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persistent long curved style ; cells apparently 4 to 6. Seeds oblong, 
obtuse at top, acute at base, -3 to -4 in. long, rounded on the outer, 
straight on the inner side ; hilum long, narrow ; testa thin crustaeeous, 
brown ; albumen rather thin ; cotyledons oblong, flat, -15 to - 2 in. in 
length ; radicle rather large, 
Singapore : Ridley 5076. 
8. Payena obtusifolia, King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree ; branchlets 
stout, greyish-brown, prominently marked by the scars of fallen leaves 
and the tubercles of fallen flower fascicles, young branchlets and leaves 
rusty-brown in colour. Leaves coriaceous ; clustered at the ends of the 
branchlets, obovate or elliptic-obovate, obtuse, emarginate or shortly 
acute at apex, cuneately attenuate at base ; glabrous on the upper 
surface, rusty-coloured and sometimes pubescent on the lower; 2'5 to 
3 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. broad ; midrib stout, main-nerves 10 to 12 pairs, 
starting at about 60° with the midrib, slightly curving upwards, incon- 
spicuous above as are the reticulations ; petiole '5 to p 75 in. long, 
channelled above by the decurrent margins of the blade Flowers 
fascicled, 4 to 8 together (to judge by scars only) in the axils of the 
leaves, or of the scars of fallen leaves ; pedicels '5 in. long, clavate, 
pubescent ; buds about -3 in. long, truncate. Calyx-lobes 4, 2 outer 
valvate, ovate-acute, '3 in. long, pubescent ; 2 inner imbricate, ovate, 
golden-pubescent on the back, ciliate on the margins. Corolla not seen. 
Ovary ovoid-conical, glabrous, 8-celled; style ’35 in. long, linear. Fruit 
not seen. 
Perak : Scortechini 340. 
9. Payena selangorica, King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree (?) ; branch- 
lets dark brown, rough. Leaves chartaceo-coriaceous ; oblong-lanceo 
late, acuminate at apex, narrowly attenuate at base, glabrous above, 
slightly pubescent on the sides of the midrib beneath ; 4 to 6 in. long, 
1 to l - 7 in. broad ; midrib prominent, impressed and keeled above ; 
main-nerves about 16 pairs, indistinct, parallel, at about 80° with the 
midrib, straight at first, anastomosing near the margin with the 
secondary nerves and reticulations, which are visible but not prominent ; 
petiole '5 to -7 in. long, channelled above, enlarged at base. Flowers 
fascicled, 2 to 3 together, in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels rather 
thick, -6 to - 8 in. long, striate, appressed rusty-pubescent. Calyx-lobes 
4, outer pair valvate '3 in. long, ovate-acute, thick below, thinner above ; 
inner pair ovate, '25 in. long, scarious on the margins ; both appressed 
rusty-pubescent ; rest of flower not seen. Ovary pubescent, cylindrical, 
depressed at top ; fruit immature, seed apparently albuminous, with an 
elongated hilum. 
Selangor : Ridley 7387. 
