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mstj-pubescent ; main nerves about 12 pairs, conspicuous benealli, 

 curving sharply upwards ; length 4'5-7 in., breadth l'25-2 in. ; petiole 

 '2-S in., rusty-pubescent ; stiindes lanceolate, rusty-pubescent, "35 in. 

 long. Floioers •25-35 in. long, on pedicels of about the same length, 

 both rusty-pubescent. Fruit pisiform, fleshy, "25 in. in diam., crowned 

 by the persistent wide upper part of the calyx. Benth. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. Ill, 76 ; Grife. Notul. IV, 420 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 486. 



Malacca ; Griffith 2217/J ; Maingay 638. Penang ; Griffith ; Curtis 

 937. SrNGAPORE ; Ridley 6917; Anderson^ 81. Perak ; Scortechini 

 119; King's Collector, 1049, 2036. 



2. Pellacaltx Saccardianus, Scoi-techini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 

 XVII, 143. A small tree, young branches rusty-puberulous. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, oblong, shortly acuminate, edges entire, base rounded 

 or cuneate ; upper surface quite glabrous, shining ; the lower dull, paler, 

 slightly reticulate, glabrous or sometimes puberulous near the midrib 

 and nerves ; main nerves 7-9 pairs, rather prominent beneath, spread- 

 ing and curving upwards ; length 4-7 in., breadth 1*6-2 in., petiole 

 •25 in. Floioers about '25 in. long, on slightly shorter pedicels, rusty- 

 puberulous. Calyx-tube as in P. axillaris but only 4-cleft. Petals 4, 

 broadly oblong, emarginate, irregularly toothed towards the apex, 

 narrowed and entire at the base. Stamens 8. Ovary usually 9-celled. 

 Fruit as in P. axillaris, but glabrous. Hemsley in Hooker's Ic. PI. 1546. 



Pekak; Scortechini S2o. Wray 701, 1328. Malacca; Maingay 639. 



This differs from P. axillaris, Korthals, in having glabrous or nearly glabrous 

 leaves with only 7-9 pairs of main nerves, and also in its tetramerous flowers. 



7. Gynotroches, Blume. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves coriaceous, shining ; stipules deciduous. 

 Flowers small, axillary, fascicled, the peduncles joined in the middle. 

 Calyx ebracteolate, 4-5-partite ; segments valvate, reflexed. Petals 4-5, 

 inserted below the margin of an 8-10-lobed perigynous disc, clawed, 

 spathulate, fimbriate-lacerate. Stamens 8-10, inserted on the disc, 

 filaments filiform, anthers small. Ovary superior, adhering by a broad 

 base to the calyx, ovoid-globose, 3-6-angled, 3-6-celled '; style columnar, 

 furrowed, conical at the base ; stigma peltate, deeply 5-lobed ; lobes 

 emarginate, recurved; ovules 4 in each cell, ascending, fascicled. Berry 

 globose, 4-6-celled, many-seeded. Seeds small, obovoid, testa crusta- 

 ceous and wrinkled, albumen fleshy, embryo terete. Distrib. Species 2, 

 both Malayan. 



Gynotroches axillaris, Blume Bijdr. 219. A tree ; young branches 

 dark-coloured, smooth. Leaves oblong, or elliptic-oblong to elliptic, 

 tapering to each end ; the apex shortly and rather bluntly acuminate, 



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