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XLVIII. R0SACE2E. 
1 Parastemon. 
3. PARASTEMON, DC. 
Big tree. Leaves alternate, coriaceous. Flowers very small, 
racemose or spicate, glabrous. Calyx-tube short, campanulate, 
5-lobed. Petals 5 or 6, oblong. Stamens 2, unilateral, several 
imperfect. Carpel 1, adnate to one side of the tube, i-celled. 
Style basal; ovules 2. Fruit oblong, coriaceous, i-celled, i-seeded. 
Seed testa hairy. Species 2, 1 Malay Peninsula, 1 Borneo. 
(1) P. uxophyllum A. DC. Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, xviii. 208; 
King, lx. 285. 
Big tree up to 100 ft. high, and 3 to 4 ft. through with drooping 
branches, glabrous. Leaves ovate-lanceojate or lanceolate caudate 
acuminate obtuse, bright green; nerves 4 to 6 pairs faint, 2*5 to 
3 in. long, -85 to *15 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. Racemes 
slender, 3 to 33 in. long. Flowers numerous '05 in. long; pedicels 
very short. Fruit yellowish, oblong, ’45 in. long, *25 in. through. 
Hub. Common in open country, often near the sea. Singapore 
(Wallich); Jurong; Changi; Chan Chu Kang. Malacca, Ayer 
Panas (Hervey); Panchur (Goodenough). Negri Sembilan, Kopis 
Residency (Foxworthy). Bindings, Bruas; Lumut, Perak, Kol 
(Kunstler). Penang, Penara Bukit; Batu Feringhi (Curtis). 
Distrib. Labuan. Native names : Siagnos betina; Malas; Kelat 
Pasir. 
4 . PRUNUS, Linn. 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers white or pink, 
solitary, panicled or racemed. Calyx deciduous in fruit, lobes 5, 
imbricate. Petals 5. Stamens 16 to 80 inserted in mouth of 
corolla tube; filaments free. Carpel 1. Style terminal; ovules 2. 
Drupe indehiscent or 2-valved, i-seeded. Species about 80, chiefly 
north temperate zone. 
(1) P. martabanica Kurz var. Scortechini King , l.c. 286. 
Tree 40 to 80 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves lanceolate 
long acuminate, narrowed or round at base, glabrous membranous, 
275 to 5 in. long, 1 to 175 in. wide; petioles 3 to -6 in. long. 
Racemes usually solitary, 2 in. long, many-flowered, pubescent. 
Flowers 35 in. across, greenish white. Calyx-tube campanulate, 
tomentose, lobes ovate. Petals orbicular, - i in. long. Stamens 
60 to 80. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style long. Drupe ovoid 
acuminate beaked, 1 in. long, -4 in. through; pericarp thin, woody. 
Hab. Forests, not common. Perak, Chanderiang (Kunstler). 
Penang Hill at 1000 ft. altitude (Curtis). Distrib. Burma, Anda¬ 
mans. 
5. PYGEUM, Gaertn. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate; stipules minute (except 
one species). Flowers small, racemed or panicled, tomentose. 
Calyx-tube obconic, campanulate, 5- to 15-toothed. Petals very 
