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6 or 7 pairs, slender, spreading ; length 2-3 in., breadth •8-l"35 in., petiole 

 '25-*35 in. Racemes solitary, axillary, 1-1"25 in. long, coarsely adpressed 

 rusty-pabescent, bracts (if any) deciduous. Floivers '15 in. long, their 

 pedicels '1 in. Calyx-tuhe narrowly campanulate, with 6 oblong sub- 

 acute hirsute lobes. Petals none. Stamens about 12, exserted. Pistil 

 shorter than the stamens, ovary with long white hairs; style glabres- 

 cent. Fruit transversely oblong, glabrous, minutely pubescent, '3 in. 

 long and "4 in. broad. 



Perak ; Scortechini 357. 



9. Pygeum persimile, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. Bengal Vol. XLI, 

 306. A tree ; young branches slender, deciduously rusty-pubescent. 

 Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, shortly and 

 obtusely acuminate ; the base rounded or slightly cuneate, eglandular ; 

 upper surface glabrous or glabrescent, very minutely punctate, dull, 

 the midrib coarsely pubescent ; lower surface brown, rugulose, with 

 few scattered adpressed bristles, the nerves (but especially the midrib) 

 strigose-pubescent ; main nerves 7 or 8 pairs, spreading, very promi- 

 nent (almost winged) on the lower surface; length 2*5-4 in., breadth 

 l"3-l*6 in. ; petiole •25-'3 in., slender, pubescent. Racemes usually iti 

 fascicles of 2 or 3 (sometimes united near the base), rarely solitar^^, 

 from above the scars of fallen leaves, •75-l'75 in. long, densely tawny- 

 tomentose ; bracts broadly ovate, acute or obtuse, longer than the pedi- 

 cels. Floivers 1 in. long and '15 in. wide at the mouth, their pedicels less 

 than '1 in. Calyx-tuhe campanulate, tomentose outside, glabrous inside, 

 the mouth with 6 distant obtuse teeth. Petals none. Stamens about 

 12 or 18, glabrous, spreading, exserted. Pistil erect, as long as the 

 stamens, the ovary tawny-sericeous ; the style glabrous above, seri- 

 ceous below ; stigma obliquely discoid. Fruit transversely oblong, with 

 a deep vertical groove, scarcely apiculate, glabrous except for a few 

 adpressed hairs in the groove, '25 in. long and '35 in. broad. Kurz 

 For. Flora Burma, I, 436 ; Hook. fil. PL Br. Ind. II, 320. 



Malacca ; Griffith. Singapore ; Ridley 4452. 



Mr. Kurz inadvertently referred to this Griffith's No. 2056 from Tenasserim 

 which he says is closely allied to P. Zampongum, Miq. In my own opinion Griffith's 

 No. 2056 is P. Lampongum. Kurz's description of his P. persimile exactly agrees 

 with Griffithian specimens from Malacca (without any number), and on some of 

 these he has written the name P. persimile with his own hand. This species must 

 therefore henceforth be considered as Malayan and not as Burmese. 



10. Pygeum parviflorum, Teysm. & Binn. in Nat. Tijds. Ned. 

 Ind. II, 309. A tree 50-70 feet high ; young branches dark-coloured, 

 minutely rusty-pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 

 shortly caudato-acuminate, the base cuneate, upper surface shining, 



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