1697.] Ct. King -- Matei^iah f<yr a Flora of the ^f(tli^faH Pmnmuta. 303 
spreadiiig trian^ular^ teetli. Feinla linear, stibflw^itte, longer than i\w 
stamens and mnch longor than tho calyx, sligliMy pubescent; anthera 
elong-ftte, filaments slightly piiboacunt. FfuU oyoid, taperijig to each 
endy tha apex crowned by tho persistent ealyx-teeth and base of tho 
style, puberutoas, black wlvem dry, 4s in. long and 25 in. in disini. ; the 
pedicel '15 in. long, pnberulous. Beun. PI. Jav. Bar. p. DO. 
Prodr. IV, 276; Blurae Miis. Bofc. I, 260; H. f. & T. in Journ. Lino. 
Soc. II, 77 • Mlq. Ml I>id. Bat. I, pt. I, 724 ; Snppl. J, 3:i5. Clarke in 
Hook fiL FL Br, Ind. II, 409. Itea fra^mns, Wall. Cat. 8472, parthj. 
Var. I. typica ; leaves entirie. 
Malacca ; GnfUh 2510 (Kew Dlrifcrib-) ; Maiitgay Pi: leak ; 
Wray 508; Kind's Oollector 3802. Pehano ; Curtis 1081, Andaman 
Islands; King's CollechyiSy Prain. 
Vab. 2. WallichU, Clarke in Hook fil PI. Br. Tnd. IT, 4m ; leaves 
remotely seiiuto. F. Wallichii^ Bcjnn, PI. Jav. Kar. p. 196 ; Wiill Cat. 
8471 ; H. f. & T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. 11, 77 ; Kurz For. Flora Barmaj 
1, 4i4. 
Andaman Islands, Distrib. Khaaia Hills, Assam. 
Ab I have) mitod nndor P. nx.utahilU, BI., tho ottTj tiirigibte distiirction betTreen 
that plant and tliia ia that the former has fruit truncate at the biiSB find with 4 
bold vertical grooves, while thig has snnootli fruit. Many of tlio specimena ahove« 
quoted as belonging to tliis are not in fruit, and I acoopt them aa P. inte^rifoUa in 
deforeuce to the authority □■f th& Flora of British India. 
7. PoLVOSMA LSTE-viRENS, Griff. MSS- in Herb. Kew, A tree 
20-50 foet liigh ; yoang bnincUes yellowlsh-tomentoge. Leaves drying 
of a yellowisli-greeti, coriaceona, obtanceolate oi* naiTou'ly-elliptio* 
shortly acuminate, much narrowed to the base ; the edges entire, eliglitly 
revolute when dry j upper surface glabrous, sbining, the midrib minutely 
tomentoae, lower anrface yellowish-tomeutose j main nerves 8 or 9 pairs,, 
epreadiug, interarcbing, prominent on the lower surface only ; iengtU 
3"25-5"5 in., breadth "8-2 25 in., petiole "SS-'S in. Baceme solitary, 
terminal, tomcntose, rather longer than the leaves. Flowers '3 in. iong» 
on pedicels -1 in. long. Galyx-tube slightly longer than the three namiwly 
oblong adpreased bracteoles, its month with 4 broad triangular obtaao 
teeth, yellowish-touientose. Petals mnch longer than the calyx and 
Blightly longer than the stamena, linear, tapering to the obtuse apex, 
■villous in front, tomentose beMnd. Fihmeids nearly as long as tho 
anthers, villous in front. Fruit ovoid or globnlar-ovoid, crowned by the 
calyi-teeth, deciduously adpressed sericeous and lepidote, "25 iu. long, 
tho pedicel ■1--2 in. P. mtdabiUs^ Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl, Br. Ind. II, 
469 (not of Blume). 
Malacca; Orij^th 2508, 2509; Mamgay 633. Pebak ; King's 
GoUector 8775, Fmim ; CurHs 377, 758. 
