120 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
7, Poprowra Peraxensis, King in Journ, As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 94. A shrub 
6 to 15 feet high; young branches densely and minutely dull rusty-tomentose, the older 
dark and furrowed. Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, very shortly and rather abruptly 
acuminate, the base slightly narrowed, sometimes sub-oblique; upper suriace glabrous, the 
midrib and nerves tomentose; lower pubescent, sub-granular; main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, 
spreading, slightly prominent beneath; length 4 to 5°5 in,, breadth 2 to 2°5 in.; petiole 
‘1 in., tomentose, Flowers extra-axillary, usually in pairs (but not dette poraneots) 
‘3 in. in diam.; pedicels ‘4 in. long, ferrugineous-tomentose, minutely bracteolate. Sepals 
smaller than the petals, semi-orbicular, acute, coarsely tomentose outside, sub-glabrous 
inside. Petals thick, ovoid-orbicular, sub-acute, sub-concave, densely whitish-sericeous 
outside, glabrous within; the inner row slightly larger than the outer, neither their edges 
nor apices incurved. Stamens numerous, flattened, with truncate, corrugated heads, 
Ovaries about 10, thin, glabrous, except a few long hairs near the base, 2-ovuled; stigmas 
large, rounded. Ripe carpels few, ovoid, with sub-truncate apices, slightly narrowed to 
the stalks, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, with several horizontal constrictions, when 
ripe *5 in. long and °25 im. in diam.; stalks -25 to *d in. long. Seeds 2, superposed, 
plano-convex. 
This resembles P. ramosissima in its leaves, but has much larger flowers of which 
the inner petals are not inflexed and the carpels have 2 seeds. It also resembles 
P, hirta, Miq. 
Perak,—King’s Collector, Wray ; from 200 to 2,500 feet. 
Puate 161B, Popowia Perakensis, King, 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels; 
3, flower dissected—of natural size; 4 & 5, anthers; 6 & 7, pistils—enlarged. 
8. Porowia Fusca, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 94. A tree 40 to 
50 feet high; young branches densely covered with purplish-brown tomentum; the 
older cinereous, sub-pubescent and much furrowed. Leaves coriaceous, oval-oblong, 
obtuse or sub-acute, the base rounded; both surfaces minutely granular; the upper 
shortly puberulous; the lower pubescent, the midrib and 8 to 11 pairs of spreading 
rather prominent main nerves tomentose on both; length 2-5 to 3°5 in., breadth 1-4 
to 1-8 in.; petiole *2 in., purplish-tomentose like the flower pedicels, Flowers in 
small, extra-axillary fascicles from small bracteate tubercles, -25 in. in diam.; pedicels 
15 to -25 in. Sepals ovate-obtuse, tomentose outside, glabrous inside. Petals sub- equal, 
rotund, very thick and fleshy, tomentose outside, puberulous inside. Ripe carpels 
few, globular, densely tomentose, -25 in. in diam.; stalks -1 to ‘2 in. long, tomentose, 
Seeds solitary. 
Perak, near Ulu Kerling, at an elevation of 500 feet,—King’s Collector No. 8602. 
This much resembles P. velutina, anes but its leaves are more oval, have more 
nerves, and are not so pubescent. » 
Prats 162A. Popowia fusca, King. 1, Branch with Apetarbads and young carpels ; 
2, ripe carpels—of natural size; 3, flower-bud; 4, flower dissected ; 5, anthers; 6, pistil 
—enlerged. 
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9. Popowia veLuTINa, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 94. A tree 20 
to 40 feet high; young branches covered with minute, soft, deep brown tomentum. 
