Siemonuru's.] xxxvii. olacine^. 431 



(2) S. capitatus Beccari, Malesia i. (i), 114, pi. xv. figs. 7 to 11. 

 Lasianthera malaccensis Masters, F.B.I, i. 584; King, I.e. 118. 



Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous elliptic-oblong acumin- 

 ate narrowed to base; nerves 10 pairs, 3 to 4*5 in. long, 1-2 to 

 2'25 in. wide ; petioles 3 to -4 in. long. Cymes '6 in. long with 



3 short branches, pubescent, each bearing 2 or 3 sessile flowers 

 •2 in. long. Calyx teeth acute puberulous. Petals 3 or 4 times 

 as long. Hab. Forests. Johor, Sedenah. Malacca (Maingay). 

 Perak, Ulu Slim (Kunstler). Penang, Muka Head (Curtis). Lan- 

 kawi, Gunong Raya (Haniff). 



(3) S. umbellatus Beccari, Malesia i. (i), 115, pi. xv. figs. 5 

 and 6. Lasianthera umbellata King, I.e. 117. 



Glabrous tree 50 to 120 ft. tall, 15 to 20 in. through. Leaves 

 obovate-obcuneate obtuse ; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, 2*5 to 3'5 in. long, 

 i"25 to i"8 in. wide; petioles "5 to 7 in. long. Cymes umbellate; 

 peduncles 75 to i in. long; pedicels 'i in. long with 2 to 4 sessile 

 flowers '15 in. long at the top. Calyx pubescent. Petals elliptic 

 twice as long, puberulous outside. Anther-connectives densely 

 silky hairy. Disc thin enwrapping only the ovary base. Hab. 

 Forests. Malacca, Bukit Sadanen (Derry). Perak, Thaiping Hills 

 3000 to 3500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). Distrib. Java, Sumatra, 

 Borneo. 



12. GONOCARYUM, Miq. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate coriaceous. Flowers 

 small in axillary spikes. Sepals free 5 ovate imbricate. Corolla 

 gamopetalous tubular, teeth short acute 5. Stamens 5 alternate 

 with the corolla-lobes; filaments adnate to corolla except at tips. 

 Ovary ellipsoid on a minute annular disc, 2-celled ; ovule i ; style 

 short. Drupe dry woody, 4- or 5-ridged, i-celled, i-seeded. Species 

 about 4, Burmese and Malayan. 



Leaves oblong ; spikes glabrous . . • (i) G. longe-racemosum 



Leaves ovate; spikes pubescent . . . (2) G. crassifolium 



(i) G. longe-racemosum King, I.e. 120. 



A shrub with pale bark about 8 to 10 ft. tall, with drooping 

 branches. Leaves elliptic-oblong acuminate, base narrowed ; nerves 



4 pairs, prominent, 5 to 10 in. long, 2"25 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles 

 •3 to -5 in. long. Spikes glabrous pendulous from the branches, 

 6 in. or more long. Flowers "2 in. long bluish green or purplish 

 blue, sessile scattered. Sepals puberulous. Fruit green obovoid 

 4- or 5-ridged, shortly beaked, narrowed to the broad base, i'5 to 

 2 in. long, "5 to i in. through; mesocarp woody. Hab. Dry low- 

 land woods. Singapore, Garden Jungle ; Changi (Hullett). Johor, 

 Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall). Malacca, Brisu; Batang Malacca 

 (Derry). Selangor, Batu Caves; Kajang; Ulu Gombak (Ridley). 

 Perak near Gunong Bubu (Kunstler). Native name: Toioh. 



