XLIX. SAXIFRAGACEJE. 
683 
Polyosma .] 
Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, drying black. 
Leaves glaucescent beneath 
Leaves not glaucescent beneath. 
Leaves short cuneate at base .... 
Leaves long, acuminate at base 
Leaves sparsely denticulate; buds fascicled 
Leaves bright yellow green, velvety beneath. 
Leaves 3 to 4 in. long; flowers *2 in. long 
Leaves 6 - 5 by 2*5 in.; flowers ‘4 in. long . 
Leaves fuscous tomentose beneath; with nerves 
prominent, sunk above, 6 to 8 in. long 
(6) P. glaucescens 
(7} P. cariacea 
(8) P. Scortechinii 
(9) P. fasciculata 
(10) P, laete-virens 
(11) P. Ridleyi 
{12) P. flavo-virens 
(r) P. ilicifolia Bl. Bijdr. 658; Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 193, 
pi. 40. P. parviflora, King, l.c. 300. 
Shrub. Leaves membranous, elliptic or obovate narrowed at 
both ends, edges dentate sinuate, glabrous; nerves 10 pairs, 2*5 in. 
long, 1 in. wide; petioles *1 to ’25 in. long. Racemes 1 in. long, 
few-flowered. Flowers white 1 in. long. Calyx-tube short, green, 
glabrous, lobes ovate acute. Petals connate in middle, sub- 
glabrous outside, linear, villous within. Stamens rather longer. 
Fruit ellipsoid, smooth, narrowed at base crowned by the sepals, 
black, ‘i in. long. Hab. Mountains at about 4000 to 5000 ft. 
altitude. Selangor, Menuang Gasing (Kloss); Mengkuang Lebah 
(Robinson). Perak, Gunong Inas at 5000 ft. altitude (Wray). 
Disirib. Java. 
King’s P. parviflora is based on a very young state of the inflorescence of 
this plant. 
(2) P. grandis Ridl. Journ. Roy. - 4 s. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 30. 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall with spreading branches. Stem 1*5 to 
2 ft. through. Leaves ovate-elliptic, cuspidate acuminate, cuneate 
at base, thin, margins distinctly denticulate, glabrous above and 
beneath except midrib and prominent nerves 12 pairs; secondary 
nerves prominent, 6 to 7 in. long, 3’5 in. wide; petioles stout ‘5 in. 
long, flat, thin, pubescent. Racemes 6 in. long; peduncles 1 in. 
long, sparingly pubescent. Buds narrow, cylindric, blunt, on 
•1 in. long pubescent pedicels. Calyx-tube cylindric, lobes broad, 
ovate acute as long as tube. Petals sub-glabrous, white, base 
greenish, narrow linear, sparingly villous inside. Stamens shorter. 
Hab. Hill forests. Perak, Larut Hills 3500 to 4000 ft. altitude 
(Kunstler). 
(3) P. integrifolia Bl. Bijdr. 659; King, l.c. 302, in part. 
Small tree. Leaves thin, elliptic acuminate or cuspidate, base 
cuneate, glabrous above; nerves 10 pairs, slender, and midrib 
puberulous beneath, 4-5 in. long, 2'i in. wide; petioles puberulous, 
'5 in. long. Racemes 6 to 8 in. long, dense-flowered. Flower- 
buds straight, narrow, cylindric; pedicel yellow-hairy 'i in. long. 
Petals linear, grey pubescent, villous inside. Stamens shorter. 
Fruit elliptic, narrowed slightly at both ends, -35 in. long, ’2 in. 
