668 XLViii. ROSACEA. [Parinarium. 



Hub. Woods, lowlands. Singapore, Chan Chu Kang. Malacca, 

 Sungei Hudang (Holmberg). Penang, Telok Bahang (Curtis) ; 

 Batu Feringhi. Distrib. Sumatra. Native names : Obi; Sukupal; 

 Sukupa. 



(2) P. rubiginosum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 29. 

 P. costatum var. rubiginosum, Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 143. 



Tree about 20 ft. tall. Branchlets densely yellowish tomentose. 

 Leaaves stiff coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate acuminate, base round, 

 glabrous above, reddish woolly pale beneath; nerves strongly 

 elevate, 3"5 to 4 in. long, 1*25 to 175 in. wide; petioles "2 in. long, 

 red-woolly. Panicles "5 in. long, red-woolly. Flowers '2 in. long. 

 Calyx-tube funnel-shaped, red-woolly outside, villous inside, teeth 

 ovate acute. Petals small, oblanceolate, pubescent on edge. 

 Stamens shorter than sepals, glabrous. Style very short, villous, 

 as is the ovary. Hab. Mountain woods. Pahang, in woods 

 above the Teku on Gunong Tahan, at 5000 ft. altitude (Ridley). 



(3) P. polyneurum Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Sttpp. 306 ; King, I.e. 

 278. 



Tree 60 to 100 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Branchlets puberulous. 

 Leaves oblong blunt acuminate, base round, above glabrous, 

 beneath areolate whitish ; nerves elevate, 15 to 18 pairs, 3 to 5 in. 

 long, 1*35 to 2 in. wide; petioles "2 in. long. Panicles terminal, 

 4 in. long, many-flowered, grey-tomentose. Flowers yellowish 

 white '2 in. long; pedicels very short. Calyx funnel-shaped, 

 tomentose outside, villous inside, lobes lanceolate-acuminate, 

 pubescent inside. Petals oblong, blunt not clawed, glabrous. 

 Stamens 10 all fertile. Ovary silky. Drupe compressed, woody, 

 scurfy, 2 in. long, i to 2 in. across, 2-celled. Hab. Dense jungle, 

 near limestone. Malacca (Griffith, Maingay). Perak, Goping 

 (Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra. 



(4) P. oblongif olium ii/00,^. fil. F.B.I, n. 309; Prain, I.e. 279. 

 P. Wallichianum Wall. Cat. 7520. 



Tree up to 100 ft. tall, 3 ft. through. Leaves oblong or elliptic, 

 sub-acute, base rounded, dark shining above, white beneath; 

 nerves elevate, 20 to 30 pairs, puberulous, 5*5 to 8 '8 in. long, 1*85 

 to 3 in. wide, petioles "35 to '65 in. long. Panicles large, terminal, 

 6 in. long and wide, white tomentose. Flowers '25 in. long; 

 pedicels very short. Calyx funnel-shaped, tomentose outside, 

 villous inside, lobes ovate acute. Petals as long, spathulate. 

 Stamens as long, 8. Ovary villous. Drupe woody 2 to 3 in. long, 

 elliptic ovoid, scurfy white. Hab. Dense forests, low country. 

 Singapore, near Bukit Mandai. Johor, Scudai River. Pahang, 

 Rumpin River; Sungei Chenei (Fox); Kwala Lipis (Foxworthy). 

 Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Derry). Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 

 Native names : Balau ; Bidara hutan. Use : One of the most 

 valuable timbers in the peninsula and nearly exterminated on 

 account of this. 



