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6. PoPOWiA PKRAKENsrs, Kinof, n. sp. A shrub G to 15 feet high ; 

 young branches densely and minutely dull rusty-tomentose, the older 

 dark and fui'rowed. Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, very shortly and 

 rather abruptly acuminate, the base slightly narrowed, sometimes sub- 

 oblique ; upper surface glabrous, the midrib and nerves tomentose ; lower 

 pubescent, sub-granular : main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, spreading, slightly 

 prominent beneath ; length 4 to 5"5 in., breadth 2 to 25 in. ; petiole "I 

 in., tomentose. Floivers extra-axillary, usually in pairs (but not con- 

 temporaneous) "3 in. in diam. ; pedicels 4 in. long, ferrugineous-tomen- 

 tose, minutely bracteolate. Sepals smaller than the petals, semi-orbicu- 

 lar, acute, coarsely tomentose outside, sub-glabrous inside. Petals thick, 

 ovoid-orbicular, sub-acute, sub-concave, densely whitish-sericeous outside, 

 glabrous within ; the inner row slightly larger than the outer, neither 

 their edges nor apices incurved. Stamens numerous, flattened, with 

 truncate, corrugated heads. Ovaries about 10, thin, glabrous, except a 

 few long hairs near the base, 2-ovuled : stigmas large, rounded. Bipe 

 carpels few, ovoid, with sub-truncate apices, slightly narrowed to the 

 stalks, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, with several horizontal consti'ictions 

 when ripe '5 in. long and "25 in. in diam. ; stalks '25 to "5 in. lontr. 

 Seeds 2, superposed, plano-convex. 



This resembles P. ramosissima in its leaves but has much laro-er 

 flowers of which the inner petals are not inflexed and the carpels have 

 2 seeds. 



Perak : King's Collector, Wi-ay ; from 200 to 2,500 feet. 



7. PoPOWiA PL'SCA, King, n. sp. A tree 40 to 50 feet high ; young 

 branches densely covered with purplish-bi-own tomentura ; the older 

 cinerous, sub-pubescent and much furrowed. Leaves coriaceous, oval- 

 oblong, obtuse or sub-acute, the base rounded ; both surfaces minutely 

 granular, the upper shortly pubenilous. the lower pubescent, the midrib 

 and 8 to 11 pairs of spieading, rather prominent main nerves tomentose 

 on both ; length 25 to 3*5 in., breadth 1-4 to 1-8 in. ; petiole 2 in. pur- 

 plish-tomentose like the flower pedicels. Floivers in small extra-axillary 

 fa.scicles from small bracteate tubercles, 25 in. in diam. ; pedicels -15 to 

 •25 in. SepaU ovate-obtuse, tomentose outside, glabrous inside. Petals 

 sub-equal, rotund, very thick and fle.shy, tomentose outside, puberulous 

 inside. Pipe carpels few, globular, densely tomentose, '25 in. in diam. ; 

 stalks "1 to 2 in. long, tomentose. Seeds solitary. 



Perak, near Ulu Kerling, at an elevation of 500 feet. King's Col- 

 lector, No. 8602. 



This much resembles P. velutina, King, but its leaves are more 

 oval, have more nerves, and are not so pubescent. 



8. PorowiA VELUTINA, King, n. sp. A tree 20 to 40 feet high ; 



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