290 G. Kin^ — Materials for a Flora nf the Malmjnn FeninsuU, [Wo. 1, 
beneath • \m^ih 4-6'5 in., breadth l"7i>-3*25 in., petiole *35~*5 in, 
Raceniev from t.ho axils of fallen leaves, solifr^iry or several together, 
2 or 3 inches lonf^, slender, tawny-pnbescent. B'Iuwctb '15 in. loiii?, on 
pedicels 1 in. long ; bracts nai'rowly oblono-, anb-acnte, very decidnoni?. 
Qahjx-hibe broadly canipamilate, '15 in. wide afc the mouth ; teeth about 
6j narrowly lanceolate. Fetah 6, oblanceolate, obtuse, serieeous outBide. 
Stffmem about :^0. tong-exserted, glabrous. JPisiil as long as the 
»tamens ; ovary fj-labrona ; style slender, straight ; stigma discoid-capi- 
tate. Fruit transversely oblong, slightly compressed, minutely apiculate, 
glabrouH, but slicrhtly roagb, '5 in, long and '8 in. broad. 
AwDAMAN lar.ANDS. BjOTmB. Bui-raa, Chittagong^ Assam Range, 
Eastern Tropical Himalaya, 
7. Pygbum poltstachvdm, Hook, fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 320. A tree 
30-60 feet high ; jonng branches with dark-coloured glabrons lenti- 
cellate baric. Leases very coriaeeous, elliptic- oblongs nsnally wth an 
abropt obtusely acuminnto apex ; the base broad or slightly and sud- 
denly cuneaie and witli 2 large tbick glands on its upper surface just above 
the pptiole ; upper surface glabrous, shining, pa!e greenish-brown when 
dry ; the lower brown when dry, dull, minutely rugulose, glabrous ; main 
nerves 7-10 pnii's, oblique, i-nther straight, depressed on the upper and 
prominent on the lower anrface ; length 4"5-7 in., breadth 2*6— i in., 
petiole ".5 in., stout. Racemes {occasionally racemoid panicles J axillary, 
flborter than tbe leaves, slender, covered with short scanty maty pubes- 
cence, ^lotvers about '2 in, long and '25 in. in diam., on pedicels varying 
from 'J-'S in. long; bracts (if any) deciduous. Oahjx-titbe campannlate, 
ribbed and tomentosc externally, glabrescent within ; lobes 5, oblong, 
obtuse»rnfonH-tometitose, Petals like the calyx-lobes. Stamens 
much exserted. Ovary glabrons ; style as long as the staroeus, glabrous ; 
stigma dilated, compressed laterally. Ihufe sab-globalar or transversely 
oblong, blantly apiculate, *65 in. long and from *6-*75 in. broad, glabrous. 
Seeds glaucous. 
Malacca ; Maingmj 627, Singapoue ; Ridley 3830, 44.53, 4666, 
Pbrak ; tScorteckini 2045, 2063. King's Collector 5676, 6603, 5676, 
6«47, 10942 ; Wray 3113, 338i. 
This Hpeoies ia very near P. aeuminatum, Colehr., of wliicb I behove it to bo 
probably ouly n aoafchem form- 
S. pYOECM ScoRrECoiNil, King n. sp. A slender tree 40-50 feet high ; 
young branches pubemlous, the bark dark-coloured. Leaves coriaceous, 
elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, acute or Bhortly acuminate; tbe base 
cuneate, eglar.dular; upper surface shining, glabrons except for occasion- 
ally a few scattered bairs on tbe depressed midrib near its base j lower 
surface pale, not shining, glabrous, minutely rugulose ; main nervts 
