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largest and oblanceolate, the lower often obl<>ng, all caudate-acnnunate, 

 the edges with small remote glandnlar teeth ; the hjise ranch narrowed 

 in the upper leaflets oblique and rjither rounded in the lower: upper 

 surface reticulate, shining, glabrous except Hie pubescent midrib, the 

 lower reticulate and glabrous but pubescent on the midrib and nerves ; 

 length 3 to 6 in., breadth 1 to 1'6 in. ; petiolules "1 in. or less, pubes- 

 cent. Panicles much longer than the leaves, axillary or teiminal, 

 slender, with a few raceme-like branches bearing the flowers in small 

 uniparoue lateral cymules. Flowers '05 in. in diam. Calyx campanu- 

 late, deeply divided into 5 ovate sub-acute pubescent teeth. Petals 

 5, longer than the calyx, oblong, truncate, pubescent inside. Stamens 

 5, exserted, the anthers broadly ovate, glabrous : filaments long, pubes- 

 cent and thickened at the base. JDlsc cupular, fleshy, glabrous. Ovary 

 bilobed, rusty-pubescent ; style short, glabrous. Fruit with 2 or more 

 often with 1 ellipsoid glabrous shining lobe, '75 in, long and '5 in. in 

 diam. 



Perak : King's Collectors, Nos. 3479, 3607, 3781, 4514, 7255 ; Wray, 

 No. 2912. Singapore : Ridley, No. 6373. 



This diffeis from P. alnifolia in having its leaflets caudate-acu- 

 ininate at the apex and much more narrowed at the base, and in the 

 midribs and nerves on the lower surface being pubescent as well as the 

 midrib on the upper. The panicles are besides very much longer, and 

 the flowers have longer pedicels than in P. alnifolia ; while the petals, 

 which seem to be always present, much exceed the calyx-lobes. 



4. PoMETiA ALNIFOLIA, Radlk. liber Sapind. Holl.-Ind. 80. A tree 

 50 to 70 feet high : young branches pubescent, reddish when young. 

 Leaves 3 to 8 in. long, equally or unequally pinnate, the rachises slender 

 and pubescent, the petiole not swollen at the base but often with a 

 minute stipule-like leaflet. Leaflets 6 to 9, opposite or alternate, oblong 

 or oblanceolate-oblong, sub-coriaceous, shortly acunjinate, the edges 

 with remote minute glandular teeth, slightly narrowed to the rounded 

 or cuneate base ; upper surface glabrous, shining ; the lower pale ^nd 

 with a few scattered hairs ; main nerves spreading, numerous, parallel, 

 prominent below, length of the upper leaflets 3 or 4 in., bi-eadth 

 '9 to 1"25 in., the lower leaflets smaller and the lowest of all 

 minute. Panicles terminal, axillary, minutely tomentose, about as 

 long as the leaves, with a few racemoid branches bearing the flowers 

 in lateral cymules. Flowers less than "1 in. in diam. ; bracts linear, 

 pubescent, pedicels short. Calyx with 5 deep valvate puberplous tri- 

 angular segments. Petals 5, usually shorter than the calyx, sub-rotund, 

 villous at the apex inside, or absent. Stamens 5, slightly exserted, the 

 anthervS short, the filaments glabrous. Disc cupular, fleshy, glabrous. 



