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6. Popowia perakensis, King, n. sp. A shrub 6 to 15 feet high ; 

 young branches densely and minutely dull rusty-tomentose, the older 

 dark and furrowed. Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, very shortly and 

 rather abruptly acuminate, the base slightly narrowed, sometimes sab- 

 oblique ; upper surface glabrous, the midrib and nerves tomentose ; lower 

 pubescent, sub-granular : main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, spreading, slightly 

 prominent beneath; length 4 to 55 in., breadth 2 to 2'5 in. ; petiole - 1 

 in., tomentose. Flowers extra-axillary, usually in pairs (but not con- 

 temporaneous) "3 in. in diam. ; pedicels '4 in. long, ferrugineous-tomen- 

 tose, minutely bracteolate. Sepals smaller than the petals, semi-orbicu- 

 lar, acute, coarsely tomentose outside, sub-glabrous inside. Petals thick, 

 ovoid-orbicular, sub-acute, sub-concave, densely whitish-sericeous outside, 

 glabrous within ; the inner row slightly larger than the outer, neither 

 their edges nor apices incurved. Stamens numerous, flattened, with 

 truncate, corrugated heads. Ovaries about 10, thin, glabrous, except a 

 few long hairs near the base, 2-ovuled : stigmas large, rounded. Ripe 

 carpels few, ovoid, with sub-truncate apices, slightly narrowed to the 

 stalks, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, with several horizontal constrictions 

 when ripe '5 in. long and '25 in. in diam. ; stalks "25 to '5 in. long. 

 Seeds 2, superposed, plano-convex. 



This resembles P. ramusissiiiia in its leaves but has much larger 

 flowers of which the inner petals are not inflexed and the carpels have 

 2 seeds. 



Perak : King's Collector, Wray ; from 200 to 2,500 feet. 



7. Popowia fusca, King, n. sp. A tree 40 to 50 feet high ; young 

 branches densely covered with purplish-brown tomentum; the older 

 cinerons, sub-pubescent and much furrowed. Leaves coriaceous, oval- 

 oblong, obtuse or sub-acute, the base rounded ; both surfaces minutely 

 granular, the upper shortly puberulous, the lower pubescent, the midrib 

 and 8 to 11 pairs of spreading, rather prominent main nerves tomentose 

 on both ; length 25 to 3*5 in., breadth 14 to l - 8 in. ; petiole 2 in. pur- 

 plish-tomentose like the flower pedicels. Floivers in small extra-axillary 

 fascicles from small bracteate tubercles, 25 in. in diam. ; pedicels T5 to 

 •25 in. Sepals ovate-obtuse, tomentose outside, glabrous inside. Petals 

 sub-equal, rotund, very thick and fleshy, tomentose outside, puberulous 

 inside. Pipe carpels few, globular, densely tomentose, '25 in. in diam. ; 

 stalks '1 to 2 in. long, tomentose. Seeds solitary. 



Perak, near Ulu Kerling, at an elevation of 500 feet, King's Col- 

 lector, No. 8602. 



This much resembles P. vclutiua, King, but its leaves are more 

 oval have more nerves, and are not so pubescent. 



8. PorowiA veluhna, King, n. sp. A tree 20 to 40 feet high ; 



