674 XLVIII. ROSACE.E. [PygeuM. 



elliptic to oblong-elliptic, short acuminate, base cuneate, no glands 

 at base: nerves 8 to 9 pairs, prominent beneath, 5 to 8 in. long, 

 275 to 3*5 in. wide ; petioles 75 in. long. Panicles axillary, few lax 

 branches, 3 to 5 in. long, rusty-tomentose at tips. Flowers "5 in. 

 long; pedicels 'i$ in. long. Calyx-tube campanulate, lobes 5, 

 tomentose reniform blunt. Petals 5, larger, round or oblong blunt, 

 white. Stamens numerous. Pistil longer ; ovary pubescent. Hab. 

 Open rocky jungle, 500 to 800 ft. altitude. Perak near Gunong 

 Bubu (Kunstler). 



This is very like P. polystachyum, but the leaves are thinner and have no 

 glands at the base. 



(3) P. polystachyum Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 320 ; King, I.e. 290. 

 A stout tree about 80 ft. tall or less. Leaves coriaceous, thick, 



dark shining green above, paler beneath, elliptic-oblong, short, 

 blunt, acuminate, base broad or very shortly cuneate with 2 large 

 glands ; nerves elevate, 7 to 10 pairs, depressed above, 4'5 to 7 in. 

 long, 2'5 to 4 in. wide; petioles "5 in. long. Racemes axillary, 

 2 to 3-5 in. long, sparsely pubescent. Flowers 3 in. long; pedicels 

 nearly as long. Calyx-tube campanulate tomentose, lobes 5 oblong. 

 Petals 5. Stamens 40 to 50. Ovary glabrous. Drupe globular or 

 transversely oblong shining light green, '6 in. long. Hah. Common 

 in forests. Singapore, Garden Jungle ; Changi ; Bidadari. Malacca 

 (Mainga}^). Selangor, Gardens, Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy). 

 Perak, Chanderiang and Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 



(4) P. lanceolatum Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 319 ; King, I.e. 289. 

 Tree about 20 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves thin, coriaceous, glabrous, 



lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, base long, narrowed 

 with 2 glands ; nerves 5 pairs, slender, 3 to 3-5 in. long, i to 1*4 in. 

 wide; petioles "23 to 3 in. long. Racemes "5 in. long or less, hairy, 

 axillary. Flowers '15 in. long. Calyx campanulate, tomentose, 

 teeth 10. Petals o. Stamens 20, exsert. Ovary glabrous; style 

 stout. Fruit transversely oblong, -3 in. long, '4 in. wide. Hab. 

 Local, in hill forests. Johor, Gunong Pulai. Penang Hill (Lobb, 

 by error on ticket Singapore). Telok Bahang (Curtis). Native 

 name : Merapit. 



var. Maingayi. P. Maingayi Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 319; King, 

 I.e. 288. 



Leaves always glabrous, thicker with less conspicuous nerves 

 and slightly smaller. This seems to me to be a higher level or 

 drier locality form of laneeolatum . Hah. Malacca, Selandor 

 (Cantley) ; Bukit Sadanen (Derry). Perak (Scortechini). Penang, 

 West Hill at 2500 ft. and at iioo ft. altitudes (Curtis). 



(5) P. Scortechinii King, I.e. 290. 



Slender tree 40 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous elliptic to 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, base cuneate, glands o, 

 glabrous, paler beneath; nerves 6 to 7 pairs, 2 to 3 in. long, '8 to 



