300 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 



Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, calyx nearly glabrous 3. P. Scortechinii, 

 Leaves glabrous on the upper surface, the midrib and nerves, 

 often with the intervening spaces on the lower surface also 

 adpressed-pubescent : — 



Fruit truncate at the base and with 4 deep vertical grooves ; 



flowers not more than *3 in. long ; leaves entire ... 4. P. mutabilis. 



Fruit not truncate at the base and not vertically ridged : — 



Fruit subglobular ; flowers *35 in. long ; leaves entire ... 5. P. fragrans. 



Fruit ovoid, tapering at the base ; flowers "45 in. long ; 



leaves entire or remotely serrate .. . ... ... 6. P. integrifolia. 



Leaves glabrous on the upper surface, the lower surface always 

 in the young leaves, and usually in adult leaves covered with 

 dense yellowish tomentum : — 



Fruit sub-globular, not ridged, *25 in. long ... ... 7. P. Ixte-virens. 



Fruit ovoid with a truncate base, and with 4 deep vertical 



ridges, *4 in. long ... ... ... ... 8. P. velutina. 



Imperfectly known species near P. velutina, Bl. ... ... 9. P. Bidleyi. 



1. Polyosma parvifloka, King n. spec. A small tree ; young 

 branches slender, glabrous. Leaves membranons, narrowly elliptic, 

 shortly caudate-acuminate, the edges sinuate-dentate in the upper three- 

 fourths, entire in the lower fourth, the base cuneate ; both surfaces 

 glabrous, dull and dark- coloured when dry, the lower slightly paler 

 than the upper; main nerves 10-12 pairs, sub-horizontal, slightly pro- 

 minent on the lower surface only ; length 25-325 in., breadth 1-1*5 

 in. ; petiole # 3-'5 in., sparsely pubescent, channelled. Racemes ter- 

 minal, shorter than the leaves, puberulous. Floivers '2 in. long, their 

 pedicels 05 in., adpressed-pubescent ; the bracteoles linear, longer than 

 the pedicel. Calyx-tube narrow, nearly glabrous, the mouth with tri- 

 angular acuminate teeth. Petals only twice as long as the calyx, linear, 

 obtuse, pubescent externally, longer than the anthers. Fruit flask- 

 shaped, the apex crowned by the calyx-teeth and the pointed base of 

 the style, the base rounded and slightly gibbous, glabrous, "5 in. long, 

 and 3 in. in diam. 



Perak ; on Gunong Inas, at 5000 feet, Wray 4143. 



A species somewhat resembling P. ilicifolia, Blume in the shape of its leaves ; 

 but having much shorter racemes and smaller flowers, and an almost glabrous calyx. 



2. Polyosma corjacea, King n. spec. A shrub or small tree ; young 

 branches glabrous, sparsely lenticellate. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to 

 elliptic-rotund, rarely sub-obovate, the apex acute or shortly acuminate, 

 the edges entire and slightly revolute when dry, the base cuneate ; 

 both surfaces glabrous, the upper shining, the lower dull and pa-ler ; 

 main nerves 9-11 pairs, spreading, interarching freely, slightly promi- 

 nent on the lower surface only; length 275-4 in., breadth 15-2 in., 

 petiole about *75 in. Racemes terminal, about as long as or longer than 



