296 NEW AND RARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 
Var. typica. 
Similar but glabrous. Leaves smaller. Flowers shorter, co- 
rolla-tube much thicker. | , 
Hab. Perlis, Chuping, Ridley 14991. 
P. tomentosa Roxb. ex Smith in Rees Cyclop. XXVI. No. 2. 
FP. indica var. tomentosa Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. 111. 150 
(in part). 
Shrub; stem, underside of leaves and inflorescence densely soft 
velyety tomentose. Leaves thickly membranous drying black, above 
sparsely hairy; midrib tomentose elliptic-lanceolate, 3 to 5 inches 
long, 1.5 to 1.75 in. wide; nerves 9 pairs not distinct above; petiole 
1 inch long. Stipules ovate cuspidate, tomentose. Inflorescence 
on short lateral leafy branches and terminal, branches 3 inches 
long. Corymb 3 inches wide; pedicels rather slender, .25 in. long. 
Calyx small; limb short w ith 5 short acute pounts. All tomentose. 
Corolla-tube .12 to .25 in. long; lobes oblong, subacute .1 in. long 
or less. Fruit globose, .15 inches through when dry. 
Hab. Singapore, Changi. Johor, Batu Pahat and Sedenak. 
Malacca, Maingay, Griffith, Cuming 2304; near the town of 
Malacca, fidley. 
Distrib. India. 
P. graciliflora Wall. Cat. 6178. P. petiolaris Wall. Cat. 6186. 
Glabrous shrub about 6 feet tall. Leaves thin, elliptic-lanceo- 
late cuspidate acuminate, base long narrowed; nerves 8 pairs in- 
arching well within the margin, 7 in. long, 2 inches wide; petiole 
slender .5 in. to 2 in. long. Stipules triangular blunt. Inflores- 
cence borne on lateral branches, 6 to 8 inches long, base except for 
a pair of leaves usually smaller at the top. Corymbs many flowered, 
3 to 4 in. wide, lax. Pedicels very slender, filiform .25 to .5 in. 
long. Calyx very small; limb cup-shaped with 5 minute points. 
Corolla pure white, tube slender, .75 in. long, lobes oblong blunt, 
narrow .12 in. long. Style .5 im. longer. Fruit globose pear- 
shaped, grey green to black, .25 in. through. 
Hab. Common in forests; a very pretty shrub. Malacca, 
Chabau forests, Griffith. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga at 2000 
ft. alt., Ridley. Selangor, Menuang Gasing, Kloss; Sempang, 
Ridley 15663, a form with lanceolate leaves 4 in. long, .75 in. wide; 
Ginting Sempah, Ridley. Perak, Ulu Bubong, Kunstler 10202; 
Temengoh; Tapah. Penang, Wallich and Maimgay. Welantan, 
Chaning, Ridley. WKedah, Kedah Peak, Robinson and Kloss 6119. » 
This species was referred by King to var. polyantha Hook. fil., 
—a distinct Indian plant. Wallich had a specimen from Finlayson 
in flower, No. 6178, and one from Penang in fruit 6186, and did not 
recognise them as the same thing. The plant varies chiefly in the 
size of the leaves. A plant obtained by me in Kelantan has leaves 
nearly 12 in. long, and 3.75 in. wide, and the pedicels are much 
shorter than in the type. 
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