Pygeum.~\ LI. ROSACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 321 



11. P. brevifolium, Hook. f. ; leaves broadly oblong acute or obtuse 

 quite glabrous beneath, basal glands minute or 0, racemes axillary globose 

 tomentose, calyx-limb 5-6-toothed, petals 0. 



MALACCA, summit of Mt. Ophir, Griffith, Lobb. 



A shrub, 3-4 ft. ; branches woody and leaves quite glabrous. Leaves 2-2 in., 

 coriaceous, usually contracted at the tip and obtuse or emarginate, rarely acute ; 

 nerves beneath faint, spreading and arching ; petiole -| in. Racemes contracted, 

 not i in. long, 6-10-fld; bracts small; pedicels short. Calyx urceolate; teeth un- 

 equal, obtuse. Stamens 10-16, filaments short. Ovary \illons ; style rather short, 

 glabrous. j 



A specimen of this marked ' Lucon, T. Lobb,' in Herb. Hook., is probably so 

 ticketed by mistake. Lobb having visited Mt. Ophir no doubt collected it there. 



12. P. Gardner!, Hook. f. ; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate, 

 basal glands 0, racemes axillary stout elongate pubescent, bracts deciduous, 

 calyx 12-lobed, petals 0, stamens 12 short. Pygeum ? acuminatum, Wight Ic. 

 t. 993. P. zeylanicum, Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Flor. 89, excl. Synon., not of 

 Geertn. 



. Western Peninsula, NILGHIRI HILLS, Gardner, Wight. GHATS OF BOMBAY, 

 Ritchie. 



A large tree, glabrous everywhere except the inflorescence. Leaves 4-6 in., very- 

 coriaceous, base acute or rounded, equal or unequal, nerves oblique ; petiole -1 in., 

 quite glabrous, or of young leaves silky. Racemes 3-4 in., peduncle and rachis 

 stout ; pedicels short, stout. Flowers % in. diam. Calyx-tube urceolate ; limb with 

 10-12 obtuse tomentose lobes. Petals 0. Stamens 12, rather slender. Ovary 

 hirsute; style exserted. Fruit 1-1 \ in., transversely 2-lobed, shining and smooth, 

 apiculate in the sinus at the top. 



ft Leaves more or less pubescent beneath. 



13. P. ceylanicum, G&rtn. Fruct. i. 218, t. 46; branches leaves 

 beneath and inflorescence densely finely tomentose, leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 obtusely acuminate, basal glands large, racemes solitary, calyx obconic ob- 

 scurely 6-toothed, petals 6 acuminate, stamens about 12. Thivaites Enurn. 102. 

 excl. Syn. P. acuminatum. P. Walkerii, Blume Mel. Bot. 1855 n. 2 (ex Walp. 

 Ann. iv. 642). Polyodontia Walkerii, Wight. Ill i. 203. 



CEYLON, warm moister parts of the island, ascending to 3000 ft., Walker, &c. 



A rather large tree ; branches stout, lenticellate. Leaves 5-6 in., coriaceous, 

 base rounded ; nerves rather obliquely ascending, upper surface quite glabrous, under 

 closely and finely tomentose. Racemes axillary or from the axils of fallen leaves, 

 li-2 in., densely rusty- tomentose pedicels short, stout, bracts not seen. Calyx-tube 

 villous within, teeth obscure. Petals villous, hooded. Ovary villous ; style glabrous. 



14. P. capitellatum, Hook. f. ; branchlets and leaves beneath finely 

 pubescent, leaves broadly oblong obtuse, basal glands rather large, racemes 

 axillary contracted into globose densely villous heads, calyx-tube campanulate 

 obscurely 10-lobed, petals 0, stamens about 15, style hairy. 



TENASSERIM, Heifer. 



Branchlets rather stout, densely pubescent. Leaves 5-6 in., coriaceous, base 

 rounded, midrib stout, pubescent above, tomentose beneath ; nerves rather numerous, 

 8-10 pair, spreading and arched ; petiole ^ in. Racemes solitary or crowded, sessile, 

 in. long, very dense-flowered ; pedicels very short. Calyx-\\m\> tomentose on the 

 margin. Stamens longer than the calyx. Ovary villous ; style rather short, with 

 long hairs. 



15. P. montanum, Hook.f. ; leaves oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate 

 ciliate rugulose above, pubescent or tomentose beneath, basal glands deeply 



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