264 lxxxvii. sapotace^. [. Payena. 
common. Rather variable as to size of leaf, hence a number of 
varieties have been given, the commonest being the broad-leaved 
form known as Wightii Clarke, l.c. iii. 548. Var. nigra King and 
Gamble, is a Perak form with leaves as much as 8 in. long, and 
probably P. Lowiana, Pierre, is the same thing. Singapore, 
Botanic Gardens; Reservoir (common). Malacca, Brisu and 
Merlimau (Derry). Selangor, Ulu Selangor (Goodenough). Negri 
Sembilan, Tampin; Gunong Talan (Cantley). Pahang, Klau 
(Foxworthy). Perak, Ulu Bubong; Ulu Kerling (Kunstler). 
Penang (Wallich). Waterfall (Curtis). Native name: Nyatoh 
Bunga. 
(7) P. lanceolata Ridl. Journ. Roy. .4s. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 93. 
Tree; branchlets, petiole, midrib in young leaves, red-woolly. 
Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate caudate-acuminate, base 
narrow; nerves very fine, n to 12 pairs, horizontal with reticula¬ 
tions, conspicuous below, midrib prominent; 3 in. long, 1 in. wide; 
petioles slender, 1 in. long. Flowers in fascicles of 2 to 4 in axils; 
pedicels stout, *5 in. long, minutely pubescent. Sepals, outer 
•2 in. long, thick, ovate blunt, inner ones valvate, edge ciliate. 
Corolla *5 in. long, lobes 8, tube as long as calyx-lobes, oblong 
obtuse; filaments very short, 18; anther-appendages very short, 
hairy. Style and ovary glabrous. Hab. Lankawi, Gunong Raya 
(Haniff). 
(8) P. selangorica King and Gamble, l.c. 175. 
Medium-sized tree. Leaves chartaceo-coriaceous, oblong-lanceo¬ 
late acuminate, base narrowed; nerves 16 pairs, indistinct, parallel; 
4 to 6 in. long, 1 to 1*7 in. wide; petioles -5 to 7 in. long. Flowers 
in fascicles of 2 or 3 axillary pedicels, rather thick, -6 to -8 in. long, 
rusty-pubescent. Sepals ovate acute, outer *3 in. long; inner 
•25 in. long, rusty-pubescent. Ovary pubescent. Hab. Selangor, 
Woods half-way up Bukit Kutu, rare (Ridley). 
(9) P. obtusifolia King and Gamble, l.c. 175. 
Tree. Leaves coriaceous, obovate or elliptic-obovate blunt 
emarginate, cuneate attenuate at base, glabrous above, rusty or 
pubescent beneath; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, inconspicuous above; 
2*5 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles -5 to 75 in. long. 
Flowers in fascicles of 5 to 8; pedicels -5 in. long, pubescent. 
Sepals, outer ovate acute, golden-pubescent, 3 in. long. Ovary 
glabrous. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). 
I have not seen this rare and little-known species. 
(10) P. dasyphylla Pierre, Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. i. 527; King, 
l.c. 173. 
Big tree 100 ft. tall. Leaves chartaceous, oblong or obovate- 
oblong acuminate, acute, base rounded or shortly narrowed, 
densely red-pubescent beneath; nerves 12 to 16 pairs elevate, 
inarching some way from edge, midrib thick, red-pubescent on 
both sides; 4 to 8 in. long, 1-5 to 3 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long. 
Flowers axillary 1 to 3; pedicels and sepals red-pubescent, *4 to 
