430 Materiah for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



base. Disc complete, annular, crennlate or entire. Stamens 8-9 rarely 

 5, inserted within the disc; filaments \evj short; a »*/Aers oblong, in- 

 cluded. Ovary ovate or elliptic, 2- to 3-celled ; ovules solitary, ascending; 

 stigvia snbsessile, obtuse, obsoletely 3-4-rayed. Fruit baccate, not 

 lobed, indehiscent, 3—4- or by abortion 2-1-celled ; seeds ai'illate ; embryo 

 straight; cotyledons th\cV. — DiSTRiB. Species about 12, confined to the 

 Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, 



Leaflets sessile ... ... ... 1. 0. sessilis. 



Leaflets petiolulate ... ... ... 2. 0. erythrocalyx. 



1. Otophora sessilis, King n. sp. A shrub or small tree. 

 Leaves 30 or 40 in. long, the base of the petioles slightly swollen : leaflets 

 about JO or 12, sessile, alternate or sub-opposite, coriaceous, broadly 

 oblong or elliptic-oblong, shortly cuspidate, the base slightly narrowed 

 and often minutely cordate : both surfaces glabrous and reticulate, the 

 upper olivaceous when dry, the lower pale brown : main nerves 9 to 

 15 pairs, spreading, slightly prominent on both surfaces ; length 8 to 

 12 in., breadth 2*75 to 4 in. ; stipules at the very base of the petiole, 

 ovate-rotund, 2 to 2'5 in. long. Panicles axillary, 8 to 10 in. long, 

 consisting of 2 or 3 narrow raceme-like branches. Flowers '25 in. in 

 diam., polygamous. Sepals 4, obovate or sub-rotund. Petals 4, elliptic, 

 with inflexed scale-like sericeous bases. Stamens 6, with short glabrous 

 filaments. Fruit ellipsoid, compressed, glabrous, not lobed, nearly 1 in. 

 long and about half an inch broad. 



Pemk ; King's Collector, Nos. 2460, 5043. 



This resembles 0. erythrocalyx, Hiern, but has sessile leaflets which, 

 as well as the stipules, are moreover larger than those of 0. erythro- 

 calyx. 



2. Otophora ebythrocaltx, Hiern in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 680. 

 A small glabrous tree. Leaves 30 to 45 in. long, the petioles thickened 

 at tlie base : leaflets 14 to 19, coriaceous, opposite or alternate, elliptic- 

 oblong to elliptic, shortly cuspidate, the base cuueate, both surfaces 

 glabrous and reticulate, the upper olivaceous, the lower brown when 

 dry ; main nerves 10 to 13 pairs, spxeading, prominent beneath : length 



5 to 8 in., breadth 1*5 to 3 in. ; petiolules '4 in., stout : stipules ovate, 



6 in. long. Panicles large, many-branched, 20 to 30 in. long (or even 

 longer), pedicels slender. Flowers '15 to '2 in. long, on slender pedicels. 

 Sepals 5, red. Petals 5, pale-i'ose-coloured, each with sliort inflexed 

 basal scales. Stamens 8, filaments thick and hairy; anthers pointed, 

 hairy. Disc glabrous. Ovary 3-gonous, glabrous, the stigma sessile, 

 3-grooved. Fruit ovoid, 3-gonous, glabrous, I'o in. in diam., 3-celled ; 

 eeeds arillate. 



Malacca : Maingay, No. 447. 

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