262 lxxxvii. sapotace^e. [Payena. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate acuminate . . (8) P. selangorica 
Leaves pubescent beneath. 
Leaves obovate, blunt, 2 to 3 in. long . . (9) P. obtusifolia 
Leaves oblong obovate acuminate, very hairy 
beneath, 4 to 8 in. long . . . (10) P. dasyphylla 
Leaves sessile, coriaceous, oblanceolate; fruit 
globose,-5 in. long . . . . (11) P. sessilis 
Fruit over 1 in. long . . . . . (12) P, utilis 
(1) P, Maingayi Clarke, l.c. iii. 547; King, l.c. 168. 
Large tree, 80 ft. tall, 1*5 to 2 ft. through. Leaves thin coria¬ 
ceous, oblong acuminate or caudate, base cuneate, golden-silky 
beneath; nerves 20 to 25 pairs, fine conspicuous parallel, inarching, 
midrib prominent; 6 to 9 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles 1 in. 
long, rather thick. Flowers axillary, fascicled in fives; pedicel thick, 
■75 in. long. Sepals ovate sub-acute, golden-silky, *25 in. long, 
inner ones shorter. Corolla -5 in. long, glabrous; lobes 8, lanceo¬ 
late in 2 rows. Stamens 16. Berry oblong, brown pubescent, 
1*5 in. long, tipped with the style base. Seeds 1 or 2, oblong, 
light brown. Hab. Forests; not rare. Singapore, Pulau Damar; 
Sungei Morai; Bukit Timah. Malacca, Ayer Panas (Curtis); 
Sungei Hudang (Cantley). Pahang, Temerloh; Kuantan (Fox¬ 
worthy). Negri Sembilan, Durian Tawar (Foxworthy). Perak, 
Gunong Mesak (Kunstler). Penang, West Hill (Curtis). Native 
names: MentuaTaban; Taban Pertja; Getah Pertja. 
Pertja or Percha, signifies a rag, and a name for Sumatra is given as 
Pulau Pertja. Perhaps the native name Taban Pertja means Taban from 
Sumatra. The tree somewhat resembles the true Taban popularly known 
as Gutta percha, though never called so by the Malays and by a misidentifica- 
tion the name Getah Pertja has been transferred from P. Maingayi to 
Palaquium gutta. The gutta obtained from it resembles at first that of the 
Palaquium, but soon turns black and does not set properly and is quite 
worthless. Wallich’s specimen. No. 4161, referred to this species by King 
is Palaquium gutta var. oblongifolium. 
(2) P, grandiflora Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 28. 
Tree about 30 ft. tall. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, glabrous 
shining beneath, golden-silky (ferruginous hairy when quite young, 
glabrous and sub-glaucous when old) oblong, shortly acuminate, 
base cuneate; nerves 20 pairs, conspicuous but fine, distinct, with 
conspicuous reticulations above; 7 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 
1*25 in. long. Flowers clustered below the leaves; pedicels stout, 
1 in. long. Sepals ovate acuminate, -3 to *4 in. long, blunt, thinly 
pubescent as is pedicel. Corolla over *5 in. long, lobes narrow 
acuminate, silky inside. Stamens 20. Berry cylindric, red, 1 in. 
long. Hab. Forests in the south; rare. Singapore, Sungei 
Morai. Malacca. Panchur (Goodenough). Distrib. Sumatra. 
This differs from P. Maingayi in its stiff coriaceous leaves, stouter longer 
pedicels and bigger flowers. 
(3) P. longipedicellata Brace in King, l.c. 169. 
Tree 100 to 130 ft. tall. Leaves chartaceo-coriaceous, oblong or 
elliptic abruptly short-acuminate, base round or shortly narrowed; 
