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12. Pygeum Hookeriandm, King n. spec, A shrub or small tree ; 

 young branclies dark-coloured, glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, more 

 or less broadly ovate, sometimes ovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, the 

 base broad and rounded or sometimes slightly narrowed to the petiole ; 

 upper surface glabrous, the lower minutely rusty-pubescent especially 

 on the midrib and nerves, the hairs partially deciduous ; main nerves 

 6 or 7 pairs, spreading, slightly oblique, interarching rather far from 

 the edge; length 2-4 in., breadth I-IS in., petiole "25 in. Racemes 

 axillary and extra- axillary, sometimes crowded, usually less than "5 in. 

 long, densely rufous-tomentose. Flowers "2 in. in diam., on very short 

 pedicels each with a bioadly ovate concave bracteole at its base. 

 Galyx-tuhe tomentose outside, glabrous inside, widely campanulate, with 

 6 obtuse teeth. Petals 6, about as long as the calyx-teeth, lanceolate, 

 pubescent externally. Stamens from the mouth of the calyx-tube, about 

 20, glabrous, much exserted. Ovary sericeous ; style longer than the 

 stamens, puberulous, stigma obliquely discoid. Fruit sub-globular, 1- 

 seeded and '25 in. in diam., or transversely elongate with a shallow 

 vertical groove and often 2-seeded, '25 in. long and "4 in. broad, always 

 glabrous and slightly apiculate, black or dark purple ; seed when ripe 

 covered with white down. 



Perak; ScortecUni 1234; TTm^/ 3969 ; King's Collector 1970, 20S3, 

 2753, 4789, 6425. 



To this species I believe belongs No. 628 of the Maingay Herbarium referred 

 to by Sir Joseph Hooker in a note on p. 322, Vol. II of the Flora of British India, but 

 left undescribed by him for want of sufficiently good material. 



13. Pygeum brevifolium. Hook. iil. Fl. Br. Tnd. II, 321. A shrub 

 3 or 4 feet high ; young branches dark-coloured, glabrous. Leaves 

 coriaceous, broadly oblong, shortly and obtusely acuminate, sometimes 

 minutely emarginate, both surfaces quite glabrous ; the upper oliva- 

 ceous brown, the lower brown ; main nerves 4 or 5 pairs, spreading and 

 interarching, faint beneath ; length 2-25 in., breadth l'l-r3 in., petiole 

 •25-'3 in. Racemes axillary, only about "3 in. long, sub-globose, tomen- 

 tose, 6-10-flowered, bracts small. Calyx-tube urceolate, with 5 or 6 

 obtuse unequal teeth. Petals none. Stame?is 10-16, filaments short. 

 Ovary villous ; style rather short, glabrous. Fruit unknown. 



Malacca ; Summit of Mount Ophir, Griffith 2051. 



14. Pygeum Griffithii, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 322. A tree ? 

 Young branches stout, densely tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, oblong 

 or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or obtusely cuspidate ; the edges ciliate 

 and obscurely sinuate-toothed ; the base rounded or acute, with 2 

 small basal glands ; both surfaces very minutely dotted ; the upper 

 glabrous, the midrib and main nerves impressed and puberulous ; lower 



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