276 lxxxvii. sapotace^e. [Palaquium. 
common, but too lofty to see or collect from. It contains very 
little latex. Singapore Gardens; Bukit Timah; Kranji. Perak, 
Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Waterfall and Batu Feringhi (Curtis). 
Native name : Ekor Limpong (Penang). 
(8) P. calophylloides Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, 
p. 93. 
Big tree 50 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves stiffly coriaceous obovate, 
short-acuminate blunt, base cuneate; nerves very conspicuous, 
about 10 pairs, faint; 4 in. long, 2-5 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long. 
Flowers in fascicles below the leaves; pedicels thick, *25 in. long, 
pubescent. Calyx-lobes *i in. long, outer 3 ovate rounded, finely 
hairy, inner narrower, shorter lanceolate, sub-acute. Corolla 
•2 in. wide, lobes oblong lanceolate sub-acute, tube much shorter, 
glabrous. Style little longer. Hob. Mountains at 1000 ft. altitude, 
rare. Kedah Peak (Bell and Haniff). 
This is near P. Ridleyi, but the nerves of leaf are finer and nearly invisible, 
the calyx-lobes very dissimilar and corolla-tube very short. 
(9) P. microphyllum King and Gamble , l.c. 196. 
Big tree. Leaves coriaceous obovate-lanceolate, shortly sub¬ 
acute, base long narrowed, glabrous, reddish beneath when dry; 
nerves very indistinct, 8 to 10 pairs; 1 to 2 in. long, *7 to 1 in. 
wide; petioles *4 to *5 in. long, winged above. Flowers in fascicles 
of 1 to 3 below leaves; pedicels -2 in. long, pubescent. Sepals, 
outer densely tawny-pubescent, ovate acute, -15 to -2 in. long, 
inner ones blunt, pubescent outside. Corolla tubular rotate, 
■15 in. wide, lobes oblong, spathulate, hairy, tube very short. 
Ovary conic, villous. Hob. Rare and difficult to get at. Singapore, 
Bukit Timah; Kranji (Ridley). Selangor (Stevens). Disirib. 
Sumatra. 
(10) P. Ridleyi King and Gamble , l.c. 196. 
A big tree. Leaves coriaceous, obovate rounded or emarginate, 
base long cuneate; nerves 8 to 10 pairs, depressed above, hardly 
elevate beneath, nervules transverse; 2 to 3 in. long, 1 to 2 in. 
wide; petioles winged nearly to base, -5 to *7 in. long. Flowers 
small in fascicles of 6 or 7 in upper axils; pedicels pubescent, 
■25 in. long, rather thick. Sepals -i in. long, outer apiculate, 
glabrous, inner thin pubescent. Corolla *15 in. long, lobes erose 
at tip as long as tube. Ovary villous above; style thick, conic. 
Hab. Lowland forests in the south. Singapore, Sungei Jurong; 
Kranji; Tanjong Gol. Malacca, Selandor (Cantley); Merlimau 
(Derry). Native names : Niatohitam; Maiang. 
(n) P. Herveyi King and Gamble, l.c. 197. 
A big tree. Leaves coriaceous, obovate rounded or elliptic, 
shortly acute, glabrous, slightly pubescent on midrib and nerves 
beneath; nerves 5 to 7 pairs distinct, elevate beneath; 2 to 3-5 in. 
long, 1-25 to 175 in. wide; petioles *5 in. long, thickened at base. 
Flowers in axillary fascicles of 4 or 5; pedicels *3 in. long, rather 
