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Leaves golden-silky-pubeseent beneath : — 
Main-nerves close, over 20 pairs 
Main-nerves about J in. apart, under 20 pairs 
Leaves not or only very slightly silky-pubescent 
beneath : — 
Leaves conspicuously red or yellow when dry 
Leaves not conspicuously red or yellow when dry, 
usually brown or greenish-brown : — 
Leaves over 3 in. long 
Leaves 2 to 3 in. long 
Leaves under 2 in. long 
Leaves elliptic, not obovate: — 
Produced connective of anthers bifid at point ; leaves 
glabrous . . 
Produced connective of anthers simple at point ; leaves 
grey-pubescent beneath 
Pedicels 1 in. long or longer, clustered only at the extreme ends 
of the branchlets ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 3-6 in. long 
4. P. Gutta. 
5. P. Oxleyanum. 
6. P. xanthochymum. 
7. P. bancanum. 
8. P. Bidleyi. 
9. P. microphyllum. 
10. P. hexandrum. 
11. P. Herveyi. 
12. P. stellatum. 
1. Palaquium obovatum, King & Gamble. A big tree with a foxy 
odour (Ridley), evergreen; the branches thick, brown, marked by the 
very prominent scars of fallen leaves ; leaves clustered towards the 
ends of the branchlets ; innovations rusty-pubescent. Leaves coriaceous , 
obovate-cuneate or obovate-oblong, obtuse or very shortly acute at 
apex, cuneate at base ; recurved and somewhat undulate on the 
margins ; glabrous above, glaueescent beneath ; 5 to 12 in. long, 2 
to 4 in. broad ; midrib thick, prominent, impressed above, much raised 
beneath ; main-nerves about 12 pairs, at an angle of 40° to 45° with the 
midrib, inconspicuous above, raised and prominent beneath ; reticulations 
many, oblique, obscure ; petiole thick, "7 to 1 in. long, bordered above 
by the decurrent margins of the blade, glabrescent or slightly rusty- 
pubescent. Floivers in clusters in the axils of the leaves or on tubercles 
above tbe scars of fallen leaves ; pedicels 3 to 5 together, ‘3 to - 5 in. 
long, rusty-pubescent ; buds at first globose, afterwards elongate by 
the growth of the corolla. Calyx-lobes 6; outer 3 triangular-ovate, 
thick, pubescent outside, '15 in. long ; inner 3 imbricate, ovate-obtuse, 
■1 in. long, margins scarious. Corolla campanulate ; tube very short ; 
lobes 6, imbricate and twisted, ‘4 to - 5 in. long, glabrous without, slightly 
pubescent within. Stamens 12, the 6 longer opposite to, the 6 shorter 
alternate with, the lobes of the corolla, ovate lanceolate, apiculate, 
thickly rusty-villous ; filaments as long as anthers, slender, glabrous. 
Ovary globose ; style -5 in. long, subulate, glabrous. Fruit a globose 
berry, '75 to 1 in. in diam., pulp fleshy, seeds 1 to 2. Seed ovoid, 
scarcely flattened on one side, pointed at base ; testa thin, shining ; 
albumen none, cotyledons fleshy. Dicliopsis obovata, Clarke in Hook, 
f. Kl. Br. Ind. iii. 542. Isonandra obovata, Griff. Notul. iv. 293 ; Kurz 
