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persistent long curved style ; cells apparently 4 to 6. Seeds oblong, 

 obtuse at top, acute at base, "3 to "4 in. long, rounded on the outer, 

 straight on the inner side ; hilum long, narrow ; testa thin crustaceous, 

 brown ; albumen rather thin ; cotyledons oblong, flat, -15 to "2 in. in 

 length ; radicle rather large, 

 Singapore : Bidleij 5076. 



8. Payena obtusifolia. King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree ; branchlets 

 stout, greyish-brown, prominently marked by the scars of fallen leaves 

 and the tubercles of fallen flower fascicles, young branchlets and leaves 

 rusty-brown in colour. Leaves coriaceous ; clustered at the ends of the 

 branchlets, obovate or elliptic-obovate, obtuse, emarginate or shortly 

 acute at apex, cuneately attenuate at base ; glabrous on the upper 

 surface, rusty-coloured and sometimes pubescent on the lower; 2-5 to 

 3 in. long, 1 to 1'5 in. broad ; midrib stout, main-nerves 10 to 12 pairs, 

 starting at about 60° with the midrib, slightly curving upwards, incon- 

 spicuous above as are the reticulations ; petiole "5 to -75 in. long, 

 channelled above by the decurrent margins of the blade Flowers 

 fascicled, 4 to 8 together (to judge by scars only) in the axils of the 

 leaves, or of the scars of fallen leaves ; pedicels "5 in. long, clavate, 

 pubescent ; buds about -3 in. long, truncate. Calyx-lobes 4, 2 outer 

 valvate, ovate-acute, "3 in. long, pubescent ; 2 inner imbricate, ovate, 

 golden-pubescent on the back, ciliate on the margins. Corolla not seen. 

 Ovary ovoid-conical, glabrous, 8-celled ; style '35 in. long, linear. Fruit 

 not seen. 



Peeak : Scortechini 340. 



9. Payena selangorica. King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree (?) ; branch- 

 lets dark brown, rough. Leaves chartaceo-coriaceous ; oblong-lanceo 

 late, acuminate at apex, narrowly attenuate at base, glabrous above, 

 slightly pubescent on the sides of the midrib beneath ; 4 to 6 in. long, 

 1 to 1"7 in. broad ; midrib prominent, impressed and keeled above ; 

 main-nerves about 16 pairs, indistinct, parallel, at about 80° with the 

 midrib, straight at first, anastomosing near the margin with the 

 secondary nerves and reticulations, which are visible but not prominent ; 

 petiole "5 to "7 in. long, channelled above, enlarged at base. Floioers 

 fascicled, 2 to 3 together, in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels rather 

 thick, "6 to "8 in. long, striate, appressed rusty-pubescent. Calyx-lobes 

 4, outer pair valvate "3 in. long, ovate-acute, thick below, thinner above ; 

 inner pair ovate, "25 in. long, scarious on the margins ; both appressed 

 rusty-pubescent; rest of flower not seen. Ovary pubescent, cylindrical, 

 depressed at top ; fruit immature, seed apparently albuminous, with an 

 elongated hilum. 



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