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the leaves, sparsely adpressed-pubescent. Floivers "35 in. long; tlieir 

 pedicels *! in., bearing 3 unequal linear-acuminate strigose bracteoles. 

 Calyx-tube shorter than the pedicel, slightly constri(;ted under the 

 mouth ; the teeth triangular, acute, strigose like the tube. Petals much 

 longer than the calyx and sli2:htly longer than the stamens, linear, 

 obtuse, minutely sti-igose outside, sub-villous inside. Frtdt (very young) 

 ovoid, glabrous, crowned by the calyx-teeth. 



Perak ; on G-unong Buba at an elevation of 5000 feet ; Scortechini 

 805 ; Wray 3819, 3855, 4131. Kidley's 5219 from Kedah Peak possibly 

 belongs to tliis species. Its leaves, however, are thinner, and their 

 nerves more distinct. 



3. POLYOSMA ScORTECHiNii, King n. spec. A medium-sized tree 

 (fide Scortechini) ; young branches slender, with pale almost polished 

 bark, all parts except the inflorescence glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sometimes obi anceolate, acute, much narrow- 

 ed to the base ; the edges entire, sli<rlitly revolute when dry ; both sur- 

 faces shining, glabrous, except sometimes a few hairs on the midrib 

 beneath ; msiin nerves 10-12 paiis, spreading, interarching, faint on 

 both surfaces ; length 4-6*5 in., breadth 1*5-2 in., petiole •35-"6 in. 

 winged. Racemes terminal, shorter than the leaves, sparsely puberulous. 

 Flowers S in. long, their pedicels about '05 in. ; the bracteoles small, 

 lanceolate, hairy. Calyx-tube nearly glabrous ; its lobes shallow, trian- 

 gular. Petals linear, subacute, pubescent outside, only slitrhtly so 

 inside, about as long as the almost glabrous stamens. Fruit unknown. 

 P. integrifolia, Herb. Scortechini (not of Blume). 



Perak ; Scortechini 1900. 



Readily distinguished by its perfectly glabrous leaves and nearly glabrous 

 flowers. 



4. POLTOSMA MUTABiLis, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. I, 261. A 

 tree 20-40 feet high ; young branches lenticellate, deciduously rusty- 

 pubescent. Leaves narrowly elliptic, tapering gradually from about 

 the middle to each end, not caudate-acuminate, the edges quite entire ; 

 upper surface black when dry, glabrous, shining; the lower deep- 

 olivaceous, very sparsely pubescent, the midrib and nerves adpressed- 

 pubescent ; main nerves 8-10 pairs, spreading, slightly prominent on the 

 lower and slightly depressed on the upper surface, length 3'5-6 in., 

 breadth l-25-J*75 in.; petiole 'S-l'l in., slender. A*ace??ie5 terminal, 

 much longer than the leaves, with short rather sparse pubescence. 

 Flowers '3 in. long, their pedicels about '05 in. long with 2 adpressed 

 bracteoles. Calyx-tube about as long as the pedicel, pubescent ; its lobes 

 short, triangular. Petals many times longer than the calyx, linear, sub- 

 obtuse, pubescent, slightly longer than the stamens. Fruit ovoid from a 



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