Sagercsa.] vi. anonace^. 25 



sub-equal, concave-orbicular. Stamens 6 to 21 imbricate in 2 or 

 more series, broad oblong fleshy; anther-cells dorsal, oblong; 

 connective produced. Ovaries 3 to 6 ; style short ; stigma capitate ; 

 ovules 6 to 8, on ventral suture. Carpels globose, stalked. Species 

 6, tropical Asia. 



Leaves large, base round . . . . . . (i) S. elliptica 



Leaves 6 by 1-25, base narrow . . . . . (2) S. lanceolata 



(i) S. elliptica Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 93; King, Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. I.e. 7; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 6, pi. 34. S. Hookeri Pierre, 

 Fl. For. Cochinehine, t. 15. 



A big tree glabrous, branchlets angled. Leaves very cori- 

 aceous large narrow oblong acute or obtuse, base rounded; 

 nerves 14 to 16 pairs, very faint ; 8 to 12 in. long, 2-25 to 3-25 in. 

 wide; petioles -15 in. long, very thick. Flowers unisexual, sohtary, 

 axillary or below several fascicled on the large branches or trunk, 

 white or red, small; pedicels -25 in. long. Sepals small, semi- 

 orbicular, glabrous, edges ciliate. Petals thick ovate-orbicular 

 concave glabrous edges ciliate, -25 in. long, inner smaller. Stamens 

 12 to 18, appendages quadrate. Ovaries in female 3, glabrous, 

 ovules 8. Carpels sub-sessile globose i in. through. Seeds several. 

 Hab. Rare and Httle known. Penang (Wallich, Maingay). Distrih. 

 Burma. 



(2) S. lanceolata Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. 10. 



Tree. Leaves thin stiff coriaceous lanceolate blunt shortly 

 narrowed to the base, shining; nerves faint, about 8 pairs, irregu- 

 larly inarching; 6 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. 

 Flowers small, in tufts below the leaves. Bracts numerous, hairy, 

 ovate, -I in. long. Pedicels -5 in. long. Sepals ovate connate at 

 base small. Petals oblong with round tips, edge cihate, imbricate, 

 •15 in. long. Stamens 20 very short linear-oblong,^^ glabrous. 

 " Carpels 3, ovoid, ovules 10 in 2 rows. Fruit globose " (Miquel). 

 Hah. Pahang, Baloh Residency, Kwantan (Coll. F. G. Yeop. 

 Comm. Foxworthy). Distrib. Borneo. Native name : Melilen. 



The texture of the leaves is as in 5. elliptica, but they are much smaller, 

 lanceolate and narrowed to base. 



3. GRIFFITHIA, Maing. 

 Trees or shrubs. Flowers axillary sohtary or in pairs, large. 

 Sepals broad, short, imbricate. Petals 6, imbricate ovate, inner 3 

 smaller and much thicker than the outer, excavated at the base. 

 Stamens numerous, elongate, connective truncate; anther-cells 

 linear dorsal. Ovaries numerous; ovules i or 2 basal. Style fih- 

 form. Stigma broadly clavate. Species 3, Malay Peninsula only. 

 Allied to PolyaUhia {macrantha and its allies) in form of flowers 

 and ovaries, but with imbricate petals and sepals. Grifdhia, Wight 

 and Arnott {Rubiacecs), has long been reduced to Randia. 



