1892.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malay Peninsula. 65 



about 1 in. in diam., solitary, axillary or extra- axillary ; peduncles 

 slender, - 5 to "75 in long, puberulous and with 1 or 2 lanceolate brac- 

 teoles. Sepals ovate, sub-acute ; united into a cup. Petals coriaceous, 

 yellowish, oblong, sub-acute, the inner rather smaller, slightly pubescent 

 outside. Carpels numerous, broadly ovoid, not apiculate, furrowed, gla- 

 brous, '4 in. long ; stalks slender, *25 in. long ; pericarp thin. Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 2, p. 44 ; Ann. Mus. Ludg. Bat. II, 14. JJnona sub- 

 cordata, Bl. Bijdr. 15. 



Perak ; elev. about 800 feet, King's Collector, No. 2373. Distrib. 

 Java. 



24. Poltalthia oblonga, King, n. sp. A shrub or small tree 10 

 to 15 feet high : young branches at first rufous-tomentose, afterwards 

 glabrous, pale and furrowed. Leaves thinly coriaceous, sub-sessile, oblong 

 or oblong-oblanceolate, abruptly and shortly acuminate, narrowed to 

 the minutely cordate, unequal base ; upper surface glabrous, except the 

 pubescent midrib ; lower puberulous, the midrib prominent as are the 14 

 to 20 pairs of little curving, sub-ascending, main nerves ; reticulations 

 open and distinct ; length 9 to 14 in , breadth 3'5 to 5 in. ; petiole "15 

 in., tomentose. Flowers 125 to 1*75 in. in diam., solitary, axillary or 

 extra- axillary, from small tubercles : pedicels 125 to 2"5 in. long, pu- 

 berulous and with 2 lanceolate bracteoles near the base. Sepals semi- 

 orbicular, acute, very short, united into a cup, pubescent outside. 

 Petals coriaceous, yellow, subequal, oblong, tapering to the sub-acute 

 apex, minutely adpressed-pubescent on both surfaces but especially on 

 the outer, length - 75 to P15 in. Pipe carpels 10 to 20, ovoid to orbicular, 

 apiculate, "3 to '35 in. long, pubescent or sub-glabrous ; stalks slender, "6 

 to "75 in. long. Seeds usually solitary and ovoid, or sometimes two and 

 plano-convex. 



Perak : very common at elevations of from 1,000 to 2,500 feet. 



This plant closely resembles Guatteria (== Polyalthia) elliptica 

 Blume : but its leaves have more numerous nerves and its carpels are 

 stalked, those of P elliptica (according both to Blume's description and 

 figure) being sessile and of larger size. 



25. Poltalthia Beccaeii, King n. sp. A tree 15 to 40 feet high : 

 young branches slender, rufous-tomentose ; the older coarsely striate 

 and lenticellate. Leaves thickly membranous, narrowly oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, slightly narrowed to the rounded base ; both 

 surfaces shining and reticulate, the midrib pubescent on the upper 

 tomentose on the lower ; main nerves 6 or 7 pairs, slender, spreading, 

 forming bold arches far from the edge, the secondary nerves distinct ; 

 length 3 to 4"5 in., breadth '75 to 135 in. ; petiole - 1 in., tomentose. 

 Flowers 1 in. long, in fascicles from bracteolate tubercles on the older 



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