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. P. simiarum, Bth. & H. f. Ind. Fl. i. 63.—A tree (90—100 
+ 6070 + 6—10), the shoots puberulous or slightly pubescent ; 
bark about an in. thick, greenish grey, rather smooth, longitudi- 
nally fissured, spongy within, brownish-grey; leaves oblong or 
ovate-oblong, on short glabrous or puberulous petioles, apiculate or 
shortly acuminate, rounded or obtuse at base, 7 to 10 in. long, 
glabrous or slightly igrehsoty along the nerves beneath ; pedun- 
cles laterally arising from e branches, tomentose, shortened ; 
flowers nearly 2 in. in sees greenish yellow or purplish 
inside, on 1} to 2 in. long shortly tomentose or puberulous pedicels, 
furnished with a deciduous small bract below their middle; petals 
linear-oblong to oblong-spatulate, blunt or nearly op elabrous or 
peerlons 3 torus tawny tomentose; berries the of a plum, 
long stalks thickened upwards, oblong, Bey, orange-red, 
ne bluish black, smooth. 
—Frequent in the Supe rosin of the — a of the Pegu 
Yomah and Martaban; also Tenass —Fr. May-Jun : L—SS. = Sis., 
Metam., Lat. p. 
Remarxks.—Wood white, turning yellowish. 
2. P. Sumatrana, Kz.—An evergreen shrub or tree ? all parts 
glabrous ; — lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, on a 3 to 4 lin. long 
petiole, 4—6 in. long, shortly and rather bluntish acuminate, coria- 
ceous, ar sen — or almost whitish beneath ; flowers rather 
large, solitary from above the scars of the fallen leaves, on 7 to 9 = 
lone glabrons siscticlee sepals minute, oe te ; pet 
1} to 2 in. long, linear-lanceola te, narrowed at both enids, th 
inner ones a little shorter ; ripe carpels s statkcod: many or few on the 
convex torus, ellipsoid, somewhat acute, glabrous, 
Has.—Tenasserim (or Andamans ?). 
3. P. nitida, Bth. & H. f. Ind. Fl. i, 64.—An evergreen small 
e, all parts quite glabrous ; leaves large, from } to “1 ft. long, 
Si lca Eanéeolats, on a very thick petiole c. 3 lin. long, bluntish or 
y acuminate, obtuse at base, chartaceous, glabrous ; Soo ed 
axillary, solitary, on about an lin. long peduncle jointed near 
base and bearing an oval bract at the “middle ; aade: united up to . 
the middle, rotundate, blunt, about 6 lin. long, pubescent, almost 
ciliate; petals oval, thick, rusty velvety inside, nearly an in. 
long, ties inner ones somewhat smaller ; ovaries linear, 4-cornered) ; 
berries large, stalked, almost globular. 
Has.—Tenasserim. 
Jenkinsii, Bth. & H. £. Ind. Fl. i. 64.—An evergreen tree _ 
358i + 9—15 + 14—2), the younger parts shortly tomen- 
