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■above, ferruginous-red beneath when dry ; flower-buds ovoid, '2 in. long or more, rusty- 
pubescent. Pedicels stout, clavate ; fruit oblong, depressed at top ; anther-connective 
not so broad as in P. lucida. 
Malacca: Griffith (K.D.) 3605 (part)-, Maingay (K.D.) 194; Hervey ; Derry 937 ; 
Holmherg 794 ; Goodenough 1977. Pebak : King’s Collector 8705. 
Form (2) : Leaves up to 6 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate, reddish 
beneath when dry; nerves more prominent than in P. lucida; pedicels slender, 
•8 to 1-2 in. long ; buds ovoid, sometimes flattened, *2 to ’3 in. long, rusty-pubescent ; 
young fruit oblong conical, tipped by the persistent style ; old fruit oblong, over 1 in. 
long. P. costata, King MS. in Herb Calc. 
Malacca : Griffith (K.D.) 3605 (part ) ; Maingay (K.D.) 989 ; Goodenough 1853 ; 
Derry 654 ; Curtis 3644,(3660. Penang : Curtis 1516. Perak : King’s Collector 3734, 
4081, 7842, 7957, 10466, 10496, 10978. Pahang: Ridley 2672. Selangor: Good- 
snougli 10545. Singapore : Ridley 3995, 5070, 6508, 11305. 
Var. nigra. King & Gamble. Leaves much larger than in the 
■specimens of true P. lucicla, elliptic, long caudate-acuminate at apex, 
more or less rounded at base, undulate on the margins, 6 to 8'5 in. 
long, 2-5 to 4 in. broad ; main-nerves and intramarginal nerve very 
prominent, raised beneath ; flower-buds and pedicels often golden- 
pubescent. Flowers as in P. lucida. 
Perak; Wray 1170; Scortechini. 
P. Lowiana, Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. I. 524, seems to be one 
of the varieties of P. lucida or a species allied to it. The following is 
Pierre’s description : — 
A huge tree. Leaves with petiole -4 in. long ; blade 5 in. long, 
1-2-1-6 in. broad, oblong-lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, glabrous; 
main-veins 24, distant. Fruiting peduncles axillary, 1-1-2 in. long, 
solitary. Berry oblong, 1-3 in. long by "8 in. broad, sub-glabrous, 
•crowned at the top with the remains of the style. Seed solitary, 1-1 in. 
long, -35 in. in diam., erect; hilum lateral, -08 in. broad; cotyledons 
oblong, attenuate at the apex, -8 in. long by -2 in. broad ; radicle -15 in. 
long. P. lucida MS. in Herb. Mus. Par. 
Perak : Sir Hugh Loiv ; St. Pol Lias No. 272. 
6. Payena dasyphylla, Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. I. 527 
(1885). A large tree, reaching 80 to 100 feet in height and considerable 
girth ; branches spreading, branchlets greyish-brown, moderately 
■thick; innovations densely ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves membranous; 
oblong or elliptic-oblong or obovate-oblong, often unequal-sided ; acumi- 
nate at apex, acute, cuneate or somewhat rounded at base ; glabrous 
above except on the midrib and near the base, densely ferruginous- 
pubescent beneath, when old nearly glabrous ; 4 to 8 in. long, P5 to 
3 in. broad ; midrib thick, pubescent on both surfaces ; main-nerves 
12 to 16 pairs, unequally spaced* starting at about 60° with the midrib, 
produced straight to meet a looped [intramarginal nerve ; secondary 
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