24 VI. ANONACE.E. [Slclechocarpus. 



1. STELECHOCARPUS, Bl. 



Trees with coriaceous leaves. Flowers unisexual, fascicled on 

 the old wood. Sepals 3, small, elliptic to orbicular, imbricate. 

 Petals very coriaceous, round, concave. Stamens in male indefinite 

 ovoid. Ovaries 6 or more. Stigma sessile. Carpels globose berried, 

 4 to 6 seeds. Torus conical, 3 to 4 species, Malayan. 



Leaves -pellucid-punctate membranous . . . • (i) S. punctatus 



Leaves coriaceous not pellucid-punctate . . • (-) S. nitidus 



(i) S. punctatus King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixi. (2), 4; 

 Ann. Boi. Gard. Calc. iv. 4, pi. i. 



A tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, branchlets puberulous. Leaves mem- 

 branous elliptic-ovate acuminate, base rounded, above glabrous 

 except the pubescent midrib ; beneath puberulous or glabrous, reti- 

 culations distinct ; nerves 12 to 14 pairs, bold beneath ; 7 to 10 in. 

 long, 3 to 4 in. wide; petioles -15 to -2 in. long, pubescent stout. 

 Male flowers in fascicles from trunk ; buds turbinate, -5 in. across ; 

 peduncles i to 1-5 in. long, stout, puberulous. Sepals very cori- 

 aceous rounded concave pubescent outside. Petals very cori- 

 aceous rounded glabrous; outer 3 puberulous outside; inner 

 smaller. Anthers sessile flat connective not produced. Hah. 

 Perak (Kunstler), not seen. 



S. Burahol BL, a native of Java, is recorded from Singapore, Lobb. 

 Lobb's localities are always unreliable, and he probably collected the plant 

 in Java. 



(2) S. nitidus King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 5; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. I.e. 4, pi. 2. S. Schefferi Boerl. Ic. Bogor, 89, pi. 71. 



A tree 30 to 60 ft. tall; stem 6 to 8 in. through, glabrous. 

 Leaves coriaceous dark green oblong-lanceolate shortly acuminate, 

 base acute ; nerves deeply impressed on upper surface, bold below, 

 inarching within the margin; 6 to 9 in. long, -18 to 3-25 in. wide; 

 petioles -35 in. long. Male flowers fascicled on the trunk, pale 

 pink tinged with black; peduncles stout, i to 1-5 in. long, scurfy, 

 puberulous. Sepals very coriaceous shortly oblong obtuse con- 

 nate at base, puberulous. Petals larger, outer -5 in. long, ovate 

 rounded, very thick and hard, inner smaller. Female flowers like 

 the males, but no stamens, very numerous silky ovaries. Carpels 

 broad ovoid obtuse, 2-5 in. long, 1-75 in. wide, puberulous, black. 

 Seeds 8 in 2 rows, flat, 1-25 in. long, -5 in. thick. Hab. Limestone 

 rocks in forests up to 800 ft. altitude; Perak, Gunong Pondok 

 (Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra. 



2. SAGERiEA, Dalz. 



Trees glabrous. Leaves coriaceous. Flowers uni- or bi-sexual, 

 fascicled on tubercles on the old wood (or solitary axillary). Sepals 

 orbicular to ovate, imbricate. Petals 6, in 2 series, imbricate, 



