﻿Plate 1546. 



PELLACALYX SACCARDIANUS, 



Rhizophorejs, Tribe Legnotide«. 



i glabris vel parce puberulis, venis pi 

 :ubtus elevatis ; floribus sgepissime 

 erectis, petalia in alabastro induplicatis dorso parce pu 

 emarginatis plus minusve irregulariter denticulatis, 



Whether this be the P. axillaris of Korth., a Bornean plant, is a little 

 doubtful, for he describes the leaves as ' serrulata, serraturis eallosis. ' The 

 leaves of Griffith's Malacca plant are obsoletely crenate-serrate towards 

 the tip ; otherwise it agrees very well with Korthals's description. In 

 the Kew Herbarium is a thud species of Peliacalyx (P. cristatus, 

 Hemsl.), Borneo. Beccari, l^.S, whieh may be distinguished as follows : 



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primariis lateralibus utrinqne circiter 8-10 ; floribus 5-6-meris, petalis 

 appendicibus nnmerosis filiformibus cristatis. — W. B. Hemsley. 



