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glabrous except the puberulous midrib ; lower paler, sparsely rusty- 

 pubesceat ; main nerves 10 or 11 pairs, oblique, rather prominent on 

 the lower surface ; length 5*5 to 8'5 in., breadth 1'8 to 3 in. ; petiole 

 •35 to "5 in., rusty-pubescent. Flotvers polygamous, extra-axillary, 

 solitary or 2 or 3 together, sub-globose, from '5 to "75 in. in diam. ; 

 pedicels, stout, tomentose, '15 to '25 long, with 2 bracts nearly as large 

 as the sepals. Sepals ovate-orbicular, acute, slightly smaller than the 

 outer petals, very thick, villous-tomentose outside and glabrous inside 

 as are all the petals : inner petals larger than the outer, their apices 

 much inflexed in bud. Stamens numerous, with flat, rhomboid heads. 

 Ovaries numerous, hirsute. Carpels numerous, cylindric-ovoid, apiculate, 

 narrowed to the stalk, sparsely strigose, "5 in. long and '25 in. in diam. ; 

 stalks "2 to "3 in. long, strigose-pubescent ; torus globular, '4 in. in 

 diam. Seed pale, shining. 



Malacca : Maingay (Kew Distrib.,) No. 53. Perak : common at 

 low elevations. 



Allied to P. Kurzii, but with larger flowers which have their inner 

 petals valvate with much inflexed edges. 



11. PopowiA Kdrzji, King. A shrub or small tree; young 

 branches at first tawny-pubescent, afterwards dark-coloured, glabrous 

 and furrowed. Leaves sub-coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, or elliptic-ob- 

 long sub-acute or shortly and bluntly acuminate, narrowed to the sub- 

 cuneate (sometimes almost rounded) base ; upper surface sub-granular, 

 minutely and sparsely adpressed-pubescent ; lower sparsely pubescent ; 

 main nerves 9 to 12 pairs, oblique, inter-arching close to the edge, rather 

 prominent beneath ; length 5 to 9 in., breadth 1"5 to 3 in. ; petiole '2 to 

 •25 in , tomentose. Flowers polygamous, solitary, or in pairs, sub-sessile, 

 extra-axillary, sub-globose, "4 in. in diam. ; pedicels tomentose, "1 to "2 in. 

 long, bracteolate. Sepals smaller than the petals, valvate, semi-orbicular, 

 and, like the petals, tomentose externally and glabrous internally. 

 Petals sub-equal, concave, the outer ovate-orbicular, valvate ; the inner 

 slightly smaller than the outer, imbricate. Stamens numerous, flattened, 

 elongate, with linear, lateral anther-cells and flat, oblique, rhomboid 

 apices. Ovaries (often absent) about 10, elongate, pubescent, the stigmas 

 clavate. Fruit unknown. Polyalthia macrophylla, Hook. fil. and Thorns. 

 Fl. Br. Ind. I, 68. P. dubia Kurz F. Flora Burma, I, 38. Guafteria 

 macrophylla, Blume Bijdr. 19 ; Fl. Javae Anon. 96. t. 97 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. I, Ft. 2, 47. 



South Andaman; Kurz, King's Collector. Burmah ; province Tenas- 

 serim ; Falconer, Kurz. 



This species appears to be practically dioecious. In its flowers 

 the inner petals are distinctly imbincate ; they are not connivent, and 



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