120 ANNALS OP THE llOYAL BOTANIC GAilDEN, CALCUTTA.
7. POPOWIA Perakensis, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pi. 2, 94. A shrub
6 to 15 feet high; young branches densely and minutely dull rusty-tomentose, the older
dark and furrowed. Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, very shortly and rather abi-uptly
acuminate, the base slightly narrowed, sometimes sub-oblique; upper surface glabrous, the
midrib and nerves tomentose; lower pubescent, sub-granular; main nerves 8 to 10 pairs,
spreading, slightly prominent beneath; length 4 to 5'5 in., breadth 2 to 2-5 in.; petiole
•1 in., tomentose. Flowers extra-axillary, usually in paii-s (but not contemporaneous),
•3 in. in diam.; pedicels '4 in. long, ferrugineons-tomentose, minutely bracteolate. Sepals
smaller than the petals, semi-orbicular, acute, coarsely tomentose outside, sub-glabrous
inside. Petals thick, ovoid-orbicular, sub-acute, sub-concave, densely whitish-sericeous
outside, glabrous within; the inner row slightly larger than tlie outer, neither their edges
nor apices incurved. Stamens numerous, flattened, with truncate, corrugated heads.
Oearies about 10, thin, glabrous, except a few long hairs near the base, 2-ovuled; stigmas
large, rounded. Ripe carpels few, ovoid, with sub-tnincate apices, slightly narrowed to
the stalks, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, with sevei-al horizontal constrictions, when
I diam. ; stalks -25 to , long. Seeds 2, superposed,
flowers of which
I t a]so resembles
ripe 'o m. long and '25 in.
plano-convex.
This resembles P. ramosissima in its leaves, but has much lar}
the inner petals are not inflexed and the carpels have 2 seeds,
P . kirta, Miq.
Perak,—^¿Vs Collector, Wrai/; from 200 to 2,500 feet.
P i a t e 161B. Popowia Perakensis, Kmg. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels;
3, flower dissected—of natural size; 4 & 5, anthers: 6 & 7, pistils—enlarged.
8. PorowiA FUSCA, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 94. A tree 40 to
50 feet high; young branches densely covered with pui-plish-brown tomentum; the
older cinereous, sub-pubescent and much fun-owed. Zeaves coriaceous, oval-oblong,
obtuse or sub-acute, the base rounded; both surfaces minutely granular; the upper
shortly puberulous; the lower pubescent, the midrib and 8 to 11 paii-s of spreading
rather prominent main nerves tomentose on both; length 2-5 to 3-5 in., breadth 1-4
to I'S in, ; petiole '2 in., purplish-tomentose like the flower pedicels. Flowers in
small, exti-a-axillary fascicles from small bracteate tubercles, -25 in. in diam.; pedicels
•15 to -25 in. Sepals ovate-obtuse, tomentose outside, glabrous inside. Petals sub-equal,
rotund, very thick and fleshy, tomentose outside, puberulous inside. Ripe carpels
few, globular, densely tomentose, '25 in. in diam.; stalks -1 to '2 in. long, tomentose.
Seeds solitary.
Perak, near Ulu Kerling, at an elevation of 500 f e e t , — C o l l e c t o r No. 8602.
This much resembles P. vclutina, King; but its leaves are more oval, have more
nerves, and are not so pubescent.
P l a t e 162A. Popowia fusca, King. 1, Branch m t h flower-buds and young carpels ;
2 ripe carpels—o/ natural sise; 3, flower-bud; 4, flower dissected; 5, anthers; G, pistil
—enlarged.
9. Popowia velutina. King in Journ. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 94, A tree 20
•to 40 feet high; young branches covered with minute, soft, deep brown tomentum.
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; elliptic-oblong to ovate-elliptic, acute or shortly and narrowly acuminate, slightly
narrowed to the rounded, sub-unequal base; both surfaces minutely granular; the upper
with a few scattered hairs; the lower fuscous and more densely and softly pubescent,
both the midrib and nerves tomentose or pubescent; main nerves 6 or 7 pairs, spreading
indistinct; length 3 to 5 in., breadth 1-4 to 1*8 in.; petiole '1 in. Flowers solitaiy or in
paii's, extra-axillaiy, about -25 in. in diam.; pedicels densely tomentose, "35 in. long»
bracteolate. Sepals broadly ovate, sub-acute, densely tomentose outside, glabrous inside,
persistent in the fruit. Petals sub-equal, tliick, sub-orbicular, very tomentose outside,
glabrous inside. Ripe carpels few, sometimes soHtaiy, ovoid, blunt, slightly oblique at
the base and slightly narrowed to the stalk, minutely velvety-pubescent, -5 in. long and
•35 in. in diam.; stalks "2 in., tomentose. Torus small. Seed solitaiy, glabrous, ingosc,
vertically furrowed.
Pei-ak, at Kinta; at elevations under 1,000 feet,—King^s Collector.
A species veiy like P. fusca, but with shorter, fewer-neived leaves; evidently not
common. None of the Collector's specimens have fully developed flowers, and the
foregoing descripfion of these is taken from a bud.
P l a t e 162B. Popowia velutina. King. 1, Leaf-twig; 2, branch with young fruit
and flower-bud; 3, branch with solitaiy single ripe cai-pels; 4, section of ripe carpel—
of natural size.
10. PorowiA TOiiENTOSA, Maingay uss. ex Hook. jil. Fl. Br. Ind. 1. 70. A tree;
young bitinches softly i-usty-tomentose, when older black and rugose. Leaves ellipticoblong
to elliptic, acute or shortly acuminate; the base rounded, slightly unequal-sided
both surfaces, but especially the lower, softly pubescent; main nerves about 10 pairs,
slightly prominent, spreading; length 4'5 to 5'5 in., breadth 1-75 to 3 in.; petiole
•1 in., tomentose. Flowers extra-axillary, sub-sessile, '25 in. in diam. Sepals broadly
ovate, connate, slightly smaller than the petals. Petals slightly unequal, villous outside,
glabrous inside; the outer ovate, thick; the inner larger, very thick and concave,
oblong, connivent. Stamens about 25. Ovaries 7 to 9, oblong, pubescent; ovules 2. Ripe
carpds globose, slightly pubescent, '5 to '75 in. in diam., 2-seeded ; their stalks '30 in.,
pubescent. King in Journ. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 95,
Malacca,—^Yrtiw^rny {Kcw Distrih.) No. 54. Penang,—CfH-^iis (No. 648). Perak,—
Scortechini.
I am not satisfied that there are not two species involved here, the one with
broader leaves and shorter pubescence.
P l a t e 163A. Popowia tomentosa, Maingaij ass. 1, Flowering branch; 2, carpels
(nearly ripe)—p/ natural size; 3, flower dissected, showing sepals, inner petals, and androgyncccium;
4«, inner petals—slightly enlarged; 4 & 5, anthers; 6, pistil—much enlarged.
11. PoroW'iA neevifolia, Maingay MSS. ex Jlooh. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 60. A small tree
12 to 25 feet high; young branches at first densely rusty-tomentose, afterwards darkcoloured
and furrowed. Leaves coriaceous, from oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate to
elliptic-oblong, shortly, abruptly and bluntly acuminate, the base acute; upper surface
shining, glabrous, except the pubemlous midrib; lower paler, sparsely nisty-pubescoit;
main nerves 10 or 11 pairs, oblique, rather prominent on the lower sui-face; length 5-5
^OT. Box, Gard. Calcutta Yol, IV.