Phoebe.] 
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beneath, slightly sunk above, pubescent beneath when young; 
6 to 10 in. long, 2 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles slender, 1 in. long. Buds 
silky. Panicles slender, 1*5 to 2 in. long, sub-glabrous with few 
short branches or one terminal cyme. Flowers few, -08 in. long, 
lobes orbicular ovate silky. Panicles in fruit, peduncles slender, 
3 in. long; pedicels -25 in. long. Drupe ovoid, -3 in. long, black; 
perianth-lobes enlarged. Hab. Forests chiefly in the north. Perak, 
Temengoh (Ridley). 
vsLT.villosa. Leaves and flowers more villous; leaves shorter. Hab. 
Lankawi, Gunong Raya (Haniff). Kedah, Gurun, base of Kedah Peak 
(Haniff). Distrib. Burma, Mergui. Native name: Medang Rungkoi. 
Gamble suggests P. pallida Nees for this, but it is not glaucous beneath, 
the nerves are not deeply sunk and the flowers are smaller. It seems much 
more to resemble P. tavoyana, but the two species are very near. 
(4) P. macrophylla Blume Ann. Mas. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 326; 
Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 107. 
Tree about 40 ft. tall, bushy. Leaves dark green, coriaceous 
obovate, short apiculate long narrowed to base, glabrous above, 
red-pubescent beneath; nerves and nervules and reticulations 
sunk above, elevate beneath, 10 to 15 pairs; 9 to 12 in. long, 4-5 to 
6 in. long; petioles *5 in. long, tomentose (young leaves tomentose 
both sides). Panicles tomentose, 6 to 9 in. long; peduncles 5 to 
6 in. long; branches 2 in. long. Flowers in short cymes *5 in. long. 
Perianth tomentose, -2 in. long, greenish yellow on short pedicels, 
lobes elliptic acute. Drupe dark blue olive-shaped, 1-5 in. long; 
panicles thickened bright red. Hab. Wood in low country, Sin¬ 
gapore, Garden Jungle; Bukit Mandai. Perak, Larut; Chanderiang 
(Kunstler); Waterloo (Curtis). 
(5) P. Kunstleri Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 226; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 107. 
Big tree 80 to 100 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through; young parts 
puberulous. Leaves coriaceous obovate or elliptic-obovate blunt 
or short apiculate narrowed to base, glabrous above, glaucescent 
beneath and minutely puberulous, midrib and 8 to 12 pairs of 
nerves sunk above, elevate beneath, transverse nervules rather 
distant; visible beneath; 6 to 7 in. long, 3-5 in. wide. Panicles 
7 in. long (peduncles 5 in. long), branches crowded at top, 2 in. 
long, all grey yellowish tomentose. Perianth *2 in. long, tomentose, 
light yellow, lobes oblong acute, outer smaller. Glands villous. 
Drupe ovoid bluish green; perianth-lobes persistent larger, Perak, 
Goping (Kunstler); Blanda Mabok (Wray). Distrib. Borneo. 
Very like P. opaca, but the flowers are rather bigger and the panicle 
more lax. 
(6) P. opaca Blume, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 327; Gamble, 
Journ. ds, Soc. Beng. l.c. 108. 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, 15 to 20 in. through; branchlets red- 
tomentose. Leaves coriaceous oblanceolate or obovate short 
