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broad truncate base, the apex pointed and crowned by the small per- 

 sistent calyx-teeth ; length -45 in.; breadth at the base '25 in. ; puberu- 

 lons, black when ripe, the pedicel •25--3 in. long, pubescent. Miq. Flor. 

 Ind. Bat. Vol. I, pt. 1, 724; Suppl. 386. 



Peuak ; King's Collector 2596, 4344, 8332 ; Wray 925. Johore ; 

 Lahe and Kelsall 4057. Malacca ; Goodenough 438. 



This species is closely allied to P. integrifoUa, Blame ; but has flowers only '3 in. 

 long on pedicels only "05 in. long, while the flowers of P. integrifoUa mesb^nre "45 in. 

 and its pedicels "1 in. The best distinction between the two species lies however 

 in the fruit which is in this truncate at the base and vertically ridged, while in P. 

 integrifoUa the fruit has a tapering base and is not ridged. 



5. PoLYOSMA FRAGRANS, Benn. PL Jav. Rar. 196. A shrub 5 or 6 

 feet high ; young branches slender, deciduously pubescent. Leaves 

 elliptic, tapering much to each end, the apex abruptly acuminate; the 

 base cuneate, the edges entire ; the upper surface quite glabrous ; the 

 lower sparsely adpressed-pubescent especially on the midrib and 7-10 

 pairs of subhoiizontal faint main-nerves ; length 25-3 in., breadth 

 l-l_l-35 in. ; petiole '4 in., slender, pubescent. Raceme terminal, erect, 

 rather longer than the leaves, tawny-pubescent. Flowers '35 in. long, 

 rather crowded, their pedicels under "l in. long with 2 adpressed brac- 

 teoles. Calyx-tube short, sericeous ; the mouth with 4 small triangular 

 teeth. Fetals many times longer than the calyx, linear, acute, adpressed- 

 pubescent. Stamens shorter than the petals. Anthers linear, elongate ; 

 filaments broad, sparsely villous on the inner side. Fruit sub-globular, 

 apiculate, glabrous, '2 in. in diam. H. f. & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. II, 

 77 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, pt. I, 724 ; Suppl. I, 336 ; Clarke in Hook. 

 fiL Flor. Br. Ind. II, 408. Itea fragrans, Wall, in Koxb. Flor. Ind. II, 

 420; Walh Cat. 84^72, partly. 



Perak ; Scortechini 520. Singapore ; Wallich. Distrib. Sumatra. 

 . 6. PoLYOSMA INTEGRIFOLIA, Blumc Bijdr. 659. A tree 20-40 feet 

 high ; young branches lenticellate, deciduously rusty-pubescent. Leaves 

 oblanceolate, the apex shortly and abruptly caudate-acuminate, gradu- 

 ally narrowed from the middle or above it to the petiole, the edges 

 entire or remotely serrate, drying of a rather dark-brown colour ; upper 

 surface glabrous or with a few hairs on the midrib ; the lower paler, with 

 adpressed hairs on the midrib and sometimes also on the nierves ; main 

 nerves 8-12 pairs, spreading, interarching, slightly prominent on the 

 lower surface only ; length 35-8 in., breadth 1-35-3 in.; petiole '5-1 

 in., rather stout, pubescent. Bacemes terminal, often longer than the 

 leaves, subadpressed-sericeous. Flowers '45 in. long, rather crowded; 

 their pedicels "1 in. long, pubescent, with 2 linear-lanceolate bracts. 

 Calyx-tube about as long as the pedicel, pubescent ; the mouth with 4 



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