Monoporandra.l Dipterocm^pacecB. 137 



attenuate, obtuse, glabrous and shining, lat. veins 3-5, curved, 

 faintly marked, the basal very oblique so that the leaf is there 

 somewhat 3-nerved, petioles %-\ in. ; fl. and fr. not seen. 



Moist low country. Only known from the C. P. specimens (which 

 consist of leaves only) labelled Hewesse, Sept. 1865. 



A very doubtful species, and probably only a variety of S. nitidus. 



13. S.(?) Itloonii, Thw. Emim. 39 (1858). 

 Vateria Moonii, Thw. Enum. 403. C. P. 1792. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 316. 



L. crowded, soon deciduous, leaving very distinct scars 

 with which the branches are closely covered, 6-9 in., erect, 

 lanceolate-linear, tapering at both ends, acuminate, subacute, 

 glabrous, shining above, hairy on the veins beneath, rather 

 thin, lat. veins about 16, oblique, much curved, prominent 

 beneath, petioles i in., cylindrical, erect, fulvous-hairy when 

 young, stip. i-f in., linear, rigid, persistent, becoming black 

 when old ; fl. solitary in the axils of the fallen leaves among 

 the persistent stip. ; ped. and sep. stellate-hairy ; fr. not seen. 



Very rare, the only specimens were collected in ' Maturata(?)' by 

 Moon, and now consist of leaves only. Thwaites, however, examined an 

 unopened bud, and determined the genus to be Ste7nonoporus. 



Very unlike the rest of the genus, the rigid, persistent, crowded 

 stipules giving it a very singular aspect. It is greatly to be hoped that 

 this curious plant may be rediscovered. 



10. MONOFORANDRA, Thw. 



Trees, inflor. axillary ; sep. 5 ; pet. 5 ; stam. 5, fil. very 

 short, connate at base, anth. pubescent, opening as in 

 Stemonoporjis by a very large terminal pore ; ov. 2 -celled ; 

 fruit as in Stemonoporus. — Endemic. 



Reduced to Vateria {Stemonoporus) by Bentham and Hooker, followed 

 by Thwaites, but maintained in Fl. B. Ind. 



Fl. in stalked panicles, numerous . . . . i. M. cordifolia. 

 Fl. 1-4, in small racemes 2. M. elegans. 



I. Itl. cordifolia, Thw. in Kew Joiim. Bat. vi. 70 (1854J. 



Thw. Enum. 39. Vateria cordifolia^ Thw. Enum. 404. C. P. 2647. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 317. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. loi. 



A moderate-sized tree, much branched, with smooth bark, 

 young parts puberulous ; 1. 2^-4 in., ovate or oval-ovate, 

 rounded at base, rather suddenly caudate-acuminate, obtuse, 

 glabrous, shining, ^at. veins ^-J, conspicuous and prominent 

 beneath, petioles f-i in., slender ; fl. small, on nodding pubes- 

 cent ped., in small, stalked, axillary panicles much shorter 



