S04 G, Khig^ — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peynusula, [No. 1, 
Griffith 'a original apecimenSf to which ho gave the MSS. nftnio P. rwie>uir#M!t, 
have a mailer leaves and more ovoid fruit on ahorfcer petlicola thiiu any apeciiriena 
Bnbsequently oolleeted., But in other reapecta they Qgroe with epeoimena more 
reoeiitlj^ collected in Perak nnd Peuang. 
8. PoLTOSMA VELtfTiNA, BluTTiQ Mns. Bot. Ltir'd, Bat, I, 2GL A 
Bmall tree ; young brandies atout^ decidaously tonieiitose. Leaves corm- 
ceouB^ elliptic to elliptic-oblong, sometimes slightly obovabe, sub-acuto 
or obtuse, the base caneate ; tlie edo^es entire^ revolafce when dry ; upper 
Bui-face at first with a few scattered adpressed hairs*gIabrous when old 
except the pubeacent depressed midrib and main nerves; lower surface 
covered with soft velvety yellowish toraeutum ; main nerves 9-13 
pairs, promitient on tho lower surfaco only ; length 4-7 '5 in., breadth 
1*75-8*25 in,, petiole "B-l'S iiu Maceme terminal, aboat one and a half 
times as long as the leaves, stout, densely yellowish-tomentose like the 
calyXi Fluwen "4 in, long, their pedicels rather over *1 in., with 3 
narrow unequal adpressed bracteoles. Calyx- tube tomeiitose ; its teeth 
triangular, a^cute. Petals narrowly linear, sub-acute, slightly longer 
than the stamens, much lon^^er than the calyx ; the filaments slightly 
villous in front, about equal to the anthei^s. Frtitt ovoid, with a broad 
sub-truncate base, and with an apiculus formed by the remains of the 
base of the style, boldl}^ 4-i idgfid, sparsely and decidaously strigose, '4 
in, long and '3 in. in diam. at the basej the pedicel *2 in,; endocarp 
woody, deeply 4- grooved, 
Penang ; Curtis 1165 ; King's ColUcior 1362. Perak ; Scortechitd 
2U1 ; King's Collector 3685, 4:i62. DlsTiilti, Sumatra, Java. 
I identify the Pennnng and Perak plants with Blunsft'a P. velutina by description 
only I for I hnve aeeti no authentic specimen of that flpccica. The deep vertical 
ridging of iho ondoonrp ia noted of no other described apecieu except P. mutabilis, 
Bl., and I think my identification ia corroot. 
PoLYOSMA RinLEYl, King n. spec. A tree; yonng branches 
densely and mirmtely toraentose. Leaves coriaceous, narrowly-elliptic, 
caudate-acuminate, the edges entire and slightly revoiutc when dry, the 
base cuneate ; upper surface when young sparsely adpressed-pubeseent, 
when adult glabrous and shining ; lower snrfuce covered with dense 
yellowish toraentum ; main nerves 9-11 pairs, spreading, curving and 
ioterarching, rather promifient on the lower surface, tlie intermediate 
nerves almost ns prominent ; length 6-6 o in,, breadth 2-2*6 in, ; petiole 
1-1'75 or ©von 2 in,, tomentose. Itaceme terminal, stout, shorter than < 
the leaves, densely covered with pale j'-eliowish or whitish tomentnm 
like the calyx and petals. Flowers '4 in. long, their pedicels 1 in,, with 
3 equal lanceolate bracteoles on the same level. Calyx- ttihe shorter 
than the pedicel, wide ; the teeth broad, shallow. Petals much longer 
than the calyx, linear, blunt, villous in front. Stamens nearly as long 
