Mafer'ala for a FJnra of tlip. Malayan ronim^nla- 453 



teolate at the base, pubernlous. Flowers numerous near +lio ends of 

 the branches, 'IS in. in diam., greenish-wliite. Calyn: with 5 dnep 

 oblong obtuse lobes, pnberulous or glnbrescent. Pefah oblong, lono^er 

 than the calyx, pubevulous. S/a»ie«s about as long as the petals, the 

 filaments glabrous. Ovary broadly ovoid, furrowed, almost separable 

 into .3 loculi, glnbrous, tapering into the stout stjdav column. Friiit 

 globose, with fleshy smooth pericarp, slightly trigonous. 3-celled, 3- 

 seeded. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. T, pt. 2, 593 ; Hiem in Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Br. Ind. I, 698 : Kurz For. Flora Burma I, 292 ; Wall. Cat. 4276. 

 Dahymplea pnmifera, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 17 ; Cor. PI. t. 299 ; Fl. Ind. I, 

 633. T. nepalensis, Wall. Cat. 4277 ; W. and A. Prodr. 166 ; Wight To. 

 t. 972; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 159; Thwaites Enum. 71. T. microcarj>a, 

 W. and A. Prodr. 156. T. martahanica, Wall. Cat. 4278. T. latifoUa, 

 Wall. Cat. 4939. Canarium Sajiga, Ham. ex W. and A. Prodr. 175. — 

 Wall. Cat. 8104. 



Peiak : King's Collector. No. 4243. — Distkib. Java, Sumatra. 

 British India. 



Var. sphaerocarpa, King. Leaflets broadly ovate or ovate-rotund, 

 only slightly and shortly acuminate. Panicles often longer than the 

 leaves. Fruit not more than about '5 or "6 in. in diam., depressed 

 Tuipinia sphaerocarpa, Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. 228 ; Flora Vol 

 XXV (1842), Bibl. II, p. 42; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, pt. II, 593 

 Turpinia latiJ'oHa, Wall. Cat. No. 4939. Dahymplea javanica, Hassk 

 Pi. Jav. Rar. 439. 



In all the provinces except the Andaraans and Nicobars. 



Tliis is the common form in the Malayan Provinces. 



Order XXXV.— SABiACEiE. 



Climbing or erect shrubs or erect trees, glabrous or with simple 

 hairs. Leaves alternafe, exstipulate, simple or compound. Flowers 

 small or minute, hermaphrodite or polygamous, usually paniclcd. Calyx 

 4-5-partite, imbricate. Petals 4-5, equal or unequal, opposite or alter- 

 nate with the sepals, imbricate. Dwc usually small, annular. Stamens 

 4-5, opposite the petals, inserted at the base of or on the disc, all 

 perfect or two only pei'fect and three without anthers ; filaments clavate, 

 flattened or subulate ; aiithers didymous. cells distant bursting ti-ans- 

 versely or by a deciduous cap. Ovary 2-3-celled, compressed or 2-3- 

 lobed ; styles 2-3, free or connate, or 0, stigmas punctiform ; ovules 1-2 

 in each cell. Ripe carpels 1-2, diy or fleshy, indehiscent. Seech- com- 

 pressed or globose, basilar, hilum broad, testa membranous or coriaceous, 

 albumen ; embryo various, cotyledons often contorted, radicle deflexed. 

 DisTiiiB. A small chiefly Indian order,with 4 genera and about 35 species, 



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