292 G. Kiijpf — UittertaU for a Flora of tfte MaluyanPemmula. [No. 1, 
glabrous except Eoraetimes the mid nb pubescent ; lower gurface with 
sparse short ad pressed haiiis, the midrib and main nerves pubescent ; 
main nerves 5 or 6 pairs, oblique, not curved, veiy prominent on the 
lower, faint on the upper surfaoe; length 2*5-3'5 in., breadth 1*5-2 in., 
petiole "3-"4 in. Racemes from '85-1*5 in. long, solitary or several to- 
gether from the nxils of fallen leaves, tomentose j bracts broad, obtuse, 
tomentose, (subglahroBa in vak. detmi). Floio&rs ■] in, long, sab-sessile, 
Caly.e-luhe ciimpanulate, witU 6 obtuse short villous teeth. SUitnens 
about 18, exserted, glabi-ous. Pistil m long- as the stamens, ovary villoua. 
Stijlf sparsely pubescent especially towards the base ; stigma capitato, 
discoid, grooved. Fruit slightly broader than long, compressed, sparsely 
adpressed-pnhescent, sabghibrous when old, '25 in. long and '3 in. broad. 
lliq. ¥\ot\ Ind. Bat. Vol. I, pt. T, S61 ; Hook, til. Fl. Br, Ind. JT, 320. 
P. arborenm^ Endl. Gen. PL 1250, in part. Folydontia arhojeaf Blume 
Bijdr. 1105. Polystorthia, Blumo Fl. Javae Praef. VIU, in part, 
Malacca; Uidlcij 1872. Penano; Curtis 162, Pekak ; King's 
Collector 72H6, and 10827 ; Curtis 1293. Distrib. Java, Borneo- 
Vab. densa ; racemes not much longer than the petioles, the flowers 
much crowded and €|tiit6 sessile, densely covered with pale tomeutuiu ; 
bracts very broad, aubglabrous, 
PmAK ; King's Colkctor 0986, 10195, 10396, 10753, 
]& IB poasiblo that this variEity otight to be troateil as a species. 
11, Pygeum ovAuroLitfM, King n. spec. A small tree 15-20 feet high ; 
young branchas with rather rough cinereous hai'k, deciduously rwsty- 
pubewcoTit. Leuvfis oval or broadly ovate ; the apex obtuse, obliquely and 
minutely emnrginate ; the base rounded and eglandular ; upper surface 
shining, minutely punctate and rngulose, the midrib convex and rusty- 
pubescent; lower surface dull, minutely pubescent, with adpressed 
bristles intermixed, the midrib tomeutose ; main nerves 7 or 8 pairs, 
spreading, slightly depressed on the upper and slightly prominent on 
llie lower surface when dry; length 1*75-2"15 in., breadth l-l b in., 
petiole *3"'4 in. Racemes axillary, stout, from 3- Sin. long, few-fiowers- 
ed, densely rusty-tomentose ; bracts obliquely ovate, very concave, 
glabrous inside, densely tomentose outside. Flowers '2 in. long, and 3 
in. wide at the ra(mth, sessile. Caly^e'tiebe eampanulate, densely toraen- 
tose outside, glabrous inside except at the base ; the mouth with 10 
oblong obtuse teeth. Petah none. Stamens about 30 or 40, glabrous, 
much exserted, spreading. Pistil shorter than the stamens ; the ovary 
nniTowiy ovoid, sericeous ; style stout, subglabrous ; stigma obliquely 
discoid. B'rnif. sobglobose with a slight vertical groove and shortly 
n|)irulato npcx, pparsoly sti'igose, "35 in. in diani. 
Pekak ; at an elevation of about 5W0 feet, King's Collector 7329. 
