322 LI. ROSACEA. (J. D. Hooker.) {Pygeum. 



sunk, racemes densely tomentose, calyx urceolate S-toothed, petals 5 acute, 

 stamens 12-15, style hairy. Chfysobalanea arliorescens, R. Br. in Wall. Cat. 

 7507. 



Eastern Himalaya, Sikkim, Herb. Griff. Khasia Mts., alt. 3-4000 ft, Gomez, &c. 



A small tree ; branches stout, young ■with short stiflF hairs, older lenticellate. 

 Leaves 4-7 in., coriaceous, young with appressed hairs on the upper surface and 

 densely ciliate margins, base subacute or rounded, tip finely acuminate, above 

 glabrous except the impressed midrib, beneath clothed with short rather stiff 

 hairs; nerves 10-12 pair, obliquely ascending, prominent and reticulate beneath; 

 petiole very short, 1 in., stont. Racemes 1-1^ in., solitary or fascicled on the old 

 wood ; pedicels short ; bracts not seen. Flowers \ in. diam. Calyx with 5 subulate 

 remote teeth. Petals villous, ovate-lanceolate. Ovary densely villous ; style slender. 



15. P. Griffitliii, Hooh. f. ; brancMets and inflorescence densely to- 

 mentose, leaves ohlong or oblong-lanceolate obtuse or obtusely cuspidate 

 minutely puberulous beneath obscurely sinuate-toothed, basal glands smaU, 

 racemes very short stout, flowers sessile, calyx 6-toothed, petals 0. 



MA1.AC0A, Griffith. 



SrancMets stout. Leaves 5-6 in., coriaceous, base rounded or acute, most 

 minutely dotted on both surfaces, smooth and glabrous above with puberulous 

 impressed midrib and nerves, margin ciliate and obscurely toothed, beneath finely 

 puberulous with 8-10 pair of spreading arching pubescent nerves; petiole i in., 

 very stout. Racemes J in. long, axillary, solitary, few-flowered, densely tomentose, 

 rachis very short. Flowers apparently quite sessile. Calyx-tube obeonic, teeth 

 oblong. Stamens 12. Ovary globose, hairy. — I have seen but one specimen and 

 the description of the flowers is from Griffith's MSS. The sinuated margin of the 

 leaf is a remarkable character. 



16. P. AThorevim., £ndl. ; Kurz For. Flor. Brit. Burnt, i. 435; leaves 

 ovate-oblong or broad-oblong shortly cuspidate glabrous or rusty-tomentose 

 above, brown pubescent or almost tomentose beneath, racemes elongate 2-3 

 together in the axils of fallen leaves. 



Maetaban hills to Tbnasseeim, alt. 3-4000 ft.. Kurz. 



A tree, young branches and buds rusty-tomentose. Leaves 4-6 in., rigidly char- 

 taceous or almost coriaceous, almost wrinkled above. Racemes 2-3 in., pedicels 

 ^.^ in. Calyx-teeth minute. Petals hardly longer, villous. Ovary densely rusty 

 villous. Drupe almost i in. transversely, almost didymous, covered with fugacious 

 rusty-brown stiff hairs, soon glabrescent. — I have taken the description from Kurz, 

 having seen no specimens. Miquel divides the P. arboreum., Endl. (Gen. Plant 1250) 

 into two species, P. parvijlorwm, Teysm. & Binnend., and P. latifolium, Miq. The 

 former with a hirsute and the latter with an almost glabrous ovary — both are 

 Javanese. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



Maingay's No. 628 (Distrib. Kew) from Malacca not being in flower is undeter- 

 minable ; it has slender glabrous branchlets, oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate 

 quite glabrous rather membranous leaves 3-4 in. long, with short slender petioles, 

 very short racemes, fruit the size of a large pea, transversely elliptic-globose. 



6. PRXZCSEPIA, Rmjh. 



A glabrous spinous shrub. Leaves deciduous, lanceolate or obovate ; stipules 

 minute, deciduous. Flotoei-s in short axillary racemes on the sides of the 

 spines. Calyx persistent, tube cupular ; lobes 5, unequal, orbicular, imbricate 

 in bud. Petals 5, orbicular shortly clawed. Stamens numerotis, many-seriate. 



