Stcyciilia.] xxiv. sterculiace.e. 269 



hairy. Leaves coriaceous, ovate or ovate-round entire, base 

 cordate, above minutely pubescent, beneatli sub-tomentose, midrib 

 and 6 to 8 pairs of nerves rufous- villous, transverse; nervules 

 distinct, 8 to 16 in. long, 6 to 12 in. wide; petioles 3*6 to 6 in. long 

 softly hairy. Panicles 6 to 8 in. long, axillary much-branched ; 

 branches slender pubescent. Calyx -15 in. across, campanulate, 

 stellate-hairy, 5-lobed ; lobes triangular, shorter than the tube. 

 FolHcles 3 to 5, leathery-woody, 2-25 in. long and wide, shortly 

 stalked, pink to crimson, pubescent outside. Seeds oblong black, 

 •75 in. long. Hab. A common tree in forests at low altitudes. 

 Singapore, Johor, Pahang, Malacca, Selangor, Perak and Penang. 

 Distrib. Java. Native name : Milian. 



(3) S. Isevis Wall. Cat. 1138; Masters, I.e. i. 357; Pierre, Fl. 

 For. Cochinchine, t. 192, figs. 1 to y ; King, I.e. 63. S. coccinea Jack, 

 Mai. Misc. i. 286 {not of Roxburgh). 



A shrub about 6 ft. tall. Leaves membranous obovate-oblong 

 or obovate, shortly bluntly acuminate, base acute, glabrous ; nerves 

 6 to 9 pairs, 4-5 to 9 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles i"i to 2'5 in. 

 long. Panicles short, few-flowered axillary pendulous pubescent. 

 Calyx "5 in. long, green or whitish yellow, tips of lobes green, 

 pubescent, tube urceolate, lobes longer linear-oblong sub-acute. 

 Male flowers, staminal column short, glabrous, brown ; anthers 10, 

 sessile at the top, pollen brilliant orange colour. Hermaphrodite 

 flowers, gynophore short. Ovaries 5 pubescent, boat-shaped, with 

 10 sessile anthers outside at the base. Stigmas 5, cylindric recurved. 

 Follicles 3 to 5 coriaceous narrow oblong, puberulous, 2 in. long, 

 I "5 in. wide, scarlet. Seeds 3 or 4 on each side, blue black. Very 

 common over the whole peninsula from Singapore to Penang, 

 Kelantan and Pulau Adang isles, in forests, at low levels. There 

 are two forms, [a) latifolia with broad leaves about 3 in. across 

 and {b) angustifolia with narrow long leaves 2 in. across. Distrib. 

 Tenasserim, Borneo. Native name : Chempaka Janggi. 



(4) S. hyposticta Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp. 399 ; King, I.e. 64. 

 A shrub 3 to 6 ft. tall, glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves 



membranous, oblong, or oblong-lanceolate abruptly caudate 

 acuminate, base rounded, often emarginate; nerves 3 to 5 pairs, 

 inarching from margin, prominent beneath, 3*5 in. long, i'5 to 

 2'25 in. wide; petioles i to 1-5 in. long. Racemes .soHtary axillary, 

 6 in. long pubescent and hairy. Calyx-tube campanulate, "25 in. 

 long, densely pubescent outside, lobes shorter than tube, linear 

 glandular-pilose within, white. Male flowers; column short; 

 anthers sessile. Female flowers, gynophore short ; ovaries 4 ovoid 

 tomentose ; anthers sessile. Style simple, villous. Stigma large, 

 lobes 4 oblong ovoid. Carpels 2 or 3 leathery red narrow oblong 

 2 to 2-25 in. long, -65 in. wide pubescent outside. Seeds 4, oblong 

 pointed, black. Hab. In dense forests. Pahang, Kwantan (Durn- 

 ford). Perak, Gunong Batu Putih (Wray) ; Larut Hills (Kunstler) , 



