1897.] G, King— Matm^iah for a Flora qJ ihe Malayan Peninsula. 285 
entire. Flowers polygamo-dioecioas, minute, racemose, minutely bracteo- 
late. Calyx-ttihe shortly campanulate; lobes 5, imbricate. Petals 5, (or 
(> ), oblong, decidaoirg. Stamens 2 perfect unilafceral, and several imper- 
fect. Carpel 1» adnate to one side of the calyx-tube, 1-celled ; style basilar ; 
oYules 2, erect. Fruit oblong, coriaceous, 1-celled, 1-seeded, iudehi&cent. 
Seed solitary^ erect; testa membranous, pubescent; cotyledons flesby, 
radicle inferior, plnmnle hairy. 
Pabastemok UROFHTLLCfM, A. DC. in Ann. Sc, Nat. Ser. 2. XYITT, 
208. A tall tree with pendnlous habit, youiig branL-hea very slendei\ 
glabrous. Leams coriaceous, o fate- lanceolate to lanceolate, sometimes 
filig-htly oblaaceoSate, obtusely caudate-acaminafce, the base much 
naiTowed; both surfaces glabrous, the lower mioutely lepidote ; main 
nerves very faint, 4-6 pail's, oblique, the intermediate almost as distinct; 
length 2 5-3 in,, breadth '85-1 5 in,, petiole '25 in. Bacme* nearly as 
long as the leaves, slender, axillary^ glabrous, usually solitary but some- 
times 2 together. Floioers *15 in. long to the apez of the stamens, ou 
short pedicels each with a minute concave ovate bmcteol© at its base. 
Fruii cylindric, tapering a little to each end, glabrous, "45 in. long, and 
'25 in. in diam. , 
In all the provinces, except the Andamans, 
3. PfiFNUS, Linn, 
Shrubs or trees- Leaves alternate, simple^ quite entire, or seiTate 
or crenat© or glandnlar-serralate j petiole often 2-glaiidnlar, Flowers 
white or red, solitary, fascicled, corymbose or racemed. Oahjx deciduous 
in fruit ; lobes 5, imbricate. Petals o. Stamem 15-60^ perigynous, 
inserted in the mouth of the calyx-tube, filaments free. Carpel 1 ; style 
terminal ; ovules 2, collateral, pendulous, Drupe with an indebiscent 
or '2-valved, 1-seeded, smooth, or I'ugged atone. Seed pendulous, testa 
membranous or coriaceous, albumen scanty or 0. Distrib. temp, 
regions, rare in the tropics ; species about 80. 
PiiL^KL'S MARTABANiCA, Kurz For. Flora Burma, I, 434. A tree 40-60 
feet high ; all parts, except the inflorescence, quite glabraus ; young 
branches rather sleuder. lenticellate. Leaves membranous, elliptic-ob- 
long to ovate-oblong, acuminate, suddenly slightly and often unequally 
narrowed to the base, with minute black dots on the lower surface ; 
main nerves 5-7 pairs, spreading, very faint; length 3-6 in., breadth 
I '65-2 -5 in. ; petiole '4^'7& in., eglandulai*. Racemes sqIU&tj or in pairs, 
from the axils of fallen leaves and about as long as the leaves, pubes- 
cent. Flowers rather distant, about '35 in, in diam. on puberulous 
pedicels *3-'35 in. long. Calyx-tube canipanulate, tomeutose ; the lobes 
erect, ovate, subacute. Petals orbicular, about 1 in, long, deciduous. 
