Palaquimn.] lxxxvii. sapotace^e. 277 
slender. Sepals ovate acute, red-pubescent, -i in. long. Corolla 
campanulate, hairy inside and out, lobes oblong-linear, *15 in. long. 
Ovary pubescent; style *3 in. long. Hab. Forests. Rare. 
Malacca (Hervey, Maingay). Perak (Wray). Native names: 
Jongek; Niatoh putih. 
The Gutta is sticky and worthless (Wray). The plant is somewhat like 
P. Ridleyi, but the nerves are prominent beneath, the flowers rather smaller 
and much more pubescent. 
(12) P. hexandrum King and Gamble, l.c. 197. Dichopsis 
hexandra Clarke, l.c . iii. 543. Isonandra hexandra Griff. Notulce 
iv. 292. 
A tree 120 ft. tall or more. Leaves chartaceous, glabrous, 
elliptic-oblong acute, base shortly narrowed; nerves 10 to 13 pairs 
elevate beneath; 4 to 5 in. long, 2 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles *5 to 
•75 in. long, base thickened. Flowers in fascicles of 3 or 4 generally 
below the leaves; pedicels -4 in. long, pubescent. Sepals pubescent, 
sub-acute, -05 in. long. Corolla green, campanulate, tube 1 in. 
long with a ring of hairs in mouth, lobes -15 in. long. Ovary 
pubescent; style -25 in. long. Berry fleshy, 75 in. through, green. 
Seed 1, ovoid, slightly flattened; hilum very large, half the 
length of the seed. Hab. Forests. Singapore, top of Bukit Timah. 
Malacca, Nhingull (Griffith); (Maingay); Sungei Baru (Burkill). 
(13) P. stellatum King and Gamble, l.c. 198. 
Tree over 100 ft. tall. Leaves membrano-chartaceous, oblong- 
lanceolate, short-acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous above, rusty- 
stellate tomentose beneath on nerves 10 pairs, reticulations pro¬ 
minent on both sides, 3 to 6 in. long, 1 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles 
75 to 1 in. long, densely pubescent. Flowers in axils of upper 
leaves in fascicles of 3 to 5, forming a leafy terminal corymb of 
20 to 25 flowers; pedicels slender, 1 in. long, pubescent. Sepals 
densely pubescent, ovate, -25 to *3 in. long. Corolla -3 to *4 in. 
wide, lobes rounded at top, glabrous, tube nearly as long. Hab. 
Perak (Scortechini). 
Very rare, I have seen no specimen. 
8. MIMUSOPS, Linn. 
Trees, Leaves chartaceous or coriaceous; nerves many, 
parallel, inconspicuous. Flowers solitary or fascicled in the axils 
of the upper leaves. Calyx-lobes 6 or 8 in 2 rows, outer row valvate, 
inner row imbricate. Corolla-tube very short, lobes 18 to 24 in 
2 rows. Stamens 6 to 8, attached to the corolla opposite the inner 
lobes. Staminodes alternate with stamens sub-petaloid, fimbriate. 
Ovary hairy, 6- to 8-celled. Fruit oblong, 1- to 4-seeded pulpy. 
Species about 30, tropics generally. 
Sepals and stamens 8; staminodes acuminate, hairy; fruit 
small .(1) M. elengi 
Sepals and stamens 6; staminodes fimbriate, glabrous; 
fruit large.(2) M. Kauki 
