Polyosma.] xlix. saxifragace^. 685 



(7) P. coriacea King, I.e. 300. 



Shrub or small tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous, ovate to lanceo- 

 late, glabrous, acuminate or acute, base cuneate, not glaucous 

 beneath; nerves invisible above about 8 pairs, 3 to 3*2 in. long, 

 8 to 175 in. wide ; petioles i in. long. Racemes 4 in. long, terminal, 

 many-flowered. Buds grey pubescent, cylindric, blunt not dilate 

 at base, distinctly pedicelled; pedicels '05 in. long. Calyx short, 

 teeth short, ovate, rather blunt. Petals narrow, linear, blunt. 

 Stamens a little shorter. Hab. Mountains. Selangor, Gunong 

 Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). Perak, Gunong Bubu 5000 ft. 

 altitude (Wray). 



(8) P. Scortechinii King, I.e. 301. 



Tree 30 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves narrow, elliptic-lanceolate or 

 oblanceolate, thinly coriaceous, sometimes drying green, glabrous, 

 acuminate blunt, base long narrowed ; nerves very fine, visible on 

 both surfaces, about 12 pairs, 5 in. long, i'5 in. wide; midrib 

 strong; petioles '2 to "3 in. long, blade sometimes decurrent nearly 

 to base. Raceme 2'5 to 3 in. long, glabrous. Flowers nearly 

 sessile. Calyx campanulate, lobes short, widely triangular, acute, 

 glabrous. Petals "3 in. long, linear blunt, not dilate at base, very 

 sparsely pubescent on edges, tip inside sparsely hairy. Stamens 

 shorter ; filaments hairy. Hab. Mountains. Perak (Scortechini) ; 

 Gunong Inas at 3700 ft. altitude (Yapp). 



(9) P. fasciculata Ridl. Joiirn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 32. 

 Shrub. Leaves sub-coriaceous, elliptic, base narrowed blunt, 



tip sub-acute, glabrous, edges sparsely denticulate ; nerves obscure 

 6 to 10 pairs, 4 to 6 in. long, 175 to 2 in. wide ; petioles "5 to 75 in. 

 long. Spikes 6 in. long, dense, puberulous. Buds cyhndric, blunt, 

 sparsely pubescent, -4 in. long, fascicled in groups. Calyx-tube 

 short, sub-campanulate, pubescent, lobes ovate acute. Petals 

 short, oblong-linear, obtuse, sparsely villous inside. Stamens little 

 shorter. Hab. Kedah Peak (Ridley). Rare. 



(10) P. laete-virens Griff, in King, I.e. 303. (F.g. 60, p. 686.) 

 Tree 20 to 50 ft. tall, 8 to 12 in. through. Branchlets yellowish 



tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, bright yellow green, smooth above ; 

 midrib depressed, velvety-green yellow beneath, lanceolate or 

 narrow elliptic, acute, base narrowed 3 to 4 in. long, i"2 to 175 in. 

 wide; petioles "2 to -3 in. long. Racemes 3 to 5 in. long, yellow 

 tomentose, "i in. long. Calyx short, cylindric, lobes wide ovate 

 acute, hairy. Petals white, silky pubescent outside, densely 

 villous inside, narrow hnear, -2 in. long. Stamens shorter. Fruit 

 obovoid, rounded crowned with calyx lobes, yellow-pubescent, 

 •2 in. long; pedicel •! in. long. Hab. Mountains. Malacca, Mt. 

 Ophir (Griffith), a very glabrous form. Negri Sembilan, Senawang 

 (Foxworthy). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur; Sungei Buluh (Fox- 

 worthy). Perak, Ulu Kerhng (Kunstler). Penang, West Hill 

 (Curtis). Native names : Poko Tupai; Tambal. 



