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nerves rather prominent, reticulations irregular ; petiole "5 in. long,, 

 thick, densely rusty-pubescent, channelled above ; stipules subulate, 

 rusty-pubescent, short, early caducous. Floivers fascicled, 1 to 3 

 together, in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels thickly rusty-pubescent, 

 *4 to "6 in. long, somewhat enlarged in fruit ; buds ovoid. Calyx-lobes 

 4, 2 outer thick, valvate, -3 in. long, triangular-rounded, densely rusty- 

 pubescent; 2 inner concave, slightly imbricate, '35 in. long, thickly 

 keeled, scarious on the margins and ciliate, rusty-pubescent around the 

 keel. Corolla tubular-campanulate, "3 in. long ; tube •! in, long, 

 glabrous ; lobes 8, the 4 outer enclosing the 4 inner but inserted in one 

 row, oblong, obtuse. Stamens 16, "175 in. long, inserted on the top of 

 the tube ; filaments "05 in. long, villous ; anthers nearly linear, extrorse, 

 the connective produced in a "05 in. long, blunt or even bifid acumen. 

 Ovary conical, villous as is the base of the "35 in. long subulate style. 

 Fruit an ovoid densely tawny-pubescent berry "75 to 1 in. long, umbonate 

 at the tip and crowned with a portion of the style. Seeds -4 to "5 in. 

 long, elliptic-acute ; testa dark brown, shining ; hilum narrow ; albu- 

 men thin. Burck in Ann. Jard. Buit. V. 51. Isonandra dasyphylla, 

 Miq. PI. Jungh. 201 and Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1038 ; de Vriese Journ. Bot. 

 Neerl. I. 256. 



Perak : Scortecliini 1242 ; King's Collector 2611, on Lariit Peak at 

 3,000 to 3,500 feet. — Distrib. Sumatra, Java. 



De Vriese says the gutta is only used for adulteration, but that Motley did not 

 agree in this belief. 



Var. glabrata, King & Gamble. Lower surface of the leaves nearly 

 glabrous, apex abruptly long-acuminate ; pedicels "8 to 1 in. long ; fruit 

 nearly spherical. 



Perak : Scortecliini 536. Singapore : at Selitar, Bidley 5644. 



7. Payena sessilis, King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree (?) ; branchlets 

 grey, rough, uppermost somewhat angular when dry. Leaves coria- 

 ceous, sessile; obovate, obtuse or emarginate ; glabrous on both surfaces, 

 margins recurved; 2 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1*5 in. broad; midrib promi- 

 nent, raised on both surfaces ; main-nerves not prominent on the upper 

 surface, raised on the lower, about 8 pairs, at about 50° with the midrib, 

 straight but soon anastomosing with the prominent reticulations which 

 are also raised on the lower surface ; stipules ovate, acute or obtuse,, 

 glabrous, caducous. Flowers fascicled, 2 to 3 together, on small 

 tubercles in the axils of upper leaves ; pedicels slender, black, -5 in. 

 long, supported by small hard glabrous bracts. Calyx-lobes in fruit 4, 

 •2 in. long, ovate-acute, glabrous ; rest of flower not seen. Fruit a 

 globose glabrous berry, black when diy, prominently surmounted by the 

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