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nerves rather prominent, reticulations irregular ; petiole - 5 in. long, 
thick, densely rusty-pubescent, channelled above ; stipules subulate, 
rusty-pubescent, short, early caducous. Flowers fascicled, 1 to 3 
together, in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels thickly rusty-pubescent, 
•4 to '6 in. long, somewhat enlarged in fruit ; buds ovoid. Calyx-lobes 
4, 2 outer thick, valvate, - 3 in. long, triangular-rounded, densely rusty- 
pubescent; 2 inner concave, slightly imbricate, ’35 in. long, thickly 
keeled, scarious on the margins and ciliate, rusty-pubescent around the 
keel. Corolla tubular-campanulate, ‘3 in. long; tube '1 in. long, 
glabrous ; lobes 8, the 4 outer enclosing the 4 inner but inserted in one 
row, oblong, obtuse. Stamens 16, - 175 in. long, inserted on the top of 
the tube ; filaments '05 in. long, villous ; anthers nearly linear, extrorse,. 
the connective produced in a '05 in. long, blunt or even bifid acumen. 
Ovary" conical, villous as is the base of the '35 in. long subulate style. 
Fruit an ovoid densely tawny-pubescent berry -75 to 1 in. long, umbonate 
at the tip and crowned with a portion of the style. Seeds '4 to ‘5 in. 
long, elliptic-acute ; testa dark brown, shining ; bilum narrow ; albu- 
men thin. Burek in Ann. Jard. Buit. V. 51. Isonandra dasyphylla,. 
Miq. PI. Jungh. 201 and PL Ind. Bat. II. 1038 ; de Vriese Journ. Bot. 
Neerl. I. 256. 
Perak : Scortechini 1242 ; King’s Collector 2611, on Larut Peak at 
3,000 to 3,500 feet. — Disteib. Sumatra, Java. 
De Vriese says the gutta is only used for adulteration, but that Motley did not 
agree in this belief. 
Var. glabrata, King & Gamble. Lower surface of the leaves nearly 
glabrous, apex abruptly long-acuminate ; pedicels -8 to 1 in. long ; fruit 
nearly spherical. 
Perak : Scortechini 536. Singapore : at Selitar, Bidley 5644. 
7. Payena sessilis, King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree (?) ; branchlets 
grey, rough, uppermost somewhat angular when dry. Leaves coria- 
ceous, sessile ; obovate, obtuse or emarginate ; glabrous on both surfaces, 
margins recurved; 2 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. broad; midrib promi- 
nent, raised on both surfaces ; main-nerves not prominent on the upper 
surface, raised on the lower, about 8 pairs, at about 50° with the midrib, 
straight but soon anastomosing with the prominent reticulations which 
are also raised on the lower surface ; stipules ovate, acute or obtuse, 
glabrous, caducous. Flowers fascicled, 2 to 3 together, on small 
tubercles in the axils of upper leaves ; pedicels slender, black, -5 in. 
long, supported by small bard glabrous bracts. Calyx-lobes in fruit 4, 
■2 in. long, ovate-acute, glabrous ; rest of flower not seen. Fruit a 
globose glabrous berry, black when dry, prominently surmounted by the 
