iSS7.] G. King — Matei'taU for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 277 
lobes 5, thick, subequal, imbricate. Petals 5, sessile or clawed, decidu- 
ous. Stamens 6-:^0, the filaratsuta united into an incomplete ring at 
the base, or connate into an nnilatei-al bundle, all perfect or some with- 
out anthers. Carpel I, adnate to one side of the catyjc-tuhe, 2-cened, 
rjLrely 2-seeded ; atyle basal, filiform ; ovules 2 collateral, or 1 erect. 
Drupe spherical, oblong, obovoid or ovoid^ with a 1-2-celled, 1-2-Beeded, 
woody or bony or rarely coi-iaceons pericarp. Seeds erect, testa mem- 
bi'anoQS, cotyledons Iftrge fleshy, ludicle small inferior, DiSTRiXJ. About 
50 species, natives of felie tropics of both worlds, 
Calyx-tabo villous inside. Fi-uit 2-celled, more tli&n '5 in. 
loQ^f i the pericrtrp woody, bony or crustuceouB. 
Leaves raetj-grey or dirty white benujith, with numei-oas 
B^^reHding parallel etont aerirea ; atameiis 8-10, Dot 
united in a phalange. 
Leaves with 10^12 paira of malu nerves, raaty- 
pubescent beneath ,„ „. ... 1. P. costaiitni. 
Leaves with 15-18 pairs of main nerves, pale, areo- 
Jafce and puberuloiis beneath ... ... 2, P. polyneurum. 
Leaves with 25^3<J pairs of main nerves, pafo, ob- 
liquely nreolar and puberulona on the nerves beneath... 3, P. oblon^jifoliuin. 
Leaves glabrous beneath or with only & few atrigoao haira 
on the midrib near its base i main nerves 10-16 pairs, 
always spreading. 
Flowers in spikes, seasiile, solitary. 
Stnmens abont 10; fratt about 1 in. in diam. ... 4. P. spiealum. 
Stnraens 12-16; f rait several inches in diam. „, 5. P.Maingayi. 
F lowers in imcemeS or panicles. 
Leaves snbsessile wiih broad bases; main nerves 
12-14 pairs ; fruit ovoid, not com pressed ... 6. P, elaium. 
Leikves distinctly pet) ol ate. 
Leaves oblong-lanooolate, narrowed at the bate j 
Blamona 10 ... ... ... ... 7. P, asperulum. 
Leaves elltptiC'Oblong, broad at the base ; atamena 
12-15 ... ... ... ,., 8. P.scabrwn. 
Leaves qnite glabrous on both surf aces J main nerves S-7 
(rarely 10) paira, obliqnely ascendiug, never spreading, 
FSowers atrnight j petals anbeqnnl. 
Main nerves of leaves 6 or 7 paira ; fruit covered 
with eruetaceons scurf, its cells glabrous inside .„ 9. P. Kumtleri. 
Main nerves 7-10 pairs j fruit quite glabrous, its 
cells aericeons inside ... ... ... 10. P. Qri§ithianum. 
Flo were much curved ; sepals and petals very unequal 11, F. heteropetedum, 
Cfllyx-tube glabreuB and lined by the glabrous staminal 
tuhe ; fruit leas than '5 in. longj quite glabrona • the pericarp 
thin, leathery... ... ... ...12, P.? nitidum. 
1. Pakikabium costatum, Blnme Mel. Bot. (1855) Pt. J. A small 
tree; young branches slender, deciduously puberuloua, the bai-k pale 
