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3. Ptrenaeia Wrayi, KiDg, n. sp. A bush ; the young branches 

 pale, minutely adpressed-pubescent towards the apices as are the leaf- 

 buds. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-oblanceolate, shortly acuminate, 

 obscurely crenate-serrate to sub-entire ; the base attenuate, entire ; both 

 surfaces glabrous, the lower yellowish-green, pustulate when dry, the 

 upper greenish : midrib prominent especially beneath : main nerves 10 

 to 12 pairs, interarching "25 in. from the margin, rather prominent 

 beneath; length 6 to 8 in , breadth 1*75 to 2'25 in. ; petiole "3 or '4 in., 

 stout. Floioers - 5 in. in diam., buds globose ; peduncle very short, gla- 

 brous ; bracteoles 3, broadly ovate, connate just below the calyx. Sepals 

 6, increasing in size inwards, rotund, minutely pubescent externally. 

 Petals 6, rotund, concave, thinner than the sejjals, puberulous externally 

 with broad glabrous edges. Stamens numerous ; anthers broadly ovate, 

 about one-fourth as long as the filaments. Ovary shortly ovate-conic, with 

 many lines of white hair, 5 or 6-celled. Styles 3, united for half their 

 length : stigmas vertically flattened. Ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit 

 sub-globular, bluntly 5-ridged, deciduously pubescent, 1 in. in diam. 

 Seeds ovoid, sub-compressed, smooth, - 6 in. long, the hilum very large. 



Perak ; at low elevations, Wray, Scortechini. 



Closely allied to P. Kunstleri; but the leaves have many more 

 nerves, the flowers are 6-merous with only 3 styles, and the fruit is more 

 globular than in that species. 



8. Schima, Reinw. 



Trees with evergreen leaves. Peduncles usually erect, axillary or 

 solitary, or the uppermost shortly racemed. Flowers handsome, 2-brac- 

 teolate. Sepals 5, subequal, united below. Petals 5, much larger, connate 

 at the base, the outermost concave and sub-cucullate. Stamens many, 

 adnate to the base of the petals. Ovary 5- (l'arely 4-6) celled ; styles 

 united, or partially free at the apex with broad spreading stigmas ; 

 ovules 2-6 in each cell, attached laterally, sub-pendulous. Gapsule 

 woody, depressed-globose, loculicidal, with a persistent axis. Seeds flat, 

 kidney-shaped, dorsally ridged, hilum central, albumen scanty ; coty- 

 ledons foliaceous, flat or crumpled, accumbent ; radicle inferior, curved 

 upwards. Distrib. Tropical Asia. Species about 3. 



1. Schima Noronhae, Reinw. in Bl. Bijdr. 130. A tree 40 to 80 feet 

 high : young branches with pale brown bai'k, deciduously pubescent, 

 lenticellate. Leaves sub-coriaceous, narrowly elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, faintly crenate-serrate, often sub-entire, the base narrowed 

 or rounded ; both surfaces glabrous, the lower pale, dull : main nerves 

 9 or 10 pairs, spreading, slender, rather distinct below when dry, the 

 minor nerves obsolete; length 4"5 to 6 in,, breadth 1'4 to 2*5 in,, petiole 



