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imbricate; testa thick, grooved, rugulose; cotyledons linear. — Distrib. 

 4 or 5 species in Malaya and Northern India. 



Bachis and bracteoles of the raceme, the calyx 

 corolla and fruit externally and the midrib and 

 main-nerves of the leaves beneath pubescent ... 1. P. longifolia, 



Rachis and inflorescence glabrous, except the brac- 

 teoles and edges of the calyx-lobes : — 



Fruit ellipsoid to ovoid, '2 to '25 in. long, its 

 ^ pedicel short'; leaves narrowly oblong-lanceolate 



to lanceolate ... ... ... ... 2. P. Boxlurghii. 



Fruit clavate "5 to *75 long, mammillate at the 



apex, not ridged; leaves broadly elliptic-oblong ... 3. P. venulosa, 



1. Petunga longifolia, DC. Prod. IV. 399. A small tree; young 

 branches almost as thin as a crow-quill, 4-angled, cinereous-puberulous 

 at first, afterwards glabrous. Leaves membraneous, oblong-elliptic, 

 much tapered to both ends, glabrous except the midrib and main- 

 nerves on the lower surface ; both surfaces olivaceous-brown when 

 dry; the lower conspicuously and transversely reticulate; main-nerves 

 6 to 8 pairs, slightly curved, ascending, thin but prominent on the 

 lower surface, obsolete on the upper; length 4 to 5*6 in.; breadth 

 1'25 to 1'5 in.; petioles about '35 in., deciduously puberulous; stipules 

 broadly triangular, acuminate, the midrib hairy, "2 in. long. Racemes 

 at first not much longer than the petioles but afterwards lengthening 

 much. Flowers 2 in. long, the pedicels at first very short but lengthen- 

 ing in fruit from '2 to '35 in., pubescent like the triangular 

 bracteoles. Calyx funnel-shaped, less than "1 in. long, its mouth with 

 4 broad acute teeth. Corolla more than twice as long as the calyx, 

 funnel-shaped, 4-lobed. Fruit clavate, crowned by the small calyx- 

 limb, about '3 in. long when ripe, puberulous, the pedicel usually 

 longer. Koord. & Valet. Bijdr. 8. 114. Higginsia longifolia, Blume 

 MSS. 



Penang: Phillips, Wall. Cat. 8301a.; Curtis 2476, 2839; Bidley 

 10238; King's Collector 1447. Perak : Wray 863, 1350; Scortechini ; 

 King's Collector 470, 4567, 7700 ; Curtis 3143 (in part). Pahang : Bidley 

 2194. — DiSTRiii. Sumatra. 



This differs from P. Bozhurjhii in having all parts of the inflorescence hairy, 

 and in having differently shaped fruits on long pedicels. It has also broader leaves, 

 the under surfaces of which are pubescent on the midrib, main-nerves and conspicu- 

 ously transverse reticulations. 



2. Petunga Roxbdrghii, DC. Prod. IV. 399. An evergreen much- 

 branched shrub 8 to 8 feet high ; young branches 4-angled, cinereous 

 when dry, thicker than a crow-quill. Leaves tliinly coriaceous, oblong- 

 lanceolate to lanceolate, tapering equally to each endj upper surface 



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