LXXXVII. SAPOTACEjE. 
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Palaquium .] 
Leaves appressed-pubescent beneath . 
Leaves red-tomentose beneath and on upper 
midrib ..... 
Leaves up to 6 in. long elliptic; branchlets, 
slender. 
Leaves golden-silky beneath. 
Nerves very fine and close, numerous 
Nerves conspicuous, 14 to 18 pairs . 
Leaves almost or quite glabrous. 
Leaves oblanceolate drying orange red . 
Leaves obovate drying fuscous. 
Nerves very fine and almost invisible. 
Leaves round at tips. 
Pedicels very short, '05 in. long 
Pedicels -i in. long . . 
Leaves tips narrowed blunt acuminate 
Nerves conspicuous depressed above 
Nerves prominent beneath . 
Leaves thin elliptic acuminate 
Pedicels 1 in. long, clustered at the branch-tips. 
Leaves oblong lanceolate .... 
{2) P. Maingayi 
(3) P. Clarkeanum 
(4) P. Gutta 
(5) P. Oxleyanum 
(6) P. xanthochymum 
(7) P. baneanum 
( 8 ) P. calophylloides 
(9) P. microphyllum 
(10) P. Ridleyi 
(11) P. Herveyi 
(12) P. hexandrum 
(13) P. stellatum 
(1) P. obovatum King and Gamble, l.c. 190. Dichopsis obovata 
Clarke, F.B.I. iii. 542. 
A big tree with stout stem 40 to 80 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous 
stiff, obovate blunt or sub-acute, cuneate at base, glaucescent 
beneath; nerves prominent beneath, sometimes scurfy-pubescent, 
about 12 pairs; 5 to 8 in. long, 2 to 4 in. wide; petioles *7 to 1 in. 
long. Flowers clustered on the bare parts of branches below leaves, 
numerous; pedicels *3 to ‘5 in. long. Sepals outer triangular 
ovate pubescent, -15 in. long. Corolla greenish white, lobes 
twisted. Stamens 12; filaments long, glabrous. Style 15 in. 
long, subulate. Fruit oblong-globose, glabrous, green. Seed 
ovoid, base pointed. Hab. Forests in the south, Singapore, Garden 
Jungle; Kranji; Changi. Malacca, Pulau Undan (Cantley); 
Rim; Sungei Hudang (Holmberg). Distrib. Tenasserim, Sumatra. 
Native names: Niato Bunga; Niato Tembaga; Niato Balam; 
Taban Balau putih; Taban balam Kuning. Use: This gives a 
good second-rate white gutta-percha. 
(2) P, Maingayi King and Gamble, 191. Dichopsis Maingayi 
Clarke in Hook . fil. F.B.I. iii. 543. 
Big tree 60 ft. tall, 10 to 15 ft. through. Leaves stiffly cori¬ 
aceous obovate blunt, base long cuneate, thickly red-pubescent 
beneath; nerves strong elevate, 12 to 20 pairs distant; 5 to 13 in. 
long, 3 to 7 in. wide; petioles 1 to 1*5 in. long. Flowers fascicled 
in tens below leaves, numerous; pedicels *5 to 7 in. long, red- 
pubescent. Sepals ovate pubescent, inner orbicular, *15 in. long. 
Corolla-lobes ovate-oblong. Stamens 12, *25 in. long. Style 
•4 in. long. Berry green, *5 in. long. Seeds 2, oblong. Hab. 
Forests. Malacca (Maingay). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Sulu 
(Cantley); Jelebu (J. N. Gunn); Tampin (Burkffl). Selangor 
(Arden). Perak, Changkat Serdang (Wray); Larut (Kunstler). 
Fl.M.P., 2. * T 
