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buses, nerved inside; the outer row 13 to 2*5 in, long, the inner smaller. 
Stamens numerous, compressed ; apical process of connective truncate. 
Ovaries few, oblong, puberulous ; stigmas large, capitate-truncate, pubes- 
cent. Ripe carpels elliptic-ovoid, sometimes oblique, blunt at each end, 
the apex mucronate, glabrous, 1 to 1*25 in. long, and *75 in. in 
diam. Seed ovoid, solitary, the testa corrugated, 
Perak ; King's Collector, Scortechini. 
A remarkable species with handsome white flowers, allied in many 
ways to P. congregata ; but at once distinguished from it by its axillary, 
solitary flowers and glabrous ripe carpels. 
7. Polyalthia pulchra, King. A small tree, glabrous except the 
inflorescence. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate or 
oblong-oblanceolate, acute or acuminate, the base acute ; both surfaces 
minutely rauriculate, the lower paler and dull; length 4*5 to 6 in., 
breadth 2 5 in. (only 1*75 in. in var. angustifolia), petiole -25 in. Flowers 
large, solitary, terminal, 2 in. or more in diam. when expanded (often 
3*5 in. in diam. in var. anfju&tifolia) : pedicels 1*4 to 175 in. long, puber- 
nlons, with a lanceolate foliaceous bracteole at the base. Sepals ovate, 
acute or sub-acute, nerved, glabrous, "6 to *75 in. long. Petals coriaceous, 
sub-equal, ovate-elliptic, sub-acute, the base slightly cordate (narrowly 
oblong- lanceolate in var. angustifoUa) greenish-yellow with a triangular 
blotch of dark purple at the base. Stamens numerous; apical process 
of connective broad, truncate, sub-orbicular, projecting over the apex of 
the linear anther-cells, pubescent. Ovaries oblong, ad pressed -pubescent, 
1-ovuled ; style short, cylindric, thick, crowned by the convex, terminal, 
pubescent stigma. Ripe carpels numerous, elliptic-ovoid, blunt, slightly 
contracted at the base, sparsely pubescent but becoming almost glabrous, 
purple when ripe; pericarp sub-succulent: stalks thick, crimson when 
ripe, 15 in. long. Seed solitary, elliptic. 
Perak : at Weld's Rest, Scortechini. 
Var. anyusli folia , King. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or oblong-ob- 
lanceolate, scarcely m uricul ate ; petals lanceolate or narrowly oblong- 
lauceolate, often 1*75 in. long ; sepals often "75 in. long. 
Perak ; on G nnong Bnbn ; elevat. 5,000 feet, Wray. 
8. Polyalthia Kunstleri, King n. sp. A shrub or small tree; young 
branches puberulous, speedily glabrous. Leaves oblong- lanceolate rarely 
elliptic-lanceolate, shortly and rather bluntly acuminate, the base nar- 
rowed and Bnb-acute or rounded ; upper surface glabrous, shining ; the 
lower paler, dull, puberulous on the midrib and nerves; main nerves 6 
to 12 pairs, rather promiuent beneath, ascending, inter-arching *1 to *2 
in. from the margin ; length 45 to 8 in., breadth 1*5 to 2'35 in. ; petiole 
'2 in., pubescent. Flowers '4 in. in diam., axillary or extra-axil Jury, 
