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Lower surface granular, the midrib and 6 to 8 sei of nerves 
pubescent. <4. i +. ae ~ + « & P. ramosissima. 
Both surfaces shining, setionlnis piatiecus hast: the bymentes 
| midrib on the upper ; nerves about 10 pairs, very faint. . . 3. P, nitida. 
Upper surface of leaves glabrous; the lower minutely granular and ae 
strigose; nerves 4 or 5 pairs . . 4, P. Helferi. 
Upper surface of leaves glabrous; the oie Beatties bonnenttcad’ on ine 
midrib and 4 or 5 pairs of nerves . , : 5. P. Beddomeana. 
Upper surface of leaves glabrous except the mitienalous sntetbs a6 
lower yellowish-tomentose; nerves 11 to 18 pairs; fruit large . . . 6. P. fetida. 
Upper surface of leaves glabrous, except the tomentose midrib and 8 to 
10 pairs of nerves; lower surface pubescent and sub-granular . . . 7. P. Perakensis. 
Both surfaces minutely granular; upper aay puberulous; lower 
pubescent; nerves 8toll pairs . , , 8. P. fusea. 
Both surfaces minutely granular; upper with a ie santana ane 
lower fuscous, densely and softly pubescent; the nerves 6 or 7 pairs, 
tomentose or pubescent . . ~ « « 9. PB, velutina, 
Both surfaces, but especially ie joa softly anewent: nerves boat 
HONDRITSHE 205 Sie ee ee ee I ee pe UO mencoau 
Flowers polygamous. 
Upper surface of leaves glabrous, except the puberulous midrib; nerves 
10 or 11 pairs; flowers °5 to °75 in, in diam.; inner row of petals 
larger than the outer, valyate, their apices inflexedin bud . . . . IIL. P. nervifolia, 
Upper surface of leaves sub-granular, minutely and sparsely adpressed- 
pubescent; nerves 9 to 12 pairs; flowers °4 in. in diam.; inner petals 
slightly smaller than the outer, imbricate . . eh Ps ara 
Both surfaces of leaves glabrous; the lower avery: chintig: nerves 
T_PRYTS (eee eee: PRS. Cealce eis eet ies fo} eet ros Pyookert, 
1. Poprowra paucirtora, Maingay muss.; Hook, fil. Fl. Ind, 1. 69. A tree? Young 
branches slender, cinereous, strigose. Leaves membranous, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, 
the base acute; both surfaces glabrous, minutely granular; the midrib and 9 or 10 pairs 
of oblique, little curving main nerves, sparsely pilose beneath; length 5 to 6 in., breadth 
15 to 2 in.; petiole ‘2 in., pubescent. Flowers extra-axillary, solitary or axillary, 
-25 in. in diam.; pedicels *15 to °25 im. long, with a basal bracteole, rusty-strigose. 
Sepals minute, ovate. Petals: the outer small and like the sepals; the inner three times 
as large, sub-orbicular, concave, their apices inflexed. Stamens many. Ovaries about 6, 
strigose; ovule solitary, erect. Ripe carpels sub-sessile, globular, glabrous, King in Journ. 
As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 92. 
Malacca,—Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No, 56, 
Known only by Maingay’s imperfect specimens—an obscure species. 
Prats 159A. Popowia pauciflora, Maing. mss. 1, Flowering branch; 2, branch with 
fruit—of natural size; 3, flower ; 4, andro- -gynecium; 5 & 6, stamens; 7, pistil; 
8, section of pistil—enlarged, — 
2, Popowia Ramosissima, Hook. fil. & Thoms. Fl. Ind. 105, A small spreading tree; 
young branches at first rufous-pubescent; the older dark-coloured and furrowed, Leaves 
membranous, sub-sessile, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, sometimes slightly obovate, 
