686 



XLIX. SAXIFRAGACE/E. 



[Polyosma. 



var. robiista Ridl. Leaves elliptic, abruptly cuspidate, stiffly 

 coriaceous 5*25 in. long, 3*5 in. wide; petioles i'25 in, long. Fruit 

 •3 in. long. Pahang, Gunong Tahan 5000 to 6000 ft. altitude 

 (Robinson, Ridley). 



Fig. 60. — Polyosma laete-virens. 



(11) P. Ridleyi King, I.e. 304. 



Tree. Branches tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, narrowly 

 elliptic caudate-acuminate, base cuneate, above glabrous when 

 adult, beneath dense yellowish-tomentose ; nerves 9 to 11 pairs, 

 prominent beneath as are secondaries, 6 to 6*5 in. long, 2 to 2*5 in. 

 wide; petioles i to 2 in. long, tomentose. Racemes stout 5 in. 

 long, densely yellow-tomentose. Flowers "4 in. long on a "i in. 

 pedicel. Calyx-tube shorter, teeth broad. Petals linear, blunt, 

 villous inside. Stamens, filament villous as long. Hah. Lowland 

 woods, very rare. Singapore, Selitar (Ridley). 



(12) P. flavo-virens Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, 

 p. 32. P. velutina King, I.e. 304, not of Bliime. 



Spreading tree 40 ft. tall, 12 to 18 in. through. Branchlets 

 velvety. Leaves stiffly coriaceous obovate to oblanceolate, nar- 

 rowed to base, acuminate or shortly cuspidate, above glabrous; 

 nerves depressed beneath, soft yellow-hair}^, especially on the 



