118 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN; CALCUTTA. 
shortly, bluntly and abruptly acuminate, the base rounded or slightly narrowed; both 
surfaces glabrous; the lower granular and pubescent on the midrib and 6 to 8 pairs of 
ascending rather straight nerves; length 2°75 to 4 in., breadth 1 to 1°75 in.; petiole -05 
in. Flowers globular ‘in’ bad, leaf-opposed, solitary or in small fascicles, *2 in. in diam.; 
pedicels *15 to °25 in. long (longer in fruit), minutely bracteolate, rufous-tomentose. 
Sepals broadly triangular-ovate, acute, nearly as large as the outer petals and, like them, 
tomentose outside and glabrous inside. Jefals sub-equal, coriaceous, rotund, concave; 
the inner rather larger and with incurved points. Stamens short, with very broad, 
truncate, concave heads, Ovaries 5 or 6, villous; ovules 1 or 2. ipe carpels globose, 
with short stalks, pubescent, °25 to °35 in. in diam. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bai. 1. pt. 2, 27; 
Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 68; King in Journ, As. Soc, Bengal 61, pt. 2, 92.—Guatteria 
ramosissima, Wall. Cat. 7294, 8006.—Popowia rufula and P. affinis, Mig. Ann. Mus. 
ugg chain 20. St ile ie a ee te 
In all the provinces, common. Distrib.—Sumatra, Borneo. 
Prare 1598. Popowia xramosissima, Mook. fil. & Thoms. 1, Flowering branch; 
2, branch with fruit—of natural size; 3, flower, dissected; 4, stamens ; 5, pistil—endarged. 
3. Porowia nivipa, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 92. A shrub? Young 
branches sparsely and softly rufous-pubescent, the bark brown. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 
oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, bluntly acuminate, the base rounded; both surfaces reti- 
culate, glabrous and‘ sliining, the midrib tomentose on the upper; main nerves about 
12 pairs, very faint, spreading and forming double arches inside the edge; length 2°5 
to 4 in,, breadth *6 to 1°25 in.; petiole -1 in. lowers few, in short, extra-axillary 
racemes, sub-globular, °25 in, in diam.; pedicels about as long as the flowers, each with 
2 sub-orbicular, stem-clasping, pubescent bracteoles, Sepals orbicular, concave, puberulous 
on both surfaces, about °15 in. in diam. Petals sub-equal, about twice as large as the 
sepals, orbicular-ovate, sub-acute, cordate at the base, the edges incurved. Stamens 
about 27, in three rows; anther-cells linear, lateral; the apical process of the connective 
obliquely. truncate, papillose. Pistils numerous, forming a large mass with their stigmas 
agelutinated. Ovaries sub-cuneate, pubescent, especially near the truncate apex; stigma 
very large and viscous, sessile; ovules 1 to 8, ascending. Ripe carpels ovoid, pointed, 
glabrous, “4 to *d in. long, Seeds 1 to 3, compressed ; the testa pale brown, shining. _ 
S. Andaman,—King. Nicobars,—Kurz. Perak,—Ridley No. 2984. 2s 
In its leaves this much resembles varia micrantha, H. f. & T., as which I have reason 
to believe some specimens of it have been distributed from the Calcutta Herbarium. — | 
Pirate 165B. Popowia nitida, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe Peis cide section 
of ripe fruit—of natural size; 4, flower dissected; 5 & 6, ‘stamens; 7, pistil; 8, section 
of pistil—enlarged. 3 : 
4, Porowia Heururt, Hook. fil. & Thoms. Ft. Ind. i.'69. & small spreading tree; 
young branches coarsely hairy. Leaves membranous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 
acuminate, the base narrowed but rounded; upper surface glabrous; the lower granular, 
sub-strigose, especially. on the midrib; main nerves indistinct, about 4 or 5 pairs, 
ascending;. length 2 to 4 in, breadth -8 to 1:25 in. ; petiole 05 in. Flowers minute, 
globose, extra-axillary ; peduncles ‘05 to ‘2 in., tomentose. Sepals ovate, strigose. Outer 
