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Miq., but there are only 6 or 7 pairs of nerves &a against 10-16 pairs in that 

 species. The fruits of this are moreover slightly larger and much more globular, 

 and the interior of the cells is glabrous ; whereas in those of P. asperuliim the 

 cells are hairy inside. 



10. Parinarium Grifpithianum, Benth. in Hook. Niger Flora, 334. 

 A large tree (Curtis) ; yoang branches rather stout, with dark lenti- 

 cellate bark. Leaves coriaceous, oblong- lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 

 caudate-acuminate, narrowed at the base to the short petiole ; both 

 surfaces glabrous, the upper very polished, the lower duller ; main 

 nerves 7-10 pairs, curving upwards, faint ; length 3"5-6 in., breadth 

 I*2-2*25 in., petiole •25-*85 in. Panicles axillary and terminal, peduncu- 

 late, longer than the leaves, pyramidal, nearly glabrous, the branches 

 sparsely-flowered; bracts, if any, deciduous (not seen). Floivei's ' 5 in . 

 long, on short pedicels. Calyx-tube narrowly funnel-shaped, hoary- 

 pubescent, the lobes rotund. Petals broadly oblong, concave, sub- 

 glabrous, about as long as the calyx-lobes. Stamens 20-30 ; the fila- 

 ments longer than the petals, united at the base into a short tube. 

 Ovary very tomentose ; the style longer than the stamens, glabious. 

 Fruit narrowly ellipsoid or slightly obovoid, blunt, glabrous, 2-celled, 

 about 1*5 in. long and '75 in. in diam. ; pericarp crustaceous, '15 in. 

 thick, lined with dense silky pubescence. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 310. 

 P. multiflorum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Yol. I, Pt. 1, 356. MarantJies multi- 



Jlora, Korth. Vei-h. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 259, t. 70. 



Malacca; Griffith 2047/2; Maingay 620. Pahang ; Ridley 1354. 

 Kedah ; Curtis. Singapore ; Ridley 4792. Penang ; Curtis 1514, 2416. 

 Grifl&th's specimen 2047/2, which is the type of the species, has more 

 polished leaves and an opener panicle than the other specimens quoted above. But 

 I can detect no difference in the flowers. Griffith's specimen has no fruit, and the 

 whole material is imperfect. It may turn out that there are really two species 

 included under P. Grifithianum. 



11. Parinarium heteropetalum, Scortechini MSS. A tree 60-80 

 feet high ; young branches rather slender and with rather rough cinereous 

 glabrous bark. Leaves coriaceous, eglandular, obloug-lanceolate, taper- 

 ing from the middle to both ends, the apex acuminate, the base acute ; 

 both surfaces glabrous, rather dull when dry, the lower very minutely 

 punctate ; main nerves faint on both surfaces, 5 or 6 pairs, oblique, 

 ascending ; length 3-5-4-5 in., breadth l-l'B in., petiole '35 in., stout. 

 Panicles axillary and terminal, about one-third to one-half as long as 

 the leaves, with short branches, everywhere rusty-pubescent ; bract at 

 the base of the flowers solitary, lanceolate, tomentose. Floivers '6 in . 

 long, sessile. Calyx-tube curved, narrowly tubular below the bend 

 and suddenly expanded above it ; the lobes thick, concave, reflexed, 

 unequal, from oblong to auborbicular or obovate, everywhere puhoRcent 



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