684 XLix. SAXiFRAGACE^. [Polyosma. 



wide; pedicels "i in. long. Hah. Malacca (Griffith and Maingay), 

 apparently not at all common. Distrib. Java. 



(4) P. conocarpa Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 31; 

 P. mutabilis King, I.e. 301, not of Blume. 



Tree 20 to 100 ft. tall. Young parts appressed, hairy. Leaves 

 thin, elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, long narrowed to base, glabrous ; 

 nerves about 8 pairs conspicuous beneath and inarching well within 

 margin, edge quite entire 3*5 to 6 in. long, 1*25 to 2 in. across; 

 petioles '2 in. long, appressed-hairy when young. Racemes 5 in. 

 long, appressed-hairy. Flowers white, scattered or in little groups, 

 pedicelled; pedicels "i in. long, in fruit "2 in. long. Calyx-tube 

 campanulate, hairy with very small sub-acute teeth. Petals linear, 

 narrow, '2 in. long, sparsely hairy outside, hairy within. Stamens 

 nearly as long. Fruit conoid truncate, strongly ribbed when dry, 

 •25 in. across at the base, narrowing upwards. Hah. Forests up 

 to about 1000 ft. altitude. Scented like privet. Singapore (Wallich 

 8472). Pahang, Kwantan (Foxworthy). Perak, Larut (Kunstler 

 4344) ; Birch's Hill (Wray 508). Penang, Pentlands (Curtis 

 1081). Lankawi, Gunong Raya (Haniff). Kelantan Woods by 

 Pehi River, Chaning. Distrib. Sumatra Padang, Ayer Mantjur 

 (Beccari 524). Native names: Tembosa jantan; Poko Tupai; 

 Sa-Senduk. 



(5) P. fragrans Benn. PL Jav. Rar. p. 196. Itea fragrans 

 Wall. No. 8472. 



Branches spreading. Bark pale; young parts puberulous. 

 Leaves thinly coriaceous, glabrous except midrib and nerves 

 sparsely hairy beneath, long narrowed to base, 3*5 in. long, 1-5 in. 

 wide; nerves 7 pairs, fine elevate. Racemes puberulous, 4*25 in. 

 long. Flowers '2 in. long; pedicels very short or o. Calyx-tube 

 campanulate, lobes ovate acute, puberulous. Petals narrow linear, 

 thinly puberulous outside, sparsely villous inside. Stamens con- 

 siderably shorter. Hab. Singapore (Wallich). Johor, Tebrau 

 River (Ridley). Perak (Scortechini). Distrib. Borneo. 



This seems to be a scarce tree. 



(6) P. glaucescens Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, 



P- 31- 



A small tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves elliptic to 

 lanceolate acute, base narrowed, coriaceous, glaucous beneath; 

 nerves very obscure, 3 to 3"5 in. long, 175 to i'5 in. wide; petioles 

 I in. long. Racemes pubescent, 2'5 to 3 in. long. Flowers crowded 

 yellowish white, "2 in. long. Buds oblong, blunt, dilate at base. 

 Calyx-tube very short, funnel-shaped, pubescent, lobes acute, 

 spreading. Petals oblong, obtuse, sparsely strigose outside, villous 

 at tip within. Stamens shorter. Hab. Open rocky slopes in small 

 woods. Pahang, Gunong Tahan on the Padang and at Skeat's 

 Ridge (Robinson and Ridley). 



