Polyosnia.] XLix. saxifragace.e. 683 



Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, drying black. 



Leaves glaucescent beneath . . . . (6) P. glaucescens 



Leaves not glaucescent beneath. 



Leaves short cuneate at base . . . . (7) P. coriacea 



Leaves long, acuminate at base . . . (8) P. Scortechinii 



Leaves sparsely denticulate ; buds fascicled . (9) P. fasciculata 



Leaves bright yellow green, velvety beneath. 



Leaves 3 to 4 in. long; flowers -2 in. long . (10) P. Isete-virens 



Leaves 6*5 by 2-5 in. ; flowers '4 in. long . . (11) P. Ridleyi 

 Leaves fuscous tomentose beneath ; with nerves 



•prominent, sunk above, 6 to 8 in. long . (12) P. flavo-virens 



(i) P. ilicifolia Bl. Bijdr. 658; Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 193, 

 pi. 40. P. parviflora, King, I.e. 300. 



Shrub. Leaves membranous, elliptic or obovate narrowed at 

 both ends, edges dentate sinuate, glabrous; nerves 10 pairs, 2*5 in. 

 long, I in. wide; petioles "i to '25 in. long. Racemes i in. long, 

 few-flowered. Flowers white i in. long. Calyx-tube short, green, 

 glabrous, lobes ovate acute. Petals connate in middle, sub- 

 glabrous outside, linear, villous within. Stamens rather longer. 

 Fruit ellipsoid, smooth, narrowed at base crowned by the sepals, 

 black, "I in. long. Hah. Mountains at about 4000 to 5000 ft. 

 altitude. Selangor, Menuang Casing (Kloss) ; Mengkuang Lebah 

 (Robinson). Perak, Gunong Inas at 5000 ft. altitude (Wray). 

 Disirih. Java. 



King's P. parviflora is based on a very young state of the inflorescence of 

 this plant. 



(2) P. grandis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 30. 

 Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall with spreading branches. Stem i'5 to 



2 ft. through. Leaves ovate-elliptic, cuspidate acuminate, cuneate 

 at base, thin, margins distinctly denticulate, glabrous above and 

 beneath except midrib and prominent nerves 12 pairs; secondary 

 nerves prominent, 6 to 7 in. long, 3*5 in. wide ; petioles stout "5 in. 

 long, fiat, thin, pubescent. Racemes 6 in. long; peduncles i in. 

 long, sparingly pubescent. Buds narrow, cylindric, blunt, on 

 •I in. long pubescent pedicels. Calyx-tube cylindric, lobes broad, 

 ovate acute as long as tube. Petals sub-glabrous, white, base 

 greenish, narrow linear, sparingly villous inside. Stamens shorter. 

 Hab. Hih forests. Perak, Larut HiHs 3560 to 4000 ft. altitude 

 (Kunstler). 



(3) P. integrifolia Bl. Bijdr. 659 ; King, I.e. 302, in part. 

 Small tree. Leaves thin, elliptic acuminate or cuspidate, base 



cuneate, glabrous above; nerves 10 pairs, slender, and midrib 

 puberulous beneath, 4*5 in. long, 2'i in. wide; petioles puberulous, 

 •5 in. long. Racemes 6 to 8 in. long, dense-flowered. Flower- 

 buds straight, narrow, cylindric; pedicel yellow-hairy -i in. long. 

 Petals linear, grey pubescent, villous inside. Stamens shorter. 

 Fruit elliptic, narrowed slightly at both ends, "35 in. long, '2 in. 



