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(10) P. Ridleyi C. DC. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi. 19; Journ. 
ds. Soc. Beng. l.c. 327. 
Stout shrubby plant 2 to 3 ft. tall, densely hairy. Leaves 
membranous, ovate acute to lanceolate-elliptic acutely acuminate, 
base round or slightly narrowed, penninerved, very hairy all over 
especially on nerves; 8 in. long, 3 to 5 in. wide; petioles 75 in. long, 
hairy. Spikes 2 to 3 in. long in flower to 4 in. long in fruit; 
peduncles *25 in. long, very hairy; rachis glabrous or hairy. 
Stamens 2. Stigmas 4, linear acute. Drupe globose, bright red; 
pedicel very short. Hab. Mountain forests from about 3000 ft. 
altitude upwards, Pahang, Telom. Selangor, Ginting Peras; 
Semangkok Pass. Perak, Thaiping Hills; Waterloo (Curtis); 
Ulu Kerling (Kunstler); Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); Temengoh; 
Bujong Malacca. Native Name: Kerubut Paya. 
A form with lower flowers in spike bisexual and upper ones males was 
found at Ulu Kerling (Kunstler). 
(11) P. malaccense C. DC. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi. 12; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 318. 
Erect shrublet, hairy when young at length glabrous. Leaves 
membranous, elliptic-lanceolate or obovate-oblong, sub-acute rather 
long acuminate base unequally rounded, penninerved, main nerves 
3 pairs; very sparsely hairy on both sides and more so on nerves, 
7 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles rather thick, *25 in. long. Spikes 
nearly sessile or with a hairy peduncle ’25 in. long, rather slender, 
2 in. long, hairy. Bracts glabrous round. Flowers sometimes 
bisexual. Stamens 1 to 2. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; stigmas 4, 
linear acute. Drupe globose much longer than its pedicel. Hab. 
Damp forests, local, Johor, Sungei Tebrau. Malacca, Merlimau. 
Selangor, Sungei Buluh (Ridley). Native names: Poko Pimpin; 
Lada hitam jantan. 
Near muricatum, but much less hairy; leaves very different in shape 
and spikes more slender. 
(12) P. bipedale C. DC. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi. 19; Journ. 
yts. Soc. Beng. l.c. 327. 
Erect, 2 ft. tall, hairy. Leaves membranous, hairy on nerves 
above and all over beneath, obovate-oblong acutely acuminate* 
base round, inaequilateral, penninerved; nerves 4 to 5, upper ones 
ascending, lower ones thinner less so; 7-8 in. long, 2 to 8 in. wide; 
petioles hairy, -47 in. long. Female spikes n in. long; rachis 
hairy. Bracts glabrous obovate; stigmas 3. Drupe ovate, 
globose acute; pedicel much shorter. Hab. Perak, at 300 ft. 
altitude (Wray). 
I have not seen this species. 
(13) P. protractum C. DC. Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. vi, 18; Journ. 
^ 4 $. Soc. Beng. l.c, 326. 
Erect, shrubby, densely hairy. Leaves oblong sub-acute 
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