white. Calyx rotate, cut half-way into triangular 

 acute teeth, tomentose. Petals broad oblanceolate, blunt, base 

 narrowed. Stamens 5-adelphous. Ovary globose, tomentose not 

 ridged, 5-celled. Hab. Rocky jungle, 500 to 1000 ft. altitude. 

 Perak, Gunong Pondok; Gunong Bubu base (Kunstler). 



(5) P. perakensis King, I.e. loi. 



Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves ovate elliptic bluntly acuminate, 

 base rounded or sub-cuneate, above glabrous ; nerves 5 pairs, 

 5 to 6 in. long, 2*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles 75 to i in. long, stout. 

 Panicle terminal 4 to 5 in. long, less than 2 in. wide, few-flowered. 

 Flowers 'i in. long. Calyx rotate scaly, teeth triangular spreading. 

 Petals ovate, narrowed to a short claw. Stamens 30, 5-delphous; 

 staminodes lanceolate as long as filaments. Ovary globose 10- 

 ridged, hairy, 5-celled ; style as long. Hab. Forests, below 500 ft. 

 altitude. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 



(6) P. eximia King, I.e. 103. 



A tree 50 to 70 ft. tall. Branchlets glabrous. Leaves ovate- 



