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Malacca; Griffith, Maingay. Pevalc : Scortecln'ni. 



This approaches the Javan P. polyantha, Hassk., which has, however, 

 larger flowers with a shallower caljx with longer teeth, a shorter style, 

 aud a 5-lobed ovary. 



2. Pentace Hookeriana, n. sp.. King. A tree 30 to 40 feet high : 

 young branches cinereous, glabrous. Leaves elliptic-oblong, slightly 

 obovate, acute, the base narrowed and slitrhtly unequal ; upper surface 

 glabrous, the lower dull ; lateral main nerves about 6 pairs (one of the 

 pairs basal), prominent on both surfaces; the intermediate nerves, 

 transverse veins and reticulations prominent only on the lower : length 

 5 to 7-5 in.; breadth 2 to 2-75 in.; petiole "25 in., stout. Panicles 

 terminal and in the axils of the upper leaves, 2'5 to 5 in. long, the 

 branches spreading, everywhere scurfy-tonientose. Floivers rather 

 crowded, '2 in. long, on pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx cam- 

 panulate, cut half-way down into 3 or 4 broadly triangular sub-acute 

 spreading teeth, scaly aud minutely tomentose outside. Petals narrow- 

 ly obovate. Stamens 15 in 5 bundles of 3 each, very much shorter 

 than the petals. Staminodes thick, orbicular, embracing the ovary. 

 Ovary depressed-globose, densely pubescent, obscurely 5-lobed, 5-celled. 

 Styles 5, free, shorter than the ovary. Fruit unknown. 



Perak, on the banks of the Kinta river : King's Collector, No. 815. 



3. Pentace Kunstleki, n. sp., King. A tree 30 to 40 feet high : 

 young branches slender, dark-coloured, glabrous. Leaves broadly ovate, 

 with an abrupt short broad blunt acumen, the base rounded : upper 

 surface shining, glabrous, the lower dull ; lateral nerves 3 or 4 pairs, 

 curved, prominent beneath ; sometimes a jiair of short slender sub- 

 marginal nerves at the base : length 45 to 6 in., breadth 2"5 to 3*5 in. ; 

 petiole "75 to 1 in., stout, thickened at the apex. Panicles terminal, 3*5 

 to 6 in. long, puberulous, much-branched. Flowers numerous, "15 in. 

 long, the pedicels slightly shorter. Calyx tubular-campanulate, minutely 

 stellate-hairy and lepidote outside ; the teeth triangular, acute, erect. 

 Petals spathula'^e with a very long claw. Stamens in 5 bundles. 

 Staminodes linear-lanceolate, as long as the filaments. Ovary depressed- 

 globose, with 5 blunt angles, lepidote and pubescent, 5-celled. Style 

 straight, glabrous. Fniit unknown. 



Pex-ak, at a very low elevation; King's Collector, No. 6871. 



4. Pentace Perakensis, n. sp.. King. A tree 30 to 40 feet high : 

 young branches cinereous, glabrous. Leaves ovate-elliptic, slightly 

 oblique, bluntly acuminate, the base rounded or sub-cuneate : upper 

 surface shining, glabrous : the lower dull ; lateral nerves about 5 pairs, 



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