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entire, slightly tiiuTowed to the rounded 3-nerved base : tipper surface 

 glabrescent, the midrib sub-tomentose, lower surface rather sparsely 

 rusty stellate-pubescent : main lateral nerves 5 to 8 pairs, prominent 

 beneath as are the I'ather straig-ht transverse veins : lensfth 6 to 9 in., 

 breadth 3"5 to 4'5 in. ; petiole "5 to "75 in. stout, tomentose. Panicles 

 short, axillary or terminal, rusty -tomentose 1"5 to 25 in. long and 1 in. 

 or more broad, few-flowered : involucres ovate-lanceolate. Flowers 2*5 

 in. long, their pedicels shorter. Sepals oblong, tomentose on both 

 surfaces. Petals shorter than the sepals, oblong, acute, the hirsute 

 claw larger than the glabrescent limb. Torus cup-shaped, with hirsute 

 margin. Ovary depressed-globose : style cylindric, puberulous. Ih-tcpe 

 obovoid, "75 in. long and 'Sin. in diam., pericarp at first sparsely pubes- 

 cent, afterwards glabrous, mesocarp fibrous and pulpy : pyreue single, 

 1-celled, 1-seeded : endocarp bony. 



Malacca; Griffith, (Kew Distrib.) 638/1 ; Maingay. Perak ; King's 

 Collector, Scortechini, Wray. 



6. Grewia ANTiDESMiEFOLiA, n. sp., King. A tree usually 30 to 

 40, but sometimes 50 to 60 feet, high : young branches glabrous, their 

 bark cinereous. Leaves membranous, glabrescent when young, when 

 old quite glabrous, elliptic-oblong, acute or shortly acuminate, entire, 

 the base usually cuneate but sometimes rounded, boldly 3-nerved ; 

 lateral main nerves 5 or 6 pairs, little curved, ascending, prominent be- 

 neath ; length 4*5 to 8 in., breadth 1"5 to 275 in. ; petiole '4* to "6 in. 

 slender. Panicles pedunculate, axillary and terminal, slender, the 

 branches short, spreading, few-flowered, densely but minutely cinereous, 

 velvetty, 2 to 3 in. long. Flowers "25 in. long, their pedicels shorter. 

 Sepals elliptic, slightly obovate, their edges in the upper half much 

 incurved, tomentose outside, pubescent inside. Petals much shorter 

 than the sepals, oblong, blunt, the glabrescent limb about as long as the 

 broad thickened claw ; claw pilose behind, with hii'sute edges in front. 

 Torus cylindric, glabrous, with wide wavy hirsute mouth. Ovary ovoid- 

 globose, pilose when young, glabrescent when adult, shorter than the 

 cylindric glabrous style. Fruit pyriform, obtusely 3-angled, narrowed 

 to a long pseudo-stalk, *75 in. long (including the narrowed portion) 

 about "35 in. in diam. ; pericarp glabrous, mesocarp slightly fleshy with 

 a thin fibrous inner layer. Pyrenes 3, with bony endocarp, two of them 

 abortive and the third l-celled, 1-seeded. 



Perak : at low elevations ; common, Scortechini, King's Collector, 

 Wray. 



Ysbr. hirsuta; young branches, lower surfaces of leaves, and ovary 

 pubescent to tomentose. 



Perak ; King's Collector. 

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