26o OlacinecS. \GovipJiandra, 



Zi. apicalis, TJtio. E?iiim. 405 (1864). TJrukanu, Vruhonda, 5. 



Urandra apicalis, Thw. in Kevv J. Bot. vii. 2(1. Stemo7iiirus apicalis^ 

 Thw. Enum. 43. C. P. 2569. 



Y\. B. Ind. i. 584. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 139. 



A moderate-sized or large pyramidal tree, with a straight 

 trunk and the lower branches somewhat drooping, bark nearly- 

 smooth, young parts glabrous, varnished ; 1. 5-8 in., lanceolate- 

 oblong, acute at base, suddenly and shortly acuminate, entire,, 

 glabrous and shining, coriaceous, paler beneath, with a very 

 prominent midrib, petiole i-f in.; fl. :|— | in., sessile, 6-12 

 together in a head surrounded by 4 ovate, pubescent bracts, 

 peduncle stout, usually shorter than petiole; cal. very slightly 

 pubescent, lobes obtuse ; j^et. thrice as long as cal., oblong, 

 flat; hairs on stam. exserted beyond pet., completely covering 

 over and concealing the anth. on the outside ; disk slightly 

 5-lobed ; drupe i|-if in., ovoid-oblong, subacute, supported 

 on persistent cal., smooth, lower half purplish-green, upper 

 half white, pulp very scanty, stone thick, woody, with large 

 cavities filled with soft tissue, the outer part with vertical, 

 fibrous, woody bands. 



Moist low country up to 2000 ft.; rather rare. Pasdun Korale; Alla- 

 gala. Fl. June; purplish-green. 



Also in Borneo. 



A very handsome pyramidal tree with laurel-like foliage ; the young 

 leaves are coppery-red. 



I have also the S. names 'Uru-eta' and ' Kospana ' for this froni 

 Pasdun Korale. 



7. GOIVIPKANSRA, Wall. 



Shrubs or small trees ; fl. polygamo-dioecious, in small 

 paniculate clusters ; cal. minute, annular, 4- or 5-toothed ; 

 pet. 4 or 5, connate into a 4- or 5-lobed tubular corolla ; 

 stam. 4 or 5, distinct, free, alt. with pet., fil. fleshy, usually 

 with a small tuft of gland-tipped hairs at the top on back ; 

 disk small, annular; ov. i -celled, with 2 collateral pendulous 

 ovules, style O, stigma large, sessile, disciform ; fruit a drupe, 

 capped with persistent flat stigma, stone woody-crustaceous, 

 I -celled, I -seeded; seed with minute embryo at apex of 

 copious endosperm, which is divided into two halves longi- 

 tudinally. — Sp. 6; all in Fl. B. Itid. 



L. thin; infl. axillary i. G. AXILLARIS. 



L. coriaceous ; infl. extra-axillary . . . . 2. G. CORIACE.\. 



