122 G. King— Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 
Leaves entire ... ... ... 1. P. oblonga. 
Leaves ovate, sometimes 3-lobed ... 2. P. bracteata. 
Leaves deeply palmately 5-lobed ... 3. P. palmata. 
1. Phytocrene oblonga, Wall. PI. As. Rar. Ill, 12. Bark brown¬ 
ish, rather rough, striate, not prickly, that of the younger branches 
puberulous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, more or 
less acuminate, entire, the base narrowed; upper surface glabrous, shin¬ 
ing, the lower minutely pubescent, minutely lepidote, the reticulations 
very distinct; main nerves 7 to 9 pairs, curved, ascending, prominent 
on the lower surface ; length 4'5 to 9 in., breadth 2 to 3 5 in., petiole 
*6 to 1 in. Panicles of male flowers axillary, or clustered on woody 
warted tubercles on the stem and larg’er branches, 1 to 2 in. long, and 
from A to ’5 in. broad, the ultimate branches consisting of minute 
pedicellate umbellules ; the pedicels of the umbellules ‘15 in. long, rusty - 
tomentose, each with a subulate bract shorter than itself. Flowers sessile, 
*05 in. long, in 4- or 5-flowered umbellules *15 in. in diam. Bracts of 
involucel free, narrowly deltoid, rufous-sericeous. Pieces of the peri¬ 
anth 4, free, ovate, concave, glabrous inside, rufous-sericeous externally. 
Stamens shorter than the perianth, anthers broad. Rudimentary ovary 
minute, sericeous. Female flowers in shortly pedunculate globular 
capitula, ‘5 in. in diam., borne on the stem and branches, the peduncle 
stout, '25 in. long. Drupes cuneate-ovoid, obtuse, 1*5 in. long, and 1 in. 
in diam.; the base pointed trigonous and strigose; the rest of the surface 
densely covered with very stout asperulous pale brown bristles, collected 
in globular heads, the size of a cricket-ball; epicarp leathery, mesocarp 
pulpy, endocarp crustaceous. Seed solitary ; cotyledons thin, tortuous, 
embedded in lobulated fleshy albumen. Baill. in DC. Prod. XVII, 13; 
Hook. fil. FI. Br. Ind. I, 592; Wall. Cat., No. 4948. Gynocephalum 
oblongum , Tree, in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 3, VIII, 149. 
Penang; Wallich. Malacca; Maingay. Perak; Scortechini, King’s 
Collector. 
The female flowers are often diseased, and the petals are converted 
into a long fleshy tube which contains no trace of ovary. 
2. Phytocrene bracteata, Wall. PI. As. Rar. Ill, 12. Stems 
with sharp tubercles; branches striate, minutely prickly when young. 
Leaves coriaceous, broadly ovate, cordate at the base, often 3-lobed and 
obscurely dentate, the apex acute, upper surface glabrous, the nerves 
pubescent; lower surface pale, softly and minutely pubescent, reticu¬ 
lations distinct especially on the lower surface; main nerves 4 or 
5 pairs, spreading, curved, prominent beneath; length 4 to 8 in., 
breadth 3 to 5*5 in.; petiole 125 to 3 in., minutely tomentose with 
bristles intermixed. Panicles of male flowers bracteate, axillary, 4 to 
