192 XVIII. GuTTiFER^. [Kayea. 



filaments filiform ; anthers oblong 2-celled. Ovary 2-celled ; style 

 long; ovules 2 in each cell erect. Stigma peltate. Fruit thinly 

 woody i-celled, at length 4-valved, 4-seeded. Species 2 or 3, 

 tropical Asia. 



(i) M. ferrea Linn. Sp. PL 734; Wight. III. 127, Ic. t. 118; 

 King, I.e. 184. 



Usually a tall straggling tree when wild, bush-shaped with short 

 stem in cultivation. Leaves linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate 

 acute, base acute, deep smooth green above, white or glaucous 

 beneath (when young pink) ; 3 to 6 in. long, 75 to i"25 in. wide. 

 Flowers 3 in. across. Sepals orbicular fleshy. Petals obovate 

 long white. Stamens white; anthers yellow. Very fragrant. 

 Fruit ovoid-conic or sub-globose i to 2 in. long. Hah. Dry woods 

 not rare. Malacca. Negri Sembilan. Pahang. Selangor, Perak. 

 Province Wellesley. Penang, Lankawi. Distrib. India, Cambodia, 

 Siam. Native names: Matopus; Penaga Lilin, Penaga Sabut ; 

 Penaga Putih; Penaga Suga; Penaga Kunyet. Use: The wood, 

 though small, is extremelj^ hard, and used for cart axles, tool- 

 handles, etc. Flowers dried used in medicine. 



(2) M. lepidota T. Anders, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 288; King, 

 I.e. 185. 



A glabrous tree 60 to 80 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous narrow 

 elliptic or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base acute ; nerves indis- 

 tinguishable, 2 to 3 in. long, 75 to i-2 in. wide; petioles '15 in. 

 long. Fruit solitary terminal pedicelled, ovoid or depressed 

 globular apiculate i in. through with 4 lignified sepals at base; 

 pericarp thick dehiscing vertically into 2 or 3 valves. Seeds 2 

 planoconvex or i globose. Hah. Malacca, Sungei Hudang; Mer- 

 bimau and Batang Malacca (Derry). Pahang, Bentong (Foxworthy). 

 Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Native names: Jambu Dulek; Kelat 

 putih. 



Flowers of this remarkable tree have never been met with. Young trees 

 cultivated in the Singapore Botanic Gardens resembled M. ferrea in habit. 



Order XIX. TERNSTRCEMIACEiE. 



Trees or shrubs (rarely climbers, Actinidia). Leaves alternate, 

 entire or serrulate. Flowers white or pink, often showy, bisexual 

 or unisexual, solitary on pedicels, rarely racemed or panicled. 

 Sepals 5, often unequal. Petals 5, imbricate. Stamens numerous, 

 adnate to corolla; anthers basi-fixed or versatile. Ovary superior, 

 free (except Anneslea half-inferior) 2- to 3- (or many) -celled ; 

 styles as many as cells; ovules 2 to 8 in cell. Fruit capsular or 

 baccate. About 300 species, tropics of Asia and America, rare in 

 Africa, few in temperate zone. The Sauraujas are sometimes 

 nowadays referred to DiUeniacece ; I retain them here as they have 

 been so long classed as Ternstroemiacece. 



