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Payena.] 
nerves faint, 18 pairs, midrib depressed above, elevate beneath; 
4 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; petioles 7 in. long. Flowers 2 to 
3 in. long, fascicled below leaves; pedicels 1 to 1*5 in. long, slender. 
Sepals, outer ovate acute, -5 in. long, inner lanceolate acuminate, 
■6 in. long, pubescent. Corolla -8 in. long, tube *3 in. long, lobes 8, 
ovate-acuminate. Stamens 16 in 1 row. Easily known by the 
long-pedicelled large flowers. Hab. Perak (Kunstler). 
(4) P. Havilandii King and Gamble, l.c. 169. P. croixiana 
Pierre, Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. i. 524 (probably). 
Big tree up to 80 ft. tall. Leaves chartaceo-coriaceous shining 
green, elliptic abruptly acuminate, base narrowed, glabrous ; 
nerves 10 to 12 pairs very fine and inconspicuous, nervules nearly 
as conspicuous; 2*5 to 3 in. long, 1*25 to 175 in. broad; petioles 
slender, -4 to -5 in. long. Flowers in fascicles of 3 or 4 on slender 
pedicels 75 in. long, rusty-pubescent. Sepals oblong-rounded, 
pubescent, -3 in. long. Corolla *3 to *4 in. wide, lobes 8, oblong, 
base cordate, edges crenate, as long as tube. Stamens 16 in 2 rows. 
Berry obpyriform, 1*5 in. long. Seed 1, oblong. Hab. Dense 
forests, not rare. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Bajau. Dindings 
(Burn-Murdoch). Penang, Moniot’s Road; Hill (Curtis). Lan- 
kawi. Distrib. Borneo. Native name: Getah Sundik. Use: A 
good white gutta. 
(5) P. Leerii Kurz. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xl. (2), 69. King, 
l.c. 170. 
Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall. Leaves chartaceous, elliptic abruptly 
acuminate, base round or short acute; nerves 14 to 18 pairs, 
slender, inconspicuous with many nervules, 2 to 4 in. long, 1 to 
2 in. wide; petioles slender, 75 in. long. Flowers in fascicles of 3 
and 4 in axils or on leafless ends. Sepals -15 in. long, ovate, blunt 
pubescent. Corolla as long, lobes 8, ovate obtuse. Stamens 
16 in 1 row. Fruit conic, reddish green, 1-5 to 175 in. long. 
Seed 1, broad oblong. Hab. Forests. Perak, Sapetang (Low). 
Batang Padang (Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra, Bangka. Native 
names: Surian; Balam Sundik (Sumatra). Use: A good white 
gutta. 
This is rarer than P. Havilandii, which it resembles in leaf, but the flowers 
are much smaller and the fruit is conic and large. 
(6) P. lucida DC. Prodr. viii. 197; King, l.c. 171. Isonandra 
polyandra Wight, Ic. t. 1589; P. Lowiana Pierre, Bull. Soc. Linn. 
Par. i. 524. 
Small tree about 30 ft. tall. Leaves chartaceous, elliptic to 
nearly lanceolate, rather abruptly acuminate, obtuse, base acute; 
nerves 10 to 12 pairs slightly prominent; 4 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 
2 in. wide; petioles -4 in. long. Flowers in fascicles of 1 to 4 in 
the axils, pendent; pedicels 7 to -8 in. long, silky. Sepals yellow¬ 
ish-buff, ovate obtuse, -2 in. long. Corolla white, *2 to *3 in. wide, 
lobes 8, oblong, in two rows. Stamens 16. Berry oblong, red- 
pubescent, 1 to 1*5 in. long. Seed 1. Hab. Woods and forests, 
