Popomia.] iv. anonace^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 69 



Penabtg, WalUch. 



A spreading much branolied tree ; bark glabrous ; young parts brown-tomentose. 

 Leaves 2—4 by 1-2 in., thin, coriaceous, base rounded ; petiole -^j in., tomentose. Mowers 

 solitary or geminate, minute, globose ; pe.hmcles ^r-i ^^- > bract small, submedian. 

 Sepais ovate, pilose. Outer petals smaller than the sepals, ovate ; inner ovatei acute. 

 /Steme»s about 18. Carpels many, densely sti-igose ; ovules 1-2. 



3. P. Kelferl, E.f. & T. ; leaves narrow-oblong abruptly acutely or ob- 

 tusely acuminate glabrous above puberulous on the midrib beneath, flowers 

 extra-axillary ? outer petals smaller than the inner. 



King's Island, Tekasseeim, Heifer. 



A small spreading tree ; branchlets coarsely hairy. Leaves 2^-5 by 1-lJ in., base 

 rounded or suboblique ; petiole -^ in., subpilose. Mowers minute, globose ; peduncles 

 ]*; i in., tomentose. Sepals and (rather larger) outer petals ovate, titrigose ; inner 

 petals orbicular, concave, densely strigose, tip inflexed. Stamens 15. Carpm 6, densely 

 gtrigose ; ovule solitary, subbasal. — We have examined but one bud. 



4. P. pauclflora, Maingay mss. ; branchlets strigose^ leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate finely acuminate membranous minutely granulate midrib and 

 veins beneath sparsely appressed pilose, flowers extra-axillary, outer petals 

 much smaller than the inner, carpels pisiform 



Malacca, Mavngay. 



Branches slender, dark-grey. Leaves 5-7 by lJ-2 in., base acute, surfaces similar 

 opaque ; nerves very oblique ; petiole ^ in. Flowers \ in. diam., solitary or in pairSj 

 outside the leaf-axil, rusty-strigose ; peduncles \-\ in. ; bract basal. Sepals minute, 

 ovate. Outer petals like the sepals, glabrous inside ; inner thrice as large, suborbioular, 

 concave, tip inflexed. Stamens many. Ovaries 6, gibbous, strigose ; style subclavate ; 

 ovule erect. Carpels pisiform, subsessile, glabrous, purple. Testa rugose. 



5. P. foBtlda, Maingay mss. ; branchlets tomentose, leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate caudate-acuminate glabrous above tomentose beneath, flowers 

 axillary outer petals a little smaller than the inner, carpels very large. 



Malacca, Mavngay. 



A large tree ; branches pale, leaves beneath petioles inflorescence and carpels covered 

 with yellowrgrey tomentum. Leaves 5-7 by 2-24'in., base acute, thin, firm with midrib 

 above pubendous ; nerves many, strong beneath, reaching the margin ; petiole J-J- in., 

 thickened. Flowers ^ in. diam., buds globose ; peduncles Jin. Sepals minute, obtuse. 

 Outer petals elliptic^ovate, obtuse, yellow ; inner smaller, base excavated, margin thick, 

 triquetrous, apiculate. Stamens about 30, connective produced backward's. Ovaries 

 about 6, strigose, 2-ovuled ; style rather slender. Carpels 2-3 by 1^-2 in., sessile, oblong; 

 cylindric, top rounded, 1-seeded. Seed l\-2 in., oblong; testa bony, smooth. 



6. P • nepvifolia, Maingay mss. ; branchlets densely tomentose, leaves 

 oblong or elliptic-oblong shortly acuminate substrigose on the short midrib 

 and nerves beneath, flowers extraraxillary 2-3-nate silky villous, outer petals 

 like the sepals half as large as the inner, carpels \ in. 



Malacca, Maingay. . 



Bramches black ; branchlets rusty-tomentose. Leaves 6-8 by 2-3 m., firm, coria- 

 ceous, base subacute," opaque, under-snrface pale ; nerves prominent, rather remote, very 

 oblique ;, petiole ^-J in., rusty -pubescent. Fhwers\\a. diam., peduAcles l-Jin., stoutj 

 clothed with large ovate obtuse clasping hirsute bracts. Sepals orbicular-ovate. Petah 

 broadly elliptic-ovate, very thick, outer ^ in., inner coriaceous, tip S-quetrous, glabrous 

 within. Ovaries many, slender, hirsute ; ovule 1, erect. Carpelsm&ny, i in., ellijitio- 

 oblong, smooth, apiculate, walls thin ; stalk short stout. Seed oblong, testa pale shining. 

 — AlEed to Xylopm in the conniving triquetrous inner petals. {Maingay). 



