iv. AN ON ACE JE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 69 



PENANG, Wallich. 



A spreading much branched tree ; bark glabrous ; young parts brown-tomentose. 

 Leaves 2-4 by 1-2 in., thin, coriaceous, base rounded ; petiole ^ in., tomentose. Flowers 

 solitary or geminate, minute, globose ; pe lunclea ^5 i i n - > bract small, submedian. 

 /Sepals ovate, pilose. Outer petals smaller than the sepals, ovate; inner ovate, acute. 

 /Stamens about 18. Carpels many, densely strigose ; ovules 1-2. 



3. P. Helferi, ff.f. & T. ; leaves narrow-oblong abruptly acutely or ob- 

 tusely acuminate glabrous above puberulous on the midrib beneath, flowers 

 extra-axillary 1 outer petals smaller than the inner. 



King's Island, TENASSERIM, Heifer. 



A small spreading tree ; branchlets coarsely hairy. Leaves 2|-5 by 1-1J in., base 

 rounded or suboblique ; petiole ^ in., subpilose. Flowers minute, globose ; peduncles 

 xuJ in., tomentose. Sepals and (rather larger) outer petals ovate, strigose ; inner 

 petals orbicular, concave, densely strigose, tip inflexed. Stamens 15. Carpels 6, densely 

 strigose ; ovule solitary, subbasal. We have examined but one bud. 



4. P. pauciflora, Maingay mss. ; branchlets strigose, leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate finely acuminate membranous minutely granulate midrib and 

 veins beneath sparsely appressed pilose, flowers extra-axillary, outer petals 

 much smaller than the inner, carpels pisiform 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



Branches slender, dark-grey. Leaves 5-7 by 1^-2 in., base acute, surfaces similar 

 opaque ; nerves very oblique ; petiole ^ in. Flowers \ in. diarn., solitary or in pairs, 

 outside the leaf-axil, rusty-strigose ; peduncles |- 1 in. ; bract basal. Sepals minute, 

 ovate. Outer petals like the sepals, glabrous inside ; inner thrice as large, suborbicular, 

 concave, tip inflexed. Stamens many. Ovaries 6, gibbous, strigose ; style subclavate ; 

 ovule erect. Carpels pisiform, subsessile, glabrous, purple. Testa rugose. 



5. P. fcetida, Maingay mss.; branchlets tomentose, leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate caudate-acuminate glabrous above tomentose beneath, flowers 

 axillary outer petals a little smaller than the inner, carpels very large. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A large tree ; branches pale, leaves beneath petioles inflorescence and carpels covered 

 with yellow-grey tomentum. Leaves 5-7 by 2-2 4 in., base acute, thin, firm with midrib 

 above puberulous ; nerves many, strong beneath, reaching the margin ; petiole |-g- in., 

 thickened. Flowers ^ in. diatn., buds globose ; peduncles | in. Sepals minute, obtuse. 

 Outer petals elliptic-ovate, obtuse, yellow ; inner smaller, base excavated, margin thick, 

 triquetrous, apiculate. Stamens about 30, connective produced backwards. Ovaries 

 about 6, strigose, 2-ovuled ; style rather slender. Carpels 2-3 by 1^-2 in., sessile, oblong, 

 cylindric, top rounded, 1-seeded. Seed l-2 in., oblong; testa bony, smooth. 



6. P . nervifolia, Maingay mss. ; branchlets densely tomentose, leaves 

 oblong or elliptic-oblong shortly acuminate substrigose on the short midrib 

 and nerves beneath, flowers extra-axillary 2-3-nate silky villous, outer petals 

 like the sepals half as large as the inner, carpels | in. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



Branches black ; branchlets ru sty-torn en tose. Leaves 6-8 by 2-3 in., firm, coria- 

 ceous, base subacute, opaque, under-surface pale ; nerves prominent, rather remote, very 

 oblique; petiole ^-^ in., rusty -pubescent. Flowers fin. diam., peduncles 4-^ in., stout, 

 clothed with large ovate obtuse clasping hirsute bracts. Sepals orbicular-ovate. Petals 

 broadly elliptic-ovate, very thick, outer in., inner coriaceous, tip 3-quetrous, glabrous 

 within. Ovaries many, slender, hirsute ; ovule 1, erect. Carpels many, in., elliotic- 

 oblong, smooth, apiculate, walls thin ; stalk short stout. Seed oblong, testa pale shining. 

 Allied to Xylopia in the conniving triquetrous inuer petals. (Maingay}. 



