Pygeum~\ LI. ROSACES. (J. D. Hooker.) 319 



2. P. glaberrimum, #ook. f. ; leaves oblong-lanceolate caudate-acumi- 

 nate quite glabrous, basal glands or obscure, racemes slender and petioles gla- 

 brous. P. acuminatum, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. fy T. 



Eastern tropical Himalaya, SIKKIM, alt. 3-5000 ft., J. D. H. KHASIA MTS., alt. 

 3-4000 ft., Simmonds, etc. CHITTAGONG, J. J). H. # T. T. 



A branching tree, 30-50 ft., glabrous in all its parts, smelling strongly when 

 bruised of prussic acid. Leaves 4-9 in., base rounded or acute, opaque beneath, with 

 a few large scattered glands or ; nerves spreading and arching ; petiole ^ in. Ra- 

 cemes numerous, erect ; rachis and pedicels slender. Calyx-tube obconic ; limb ob- 

 scurely 6-sinuate, disk pubescent at the base. Petals 6, oblanceolate, obtuse, hooded, 

 quite glabrous. Ovary puberulous, soon glabrate ; style slender, exserted, nearly 

 straight; stigma capitate. Fruit on a much elongated thickened peduncle. 1 in. 

 transversely. Except for the perfectly glabrous inflorescence and petals, this closely 

 resembles P. acuminatum. 



3. P. Wig-fat ianum, Blume, Melanges Bot. 1855, n. 2 (ex Walp. Ann. iv. 

 642) ; leaves rounded-oblong or elliptic obtuse with two largeglands at or near the 

 base, racemes stout pubescent, petals 5-6 tomentose. Thwaites JSnum. 102. P. 

 ceylanicum, Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 59, excl. synon. Polyodontia ? ceylanica, 

 Wight. HI i. 203 ; Ic. t. 256. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; Anamallay, Shevarry, Pulney and Tinevelly ranges, Bed- 

 dome. CEYLON ; central province, alt. 4-8000 ft., Wight, etc. 



A middle-sized tree, glabrous except the young shoots and inflorescence, which are 

 pubescent with dense appressed hairs. Leaves 3-4 in., coriaceous, base rounded or 

 subacute; nerves arched, spreading, prominent beneath; petiole \-^ in. Racemes 

 24 in. ; axillary, rachis and peduncle stout ; pedicels sometimes ^ in. long. Flowers 

 \ in. diam. Calyx-tube obconic or turbinate ; limb 5- rarely 4- or 6-lobed, lobes 

 acute. Petals 4-6, oblong, tip rounded, softly tomentose. Stamens about 20. Ovary 

 quite glabrous ; style stout. Fruit in. transversely, on very stout pedicels. 



VAR. parvifolium, Thwaites Enum. 103 ; leaves smaller sometimes lanceolate, 

 racemes shorter, pedicels very short, flowers smaller, stamens fewer, fruit ^ in. trans- 

 versely. 



4. P. lanceolatum, Hook.f. ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate obtusely acumi- 

 nate, basal glands narrow oblong, racemes rarely axillary, short few-flowered 

 pubescent, bracts deciduous, petals 6 linear-lanceolate hairy. 



SINGAPORE, Lobb. 



Branches very slender, young ones and petioles puberulous with appressed hairs. 

 Leaves 3-4 in., base very acute, rather glaucous beneath; nerves very oblique, midrib 

 with a few silky hairs ; petiole |- in., slender. Racemes \-% in. chiefly on the 

 branches below the leaves, about 10-flowered, pubescent, sometimes almost globose, 

 subsessile ; pedicels in. Flowers in. diam. Calyx-tube turbinate, limb very shortly 

 lobed. Stamens about 12 ; style slender. Ovary perfectly glabrous. Fruit not seen. 

 Differs from P. persimile, Kurz, in the pedicels and glabrous ovary. 



5. P. TCaingayi, Hook. f. ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, basal 

 glands obscure or 0, racemes very short axillary solitary densely pubescent, 

 bracts persistent, calyx 6-lobed, petals 0. 



MALACCA, Maingay (Herb. Kew, 625), 



Branchlets very slender. Leaves 2-3 in., rather coriaceous, base acute, nerves 

 very faint spreading and arched, perfectly glabrous on both surfaces ; petiole in., 

 slender, glabrous. Racemes j in. almost globose, rusty tomentose ; pedicels very 

 short, exceding the oblong bracts. Calyx-tube obconic, glabrous within ; lobes oblong, 

 obtuse, villous. Stamens about 15, filament slender. Ovary small, often abortive 

 and slender, style glabrous. Fruit size of a large pea, nearly globose, with a sharp 

 mucronate apex. 



