452 XXXIX. CELASTRiNE^. [KurHmia. 



7. KURRIMIA, Wall. 



Big trees. Leaves opposite coriaceous entire large; petioles 

 slender. Flowers small in panicles or racemes. Calyx 5-fid. 

 Petals 5. Stamens 5 from edge of disc. Disc lobed. Ovary 

 puberulous at base with tuft of hairs at tip; ovules 2 in a cell; 

 styles filiform 2. Stigmas small capitate. Capsule entire or 

 bilobed dehiscing by 2 valves. Seed arillate. Species 3 or 4, 

 Indo-Malayan. 



Flowers red, racemose ; fruit not bifid . . • (i) K. pulcherrima 



Flowers green, panicled ; fruit bifid . . • (2) K. paniculata 



(i) K. pulcherrima Wall. Cat. 4334; Lawson, in Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, i. 622; King, I.e. 354. K. Maingayi Lawson, I.e. 622. 



Tree 40 to 70 ft. tall. Leaves oblong acuminate, base rounded ; 

 nerves 12 pairs, 6 to 8 in. long, 175 to 3-25 in. wide; petioles 

 •8 in. long. Racemes several in an axil. Flowers red '15 in. 

 across. Sepals elliptic. Petals elUptic round. Disc obscurely 

 lobed. Capsule crimson, narrow ellipsoid narrowed to tip i to 

 1-5 in. long. Seed •6 to 8 in. long white. Hab. Lowland woods. 

 Singapore, Tanghn ; Bukit Mandai. Malacca, Ayer Panas ; Sungei 

 Hudang (Derry). Negri Sembilan, Petasih (Foxworthy). Perak, 

 Hermitage (Curtis). Penang, Penara Bukit. Native names : Me- 

 dangGidap; Boko-Boko; Medang Tijoh. 



(2) K. paniculata Wall. Cat. 4336; Laivson I.e. i. 622; King, 



l-c. 355- 



Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall, much branched. Leaves deep .shining 

 green, elhptic-oblong 8 in. long, 3-25 in. wide; nerves 24 pairs; 

 petioles i to 3 in. long. Panicles 12 in. long spreading. Flowers 

 •15 in. wide pale yellow. Sepals and petals oblong obtuse, pube- 

 rulous. Disc 4-lobed. Fruit cordate flattened laterally, bilobed 

 at the top ohvaceous yellow flushed pink at the base, 75 in. across 

 dehiscing across the top. Seeds i to 3, usually 2, covered with a 

 sweet pulpy red aril. Hab. Lowland woods, common. Singapore, 

 Johor, Malacca, Selangor, Perak, Pahang, Penang. Kedah to 

 Southern Siam. Native names : Bunak; Biko-Biko. 



8. PLEUROSTYLIS, Wight. 



Small glabrous tree. Branches angled. Leaves opposite cori- 

 aceous, entire. Cymes axillary small. Flowers small. Calyx 

 4-lobed. Petals 5 bigger. Stamens 5 insert below disc ; filaments 

 short flat, connective of anthers dilate. Disc thick crenulate. 

 Ovary half-immersed confluent with disc unilocular ; ovules 2 ; 

 style short thick. Stigma wide peltate. Drupe i- to 2-celled. 

 Style scar lateral. Seed i, rarely 2. Species 2, S. India. Mada- 

 gascar to Malay Peninsula and N. Caledonia. 



