Pygeum. | ROSACER, 435 
PYGEUM, Gaertn. 
trees or shrubs, with alternate simple leaves. Stipules small, de- 
ciduous. Flowers in axillary and lateral racemes. 
X Ovary and leaves beneath more or less tawny villous . P. arboreum, 
ary glabrous or sparingly hirsute. 
Quite glabrous ; nerves and veins conspicuous, all deeply im- 
mersed, and the surface of the leaves appearing ost 
inkle . : Pere . : 2 ° ° - BP. acuminatum, 
Younger branchlets, petioles, and nerves beneath pubescent ; nerves 
and veins thin, little visible A : ‘ ; - P. persimile. 
1. P. arboreum, Endl—A tree, the younger branches and 
buds rusty tomentose, the older ones glabrous and lenticellate ; 
leaves ovate-oblong to broadly oblong, shortly cuspidate, on a 
lin. long brown tomentose petiole, entire or nearly so, 4-6 in. long, 
rigidly chartaceous or almost coriaceous, above glabrous or rusty 
fallen leaves ; calyx-teeth minute; petals hardly longer, villous; 
ovary densely rusty villous ; drupes transversely oblong and almost 
didymous, nearly 4 an in. across, covered with fugaceous rusty- 
singly from 
glabrous or nearly so; drupes transversely ublong, glabrous, nearly 
3 in. broad. 
Has.—Chittagong. 
Remanxs.~Wood red, adapted for cabinet-work. 
