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bases, nerved inside; the outer row 1"3 to 25 in. long, the inner smaller. 

 Stamens numerous, compressed ; apical process of connective truncate. 

 Ovaries few, oblong, puberulous ; stigmas large, capitate-truncate, pubes- 

 cent. Ripe carpels elliptic-ovoid, sometimes oblique, blunt at each end, 

 the apex mucronate, glabrous, 1 to 1'25 in. long, and '75 in. in 

 diam. Seed ovoid, solitary, the testa corrugated. 



Perak ; King's Collector, Scortechini. 



A remarkable species with handsome white flowers, allied in many 

 ways to P. congregafa ; but at once distinguished from it by its axillary, 

 solitary flowers and glabrous ripe carpels. 



7. PoLYALTHiA PULCHRA, King. A small tree, glabrous except the 

 inflorescence. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate or 

 oblon"--oblauceolate, acute or acuminate, the base acute ; both surfaces 

 minutely muriculate, the lower paler and dull; length 4-5 to 6 in., 

 breadth 2'5 in. (only 1'75 in. in var. angustifolia), petiole '25 in. Flowers 

 large, solitary, terminal, 2 in. or more in diam. when expanded (often 

 3-5 in. in diam. in var. angustifolia) : pedicels 1*4 to 1-75 in. long, puber- 

 ulous, with a lanceolate foliaceous bracteole at the base. Sepals ovate, 

 acute or sub-acute, nerved, glabrous, '6 to "75 in. long. Petals coriaceous, 

 sub-equal, ovate-elliptic, sub-acute, the base slightly cordate (narrowly 

 oblong-lanceolate in var. angustifolia) greenish-yellow with a triangular 

 blotch of dark purple at the base. Stamens numerous ; apical process 

 of connective broad, truncate, sub-orbicular, projecting over the apex of 

 the linear anther-cells, pubescent. Ovaries oblong, adpressed-pubescent, 

 1-ovuled ; style short, cylindric, thick, crowned by the convex, terminal, 

 pubescent stigma. Pipe carpels numerous, elliptic-ovoid, blunt, slightly 

 contracted at the base, sparsely pubescent but becoming almost glabrous, 

 pui-ple when ripe ; pericarp sub-succulent : stalks thick, crimson when 

 ripe, l"5 in. long. Seed solitary, elliptic. 



Perak : at Weld's Rest, Scortechini. 



Var. angustifolia, King. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or oblong-ob- 

 lanceolate, scarcely muriculate ; petals lanceolate or narrowly oblong- 

 lanceolate, often 1-75 in. long ; sepals often '75 in. long. 



Perak ; on Gunong Bubu ; elevat. 5,000 feet, Wray. 



8. PoFiYALTHiA KuNSTLEiii, King n. sp. A shrub or small tree ; young 

 branches puberulous, speedily glabrous. Leaves oblong- lanceolate rarely 

 elliptic-lanceolate, shortly and rather bluntly acuminate, the base nar- 

 rowed and sub-acute or rounded ; upper surface glabrous, shining ; the 

 lower paler, dull, puberulous on the midrib and nerves ; main nerves 6 

 to 12 pairs, rather prominent beneath, ascending, inter-arching -1 to 2 

 in. from the margin ; length 4-5 to 8 in., breadth 15 to 2-35 in. ; petiole 

 •2 in, pubescent. Flowers 4 in. in diam., axillary or extra-axillary, 



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