104 cxix. LAURiNEiE. [ Phcebe. 
sub-equal, 3 outer shorter, spreading in flower closing and enlarging 
afterwards. Stamens 9; anthers 4-celled ovate, rows 1 and 2, 
anthers elliptic introrse, row 3, longer, more slender extrorse with 
2 stipitate glands at base. Staminodes 4th row stipitate cordate. 
Ovary globose. Fruit ovoid to globose in a cup of the enlarged 
perianth-lobes. Species 34, Indo-Malaya, America. 
Leaves lanceolate nearly glabrous. 
Leaves narrow long acuminate; flowers glabrous; 
filaments villous. (1) P. lanceolata 
Leaves blunt acuminate minute reticulate; fila¬ 
ments glabrous.(2) P. declinata 
Leaves broad lanceolate cuspidate, silky beneath; 
branches silky, flowers hairy . . , (3) p. tavoyana 
Leaves obovate large coriaceous, 
Flowers large, ‘4 in. across. 
Leaves pubescent beneath; perianth tomentose, (4) P. macrophylla 
Leaves glaucescent not tomentose . . . (5) p, Kunstleri 
Flowers under - 2 in. across. 
Leaves thickly coriaceous; perianth tawny 
pubescent.(6) P, opaca 
Leaves thin coriaceous; perianth grey-tomentose (7) P. cuneata 
(1) P. lanceolata Nees, Syst. Laur. 109; Gamble , Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng. lx. 104; Wight, Ic. t. 1821. 
A small tree; buds villous. Leaves chartaceous rather crowded 
at the branch ends, lanceolate long acuminate, base long cuneate 
glabrous; nerves 10 to 15 pairs ascending; nervules and reticula¬ 
tions irregular, 7 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles slender, 1*5 in. 
long. Panicles slender, peduncles 2 in. long; branches few. Bracts 
grey puberulous linear. Flowers -I in. long, pale yellow; lobes 
ovate, villous inside. Stamens villous. Fruit ovoid, *5 in. long, 
•12 in. wide, black on the enlarged perianth. Hab. River banks 
on the east coast, Pahang, Tahan River (Ridley). Distrib. India 
to Java. 
(2) P. declinata Nees , Syst. Laur. 114; Gamble, Journ. As. 
Soc. Bengal, lx. 105. 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 5 to 8 in. through, nearly altogether 
glabrous. Leaves chartaceo-coriaceous lanceolate or elliptic lan¬ 
ceolate acuminate, sub-acute or blunt; nerves 7 to 10 pairs, very 
slender and inconspicuous, reticulation obscure, 4 in. long, 1*25 in. 
wide; petioles -25 in. long, slender. Panicles slender, about 2 in. 
long with few distant branches and small -05 in. long flowers on 
pedicels -15 in. long, generally all glabrous. Stamens glabrous 
except a tuft of hairs at base. Drupe globose, *2 to -4 in. through ; 
pedicels and peduncles hardly enlarged. Hab. Forests, Singapore 
(Wallich); Changi. Selangor, Ulu Selangor (Kunstler). Penang, 
Balik Pulau; Penara Bukit (Curtis). 
(3) P. tavoyana Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 143. 
Tree. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate caudate acuminate base long 
narrowed membranous; nerves 9 to 10 pairs, slender elevate be- 
