820 G. tii\ng ^Maienah for a Flora t^f the Malaijan Peninsula. [Nfo, 1, 
3. Garalua euqbnoidea, King n. spec. A ta!l tree; young 
branches slender, glabroae, reddish when fresh, black when dry. Lmves 
oblailceolaLe, the apex sub-acute, the base cuneate, the edges thickened 
and with black gltmdular doLa, entii'e j upper surf jice shining when dry ; 
the lower dull, the 6-8 pairs of Bpreading uiain-nerveH slightly pro- 
minent; length r75-2'25 in., breadth :8-l'l in., petiole *2--25 in. 
iSfipnles ih pairs, lanceolafcet "25 in, long, caducous^ Cymes axillary, 
their pedancles an ioch or more iu length, bearing at the apex, on pedict'ls 
m long as tliernselvea, 3 flowerfi *25 in. in length, Califx-tube narrowly 
campanulafce, with 5 triangular lobes as long as itself. Petals apparent- 
ly none. Stametu twice as many as the calyx-lobes ; the filaments 
alternately shorter, inserted on the 10-lobed dif?C- Ovary occupying the 
tube of the calyx, 5-celled, with 2 nearly peudulous ovules in each cell ; 
sligma 5*lobed. Fruii uiikuowo. 
Pekak i Scorteckinii 326. 
Tn the extem^ti of tite flotrera And oXbo in its learei tliie h&B n superScial 
resemblance to a EiigeTiia ; bnb the pTeaenea of atipulee and the atracture of tlia 
flower ebow it to ha b, true Caraltia, 
6. PfiLLAClLTX, EToi'th. 
Trees with bifarious opposite petiolate entire or obscurely sorrnlate 
leaves and interpetiolar elongate coducouB stipules, Flowers axillary, 
solitary or in pairs, minutely bracteohite. Calyx ebmcteolate, its tnlje 
tubular-canipanulate, adherent to the ovary at its base; the mouth 
expanded and with 4^6 short recurved valvate teeth. Petals 4-6, 
lacerate at the apex, inserted on the margin of the tube of the calyx. 
Stamens 8-12, incurved, inserted on the margin of the thin crenulated 
disc lining the calyx-tuhe. Ovary half-inferior, 5-10-celled. Style 
subulate; stigma discoid, 5-10-lobed; ovules many in each cell, fasci- 
cled, attached to the axis. Fruit fleshy, sub-globoee, 5-10-celled, many- 
seeded. (Seeds ovoid, with striate testa; albumen copious with the 
embryo in its axis ; cotyledons flat, narrow ; the radicle terete and 
elongate, Distrib. Two species, both Malayan. 
Calyi-tabe with 5 or 6 teeth; flowers 5-moroiia; leaveB 
densely Biflllato rnBty-pobescent beneath ... ... 1. P. amllarig, • 
Oalyx-tulje with 4 teeth } flowora i-tnerous j kavea glubroas 3. .P. Saceardimm. 
1, Pellacaltx axillaris, Korfch. in Van der Hoev. & De Vr. 
TijJach, ILL, 20, t. 2, Toung branches rusty-puboscent. Leaves thirdy 
coriaceous, oblong, aomefcimes slightly wider above the middle^ the apex 
shortly and abruptly acnrainate, the base ronnded ; upper surface with 
a few small scattered sub-stellate hairs, or sub-glabrous when old, the 
midrib always pubescent; lower surface boldly reticulate and stellately 
