XLVIII. ROSACEA. 
675 
Pygeum. ] 
1*35 in. wide; petioles *25 to *35 in. long. Racemes solitary 
axillary 1*5 in. long, pubescent, hairy. Flowers -15 in. long; 
pedicels -i in. long. Calyx narrow, campanulate, lobes oblong 
sub-acute, hairy. Petals o. Stamens 12, exsert. Pistil shorter. 
Ovary hairy. Fruit transversely oblong, glabrous or minutely 
pubescent, '3 in. long, *4 in. wide. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). 
(6) P. coriifolmm Ridl. Journ. Roy, As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 30. 
A small tree. Leaves coriaceous elliptic, shortly blunt acuminate, 
base broad shortly narrowed, glabrous; nerves invisible above, . 
prominent beneath, 5 pairs, reticulations invisible, 6 in. long, 
3- 5 in. wide; petioles 5 in. long. Racemes solitary axillary -5 in. 
long, dense. Flowers very shortly pedicelled, puberulous. Calyx- 
tube campanulate, pubescent, lobes 6, unequal ovate acute, inside 
of tube glabrous. Petals o. Stamens long, rather thick, about 
20. Style stout, glabrous; ovary hairy. Hab. Perak, woods at 
Temengoh, on the Kertai River (Ridley). 
(7) P. persimile Kurzin Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xli. 306; Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. ii. 320; King, lx. 291. 
A small slender tree about 30 ft. tall. Leaves thin coriaceous, 
elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, short blunt acuminate, base shortly 
cuneate glabrous; midrib, nerves and petiole pubescent on both 
sides; nerves 7 to 8 pairs, very prominent beneath, 2‘5 to 4 in. 
long, 1*3 to i-6 in. wide; petioles -3 in. long. Racemes 3- to 
4- fascicled, 1*5 in. long, supra-axillary below leaves, tomentose; 
pedicels *1 in. long. Calyx campanulate, tomentose, teeth 6. 
Petals o. Stamens 12 to 18. Pistil, ovary and base of style silky. 
Stigma discoid. Fruit transversely oblong deeply grooved, glabrous, 
•25 in. long, *35 in. wide. Hab. Woods. Singapore, Tanglin; 
Kranji. Malacca (Griffith); Ayer Panas; Brisu and Batang 
Malacca (Derry). Negri Sembilan, Tanglin Hill (Goodenough). 
Selangor, Ginting Bidai. Distrib. Tenasserim. Native name: 
Medang Changnau. 
( 8 ) P. parviflorum Teysm. and Binn. Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind. 
ii. 209; King, l.c. 291. P. intermedium King, l.c. 288. 
Tree about 60 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous elliptic to oblong or 
ovate-acuminate, base rounded or shortly cuneate, glabrous above, 
sparsely pubescent on nerves beneath; nerves 5 to 6 pairs elevate 
beneath, 2 to 4 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide. Racemes fascicled, 
1 to 1-5 in. long, dense on old wood, densely tomentose. Bracts 
ovate, tomentose outside. Flowers ‘2 in. long, sessile. Calyx 
campanulate, tomentose, teeth 10. Petals o. Stamens 30 to 40, 
glabrous, exsert. Pistil shorter. Ovary hairy. Fruit sub-globose, 
apiculate pubescent when young, then glabrous green, grooved 
down both sides. Hab. Common in woods. Singapore, Kranji. 
Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Goodenough). Selangor, Bangi (Fox¬ 
worthy). Perak, Larut and Ulu Bubong (Kunstler); Temengoh.. 
Distrib. Java, Borneo. 
