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3. Pauinartdm OBLONGiFOLiUM Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 309. A 

 tree 50-70 feefc high ; young branches lenticellate, deciduously pubera- 

 lous. Leaves very coriaceous, oblong- or oblong-elliptic, the apex sub- 

 acute, the base rounded ; upper surface glabrous and shinino-, the lower 

 pale with oblique areolae, puberulous on the nerves, and midrib; main 

 nerves 25-30 pairs, stout, oblique, rather straight ; length 5-5-8-5 in., 

 breadth 185-3 in. ; petiole •35-65 in., stout. Panicles axillary and 

 terminal, solitary, many-flowered, spreading, minutely tavvny-tomenfcose, 

 3-6 in. across. Floivers -2 in. long, on very short pedicels ; bracts 

 ovate-rotund, concave, acute, tomentose. Calyx-tube infundibuliform, 

 subgibbous, minutely tomentose outside, deflexed-villous inside, lobes 

 broadly ovate, acute. Petals not longer than the calyx-lobes, spathulate, 

 glabrous. Stamens 8, about as long as the petals. Ovary villous ; style 

 sparsely pubescent. Fruit elliptic-ovoid, obtuse, compressed, densely 

 coated with grey hard scurf, 2*75 in. long and 1*5 in. in diam. 



Malacca; Griffith, Maingay 623. Pahang ; Ridley 5026. Perak; 

 King's Collector 10369, 10422. 



A species readily distinguished by its large oblong fruit, large leaves with 

 numerous parallel nerves prominent on the lower surface, and small flowers with the 

 stamens and petals not longer than the calyx-lobes. It approaches P. sumatranum, 

 Miq. in its leaves, but the under-snrface in that species is uniformly and minutely 

 tomentose, whereas in this the under surface has very peculiar oblique areolae and 

 there is no tomentum. The fruits of the two differ also in size. 



4. Parinarium spicatum, King, n. sp. A tree 60 to 80 feet high ; 

 branches slender, dark-coloured, puberulous. iea^es coriaceous, elliptic- 

 ovate, shortly and broadly acuminate, the base rounded but slightly pro- 

 duced along the sides of the upper half of the petiole ; both surfaces 

 reticulate when dry ; the upper glabrous, shining ; the lower slightly dull 

 and paler, minutely pustulate, glabrous except the sparsely strigose mid- 

 rib ; main nerves about 12 pairs, spreading, faint ; length 2-3 in., breadth 

 •85-l"6 in., petiole '1 in. Spikes axillary and terminal, about as long as 

 the leaves, in clusters of 2 or 3, everywhere tawny-pubescent with many 

 adpressed hairs intermixed. Flowers 5 in. long, solitary, rather dis- 

 tant, sessile, bibracteate at the base ; the bracts much shorter than the 

 flower, oblong, subacute, tomentose. Calyx-tuhe narrowly funnel-shaped, 

 slightly gibbous, tomentose outside, deflexed-villous in its upper part 

 inside; its lobes broadly oblong, obtuse, deflexed. Petals longer than 

 the calyx-lobes, broadly elliptic, very obtuse, glabrous. Stamens about 

 10, longer than the petals, shorter than the pistil ; the filaments glab- 

 rous, united at the very base. Ooary sericeous ; style sparsely hairy in 

 its lower half, otherwise glabrous. Fruit about 1 in. in diam., sub- 

 orbicular, slightly compressed, densely covered with a yellowish crusta- 

 ceous scurf, 2-celled ; the pericar]) 2 in. thick, tomentose inside. 



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