Sabia.] xliv. sabiace^. 513 



Petals 4 or 5, imbricate, equal or unequal, opposite or alternate. 

 Disc annular. Stamens 4 or 5, opposite petals, all or only two 

 perfect, and 3 sterile filaments clavate or subulate; anther-cells 

 distant, bursting transversely or with a cap. Ovary 2- to 3-celled, 

 compressed or 2- to 3-lobed; styles 2 or 3, connate or free or o; 

 ovules I or 2 in a cell. Fruit i- or 2-carpelled, drupaceous. Seeds 

 compressed or globose ex-albuminous. About 35 species, chiefly 

 Indian. 



Climbers ; stamens 4 to 5 perfect or equal . . . i . Sabia 



Trees; stamens 5, unequal . . . . . .2. Meliosma 



1. SABIA, Colebr. 



Climbing or sarmentose shrubs, sub-glabrous. Leaves simple, 

 entire. Flowers axillary, solitary, cymose, racemose or panicled, 

 small green or purplish, 2-bracteate. Calyx 4- or 5-partite. Petals 

 4 or 5. Disc annular, 5-lobed. Stamens 4 or 5, from base of disc. 

 Carpels 2 (or 3) ; styles 2 ; ovules 2 in a carpel. Fruit of i or 2, 

 gibbous carpels dry or drupaceous. Seed reniform, testa cori- 

 aceous. About 16 species, Indo-Malayan. 



Flowers solitary, axillary . . . . . . (i) S. sumatrana 



Flowers racemose or panicled . . . . . (2) S. limoniacea 



(i) S, STunatrana Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 370; King, 

 I.e. 454. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate or elliptic acuminate, base cuneate, 

 membranous, minutely puberulous beneath ; nerves 5 pairs, elevate 

 beneath, reticulations wide conspicuous, 3*5 to 7 in. long, 1*25 to 

 3-5 in. wide; petioles '35 to 75 in. long. Peduncles "35 in. long, 

 lengthening in fruit. Sepals triangular, edges pubescent. Petals 

 longer, lanceolate. Stamens nearly as long. Fruit ovoid com- 

 pressed '5 in. long, white spotted blue. Hub. Rare in mountain 

 forests. Hab. Perak, Larut Hills at 1800 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 

 Distrib. Sumatra. 



(2) S. limoniacea Wall. Cat. 1000; Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 3 ; King, 

 I.e. 454. 



Leaves coriaceous, oblong or lanceolate acute or blunt, base 

 cuneate or rounded, glabrous; nerves 5 or 6 pairs, faint, 2*5 to 

 6 in. long, i to 175 in. wide; petioles '6 in. long. Flowers '15 in. 

 wide in racemes, 2 to 6 in. long, distant. Sepals 5, oblong blunt. 

 Petals 5 obovate. Stamens included. Fruit solitary or paired, 

 oblique orbicular or elliptic '5 in. long. Hab. Rare in hill forests. 

 Perak (Scortechini). Penang, Sungei, Penang Road (Curtis). 

 Distrib. India. 



2. MELIOSMA, Bl. 



Trees, often small. Leaves simple or unequally pinnate. Flowers 

 small or minute, white or yellow in large branched terminal panicles 



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