Pygenm.\ xlviii. rosace.^. 675 



i'35 in. wide; petioles -25 to -35 in, long. Racemes solitary 

 axillary 1-5 in. long, pubescent, hairy. Flowers -15 in. long; 

 pedicels 'i in. long. Calyx narrow, campanulate, lobes oblong 

 sub-acute, hairy. Petals o. Stamens 12, exsert. Pistil shorter. 

 Ovary hairy. Fruit transversely oblong, glabrous or minutely 

 pubescent, 3 in. long, -4 in. wide. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). 



(6) P. coriifolium Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 30. 

 A small tree. Leaves coriaceous elliptic, shortly blunt acuminate, 



base broad shortly narrowed, glabrous; nerves invisible above, 

 prominent beneath, 5 pairs, reticulations invisible, 6 in. long, 

 3*5 in. wide; petioles 5 in. long. Racemes solitary axillary •$ in. 

 long, dense. Flower's very shortly pedicelled, puberulous. Calyx- 

 tube campanulate, pubescent, lobes 6, unequal ovate acute, inside 

 of tube glabrous. Petals o. Stamens long, rather thick, about 

 20. Style stout, glabrous; ovary hairy. Hab. Perak, woods at 

 Temengoh, on the Kertai River (Ridley). 



(7) P. persimile Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xli. 306; Hook, 

 fil. F.B.I, ii. 320; King, I.e. 291. 



A small slender tree about 30 ft. tall. Leaves thin coriaceous, 

 elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, short blunt acuminate, base shortly 

 cuneate glabrous; midrib, nerves and petiole pubescent on both 

 sides; nerves 7 to 8 pairs, very prominent beneath, 2*5 to 4 in. 

 long, i'3 to i'6 in. wide; petioles 3 in. long. Racemes 3- to 

 4- fascicled, i'5 in. long, supra-axillary below leaves, tomentose; 

 pedicels "i in. long. Calyx campanulate, tomentose, teeth 6. 

 Petals o. Stamens 12 to 18. Pistil, ovary and base of style silky. 

 Stigma discoid. Fruit transversely oblong deeply grooved, glabrous, 

 •25 in. long, '35 in. wide. Hab. Woods. Singapore, Tanglin; 

 Kranji. Malacca (Griffith) ; Ayer Panas ; Brisu and Batang 

 Malacca (Derry). Negri Sembilan, Tanglin Hill (Goodenough). 

 Selangor, Ginting Bidai. Distrib. Tenasserim. Native name : 

 Medang Changnau. 



(8) P. parviflorum Teysm. and Binn. Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind. 

 ii. 209 ; King, I.e. 291. P. intermedium King, I.e. 288. 



Tree about 60 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous elliptic to oblong or 

 ovate-acuminate, base rounded or shortly cuneate, glabrous above, 

 sparsely pubescent on nerves beneath; nerves 5 to 6 pairs elevate 

 beneath, 2 to 4 in. long, i'5 to 2 in. wide. Racemes fascicled, 

 I to i'5 in. long, dense on old wood, densely tomentose. Bracts 

 ovate, tomentose outside. Flowers '2 in. long, sessile. Calyx 

 campanulate, tomentose, teeth 10. Petals o. Stamens 30 to 40, 

 glabrous, exsert. Pistil shorter. Ovary hairy. Fruit sub-globose, 

 apiculate pubescent when young, then glabroiis green, grooved 

 down both sides. Hab. Common in woods. Singapore, Kranji. 

 Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Goodenough). Selangor, Bangi (Fox- 

 worthy) . Perak, Larut and Ulu Bubong (Kunstler) ; Temengoh, 

 Distrib. Java, Borneo. 



