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Leaves elliptic-oblong to ovate-elliptic,: acute or shortly and narrowly acuminate, slightly 
narrowed to the rounded, sub-unequal base; both ‘surfaces minutely granular; the upper 
with a few scattered hairs; the lower fuscous and more densely and softly pubescent, 
both the midrib and nerves tomentose or pubescent; main nerves 6 or 7 pairs, spreading 
indistinct; length 3 to 5 in., breadth 1°4 to 1:8 in.; petiole *l in. Flowers solitary or in 
pairs, extra-axillary, about ‘25 in. in diam.; pedicels densely tomentose, °35 in. longs 
bracteolate. Sepals broadly ovate, sub-acute, densely tomentose outside, glabrous inside, 
persistent in the fruit. Petals: sub-equal, .thick, sub-orbicular, very tomentose outside, 
glabrous inside. ipe carpels. few, sometimes solitary, ovoid, blunt, slightly oblique at 
the base and slightly narrowed to the stalk, minutely velvety-pubescent, °5 in. long and 
‘°35 m. in diam.; stalks -2 in., tomentose.. Zorus small, Seed solitary, glabrous, rugose, 
vertically furrowed. 
Perak, at Kinta; at elevations under 1,000 feet,—Aing’s Collector. 
A species very like P. fusca, but with shorter, fewer-nerved leaves; evidently not 
common. None of the Collector’s specimens have fully developed flowers, and the 
foregoing description of these is taken from a bud. . 
Prate 162B. Popowia velutina, King. 1, Leaf-twig; 2, branch with young fruit 
and flower-bud; 8, branch with solitary single ripe carpels; 4, section of ripe carpel— 
of natural size | | 
10.- Porowia tomentosa, .Maingay uss. ev Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 1. 70. A tree; 
young branches softly rusty-tomentose, when older black and rugose. Leaves elliptic- 
oblong to elliptic, acute or shortly acuminate; the base rounded, slightly unequal-sided 
both surfaces, but especially the lower, softly pubescent; main nerves about 10 pairs, 
slightly prominent, spreading; length 4°5 to 4°5 in., breadth 1:75 to 3 in.; petiole 
‘1 in., tomentose. Flowers extra-axillary, ‘ sub-sessile, *25 in. in diam. Sepals broadly 
ovate, connate, slightly smaller than the petals. Pedals slightly unequal, villous outside, 
glabrous inside; the outer ovate, thick; the inner larger, very thick and concave, 
oblong, connivent. Stamens about 25. Ovaries 7 to 9, oblong, pubescent; ovules 2. Lipe 
carpels globose, slightly pubescent, ‘5 to °75 in. in diam., 2-seeded; their stalks “35 in., 
pubescent. King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 90. 
Malacca,—Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 54. Penang,—Curtis (No. 648). Perak,— 
Scortechini, Een ae e 
I am not satisfied that there are not two species involved here, the one with 
broader leaves and shorter pubescence. i : : 
Prare 168A. Popowia tomentosa, Maingay uss. 1, F lowering branch ; 2, carpels 
(nearly ripe)—of natural size; 3, flower dissected, showing sepals, inner petals, and andro- 
eynecium; 4a, inner petals—slightly enlarged; 4 & 5, anthers; 6, pistil—much enlarged. 
11. Porowra NeRviroLta, Maingay uss. ex Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i, 60. A small tree 
12 to 25 feet high; young branches at first densely rusty-tomentose, afterwards dark- 
coloured and furrowed. - Leaves coriaceous, from oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate to 
elliptic-oblong, shortly, abruptly and bluntly acuminate, the base acute; upper surface 
shining,. glabrous, except the puberulous midrib; lower paler, sparsely rusty-pubescent; 
main nerves 10 or 11 pairs, oblique, rather promiment on the lower surface; length 5:5 
Ann. Roy. Bor. Garp. Caucurra You. LY. 
