190 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Leaves golden-silky-pubescent beneath : — 



Main-nerves close, over 20 pairs . . . . 4. P. Gutta. 



Main-nerves about J in. apart, under 20 pairs . . 5. P. Oxleyamim. 



Leaves not or only very slightly silky-pubescent 

 beneath : — 



Leaves conspicuously red or yellow when dry . . 6. P. xanthochymum. 



Leaves not conspicuously red or yellow when dry, 

 usually brown or greenish-brown : — 



Leaves over 3 in. long . . . . . . 7. P. hancanum. 



Leaves 2 to 3 in. long . . . . . . 8. P. Ridleyi. 



Leaves under 2 in. long .. .. ..9. P. rjiicrophyllum. 



Leaves elliptic, not obovate: — 



Produced connective of anthers bifid at point ; leaves 



glabrous . . . . . . . . . . 10. P. hexandrum. 



Produced connective of anthers simple at point ; leaves 

 grey-pubescent beneath . . . . . . 11. P. Herveyi. 



Pedicels 1 in. long or longer, clustered only at the extreme ends 



of the branchlets ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 3-6 in. long . . 12. P. stellatum. 



1. Palaquium obovatum, King & Gamble. A big tree with a foxy- 

 odour (Eidley), evergreen; the branches thick, brown, marked by the 

 very prominent scars of fallen leaves ; leaves clustered towards the 

 ends of the branchlets ; innovations rusty-pubescent. Leaves coriaceous ; 

 obovate-euneate or obovate-oblong, obtuse or very shortly acute at 

 apex, cuneate at base ; recurved and somewhat undulate on the 

 margins ; glabrous above, glaucescent beneath ; 5 to 12 in. long, 2 

 to 4 in. broad ; midrib thick, prominent, impressed above, much raised 

 beneath ; main-nerves about 12 pairs, at an angle of 40° to 45° with the 

 midrib, inconspicuous above, raised and prominent beneath; reticulations 

 many, oblique, obscure ; petiole thick, •? to 1 in. long, bordered above 

 by the decurrent margins of the blade, glabrescent or slightly rusty- 

 pubescent. Flowers in clusters in the axils of the leaves or on tubercles 

 above the scars of fallen leaves ; pedicels 3 to 5 together, '3 to "5 in. 

 long, rusty-pubescent ; buds at first globose, afterwards elongate by 

 the growth of the corolla. Calyx-lobes 6; outer 3 triangular-ovate, 

 thick, pubescent outside, -15 in. long ; inner 3 imbricate, ovate-obtuse, 

 •1 in. long, margins scarious. Corolla campanulate ; tube very short ; 

 lobes 6, imbricate and twisted, "4 to '5 in. long, glabrous without, slightly 

 pubescent within. Stamens 12, the 6 longer opposite to, the 6 shorter 

 alternate with, the lobes of the corolla, ovate lanceolate, apiculate, 

 thickly rusty-villous ; filaments as long as anthers, slender, glabrous. 

 Ovary globose ; style "5 in. long, subulate, glabrous. Fruit a globose 

 berry, -75 to 1 in. in diam., pulp fleshy, seeds 1 to 2. Seed ovoid, 

 scarcely flattened on one side, pointed at base ; testa thin, shining ; 

 albumen none, cotyledons fleshy. Dicliopsis obovata, Clarke in Hook, 

 f . Fl. Br. Ind. iii. 542. Isonandra obovata, Griff. Notul. iv. 293 ; Kurz 

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