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3. Pthsxaria Wrayi, King, n. sp. A hush; the young branches 
palo, minutely adprcssed-puboBcenfc towards the apices as are the Ion T- 
buds. Leaves thinly coriaceous, ohlong-oblaueeolato, shortly acuminate, 
obscurely orenate-scrrate to sub-entire; the base attenuate, entire; both 
surfaces glabrous, the lower yellowish-green, pustulate when dry, the 
upper greenish : midrib prominent especially beneath : main nerves 10 
to 12 pairs, iaterarching '25 in. fro/n the margin, rather prominent 
beneath ; length 6 to 8 in , breadth 1"75 to 2 25 in. ; petiole 3 or '4 in., 
stout. Flowers *5 in. in diam., buds globose; peduncle very short, gla- 
brous ; bracteoles 3, broadly ovate, connate just below the calyx. Sepals 
6, increasing in size inwards, rotund, minutely pubescent externally. 
Petals 6, rotund, concave, thinner than the sepals, puberulous externally 
with broad glabrous edges. Stamens numerous ; authors broadly ovate, 
about one-fourth as long as the filaments. Ovary shortly ovate-conic, with 
many lines of white hair, 5 or 6-celied, Styles 3, united for half their 
length: stigmas vertically flattened. Ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit 
sub-globular, bluntly 5-ridged, deciduously pubescent, 1 in. in diam. 
Seeds ovoid, sub-compressed, smooth, *6 in. long, the hilum very large. 
Perak ; at low elevatioiiB, Wray, Scortechini. 
Closely allied to P. Kunsileri; but the leaves have many more 
nerves, the flowers are 6-merous with only 3 styles, and the fruit is more 
globular than in that species. 
8. ScniMA, Rcinw. 
Trees with evergreen leaves. Peduncles usually erect, axillary or 
solitary, or the uppermost shortly racemed. Flowers handsome, 2-bmc- 
teolate. Sepals 5, subequal, united below. Petals &, much larger, connate 
at the base, the outermost concave and sub-cucnllate. Stamens many, 
adnate to the base of the petals. Ovary 5- (rarely 4-6) celled ; styles 
united, or partially free at the apex with broad spreading stigmas ; 
ovulos 2-6 in each cell, attached laterally, sub- pendulous, Capsule 
woody, depressed-globose, loculieidat, with a persistent axis. Seeds flat, 
kidney-shaped, dorsally ridged, hilum central, albumen scanty; coty- 
lodons foliaceous, flat or crumpled, accumbeut ; radicle inferior, curved 
upwards. Distrib. Tropical Asia. Species about 3. 
\. Schima Noronhae, Reinw. io 131. Bijdr. 130. A tree 40 to 80 feet 
high: young branches with pale brown bark, deciduously pubescent, 
leuticellate. Leaves sub-coriaceous, narrowly elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 
acuminate, faintly erenate-serrate, often sub-entire, the base narrowed 
or rounded ; both surfaces glabrous, the lower pale, dull: main nerws 
9 or 10 pairs, spreading, slender, rather distinct below when dry, the 
minor nerves obsolete; length 4*;") to 6 in., breadth 1'4 to 2'5 in., petiole 
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