I 
286 G. King — Materials for a Flora of fhe Malayan Fenttmda. [No. 1, 
Stamens 60-80. Ovary ovoid, glabrotts, the style much longer than th© 
stamens, the stigma diiatod. Dmpe cylmdric, with a pointed apex and 
ixinnded base, glabroaa, 1-1*25 iu, long ; pericarp tliin, woody, smooth 
ineide. minutely hairy. Hook. fiL Fl. Br, lud. 11, 316. C'erasus? 
mariahanica^ Wall. Cat. 4902. 
Andamah Islands; Kurz, King's OolUctorg. DiaTRiR, Burma. 
Tar. Scorteckimif King, bases of leaves rounded, main nerves 9-12 
pairs ; racemes less than half the length of the leaves ; flowers '25 in, 
in diam. ; stamens 30-40, fruit about Q in. long. 
Peuak ; Scortechini 1782 ; King's Collector 5638. 
TbiB varioty may possibly prove to be a distinct species. Altliongb difforing 
from tlio AndametuQae and Bwtmem apeeimens in the points noted abovoi the Terak 
spocimeuB Itavo ttio mma general faciet. 
4. Ptqeum, Geertn. 
Evergreen trees or ahrnbs. Leaves alternate, nsnally quite entire ; 
stipules minute^ fugacious, (large and pereiatent in one species) basal 
glands 2 or 0. Flowers small, racemose or paniculate, sometimes 
nnisexual by want of the ojary. Cahjx-tiihe obconic nrceolate or cam- 
panulate, deciduous ; limb 5-1 5- toothed, often unequally. Petals minute, 
5-6 in the 5-6-toothed calyx, 0 in the 10-15-toothed, villous or tomen- 
tose, rarely glabrous, often andif5tiiigniRhfibIe from the calyx-lobes. 
Stattiens 10-50, in one or more series at the orifice of the calyx-tube ; 
filaments slender, incurved ; anUiers small. Carpel 1, basal in the 
calyx-tube, ovoid or subglobose ; style terminal, Rlender, exserted from 
the bud, stigma capitate; ovules 2, colhiteral, pendulous. Fruit n trans- 
versely oblong, obscurely didymoua, rarely eubgloboa© drupe ; pericarp 
thin, dry or juicy. Gotyhtiom very thick, hemispheric; radicle minute, 
superior. Bistkib. Species about 30, tropical Asiatic and one African* 
Edgea of kaves entire ; — 
Stipalea lavf^^e and persiBtont , ,, I. P. sHpulacaum^ 
Stipules small and fiigacooua 
Flowera u in. in diam. ... .„ ... 2, P, grandifiorum. 
Flfiwers mnch leBs than '5 in, in diam. : — 
Ovary gliibroua : — 
Eticemea not mnoli longer than the petioles 
Iienvea 4 or 5 in. long and 2 in- brojfd, lower 
Bnjcfaca pnb'Ornlon.') ; mnin norves T pairs .,, 3. P, int^riiiediiitn. 
• Lwves l"5-a ia. long and *65-l"l in. broad, 
tower aurfac6 deuidnonaly pubescent and ragulo^ 
benoatli ; main nerTOfl 4-6 pairs ... ... 4. P. Mai^ayi, 
Loarea 3-S"5 in. long, 1-1 "4 in. broad, glubrona 
bencatb and aubglaucoiiB ; main nerves 4 or 6 
pairs ... ... ... ... 5. P, Itinceolatitm. 
