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XLIV. SABIACE^. 



[Meliosma. 



usually bisexual. Bracteoles and sepals 5 to 9, forming a per- 

 sistent whorl round the petals. Petals 5, 3 large orbicular, 2 smaller 

 behind the fertile stamens, sometimes reduced to a bifid scale 

 adnate to filament. Stamens 5, 2 fertile, top expanded into a cup 

 with 2 globose cells dehiscing transversely, 3 deformed, cells empty. 

 Disc cupular or annular with 2 to 5 teeth. Ovary 2- (or 3-)celled ; 

 style simple or bifid; ovules 2 in a cell. Stigma i. Drupe small, 

 globose, oblique ; stone crustaceous. Seed globose. Species about 

 34, tropical Asia and S. America. 



Leaves simple. 

 Petals 5. 



Flowers '05 in. across 

 Flowers 'i in. across 

 Petals o. 



Flowers "i in. across 

 Leaves pinnate, glabrous. 



Leaves 30 to 40 in. long 



Leaves 12 to 18 in. long 



Leaves 6 to 8 in. long . 



Leaves pinnate hairy beneath. 



Flowers clustered, sessile 



Flowers solitary, pedicellcd 



(i) M. elliptica 



(2) M. monophylla 



(3) M. lancifolia 



(4) M. levis 



(5) M. nitida 



(6) M. elegans 



(7) M. lanceolata 



(8) M. Ridleyi 



(i) M. elliptica Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 5 ; King, I.e. 456. 



Small tree 20 to 30 ft.' tall. Branches, petioles, midribs above 

 and under-side of leaves densely red-tomentose. Leaves simple, 

 elliptic or oblanceolate, caudate-acuminate, entire or serrate, 

 widest in middle, coriaceous ; nerves 10 pairs, elevate beneath, 

 4 to 9 in. long, i"25 to 3 in. wide ; petioles "5 to i"5 in. long. Panicle 

 terminal, spreading 6 in. long; branches 3 in. long. Flowers 

 crowded, sessile, "05 in. across. Sepals 4 orbicular, ciHate. Petals 

 5, orbicular. Fertile stamens 2 to 4. Fruit sub-globular, dark 

 red, "2 to -25 in. long. Hah. Dense damp forest, lowlands, Singa- 

 pore, Chanchukang; Malacca, Bukit Bruang (Derry). Selangor, 

 Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Larut and Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 

 Native names : Buah Tipus ; Medang Berhulu ; Buah Palu. 



(2) M. monophylla Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 40. 

 Leaves simple, elliptic acuminate, point long, base narrowed, 



thin glabrous ; nerves 7 pairs slender, 6 to 8 in. long, 3 to 3*5 in. 

 wide; petioles slender, 1*5 to 2 in. long. Panicles axillary or 

 terminal, 2 to 3 in. long; peduncles i in. long, glabrous; branches 

 few short. Flowers "i in. long. Sepals 5, orbicular, unequal, 

 ciliate. Petals 5, 3 orbicular, 2 small irregular. Stamens 2 fertile, 

 . 3 sterile lobed. Ovary glabrous. Hah. Rare in hill forests, Perak, 

 Hermitage Hill (Ridley). 



(3) M. lancifolia Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 5 ; King, I.e. 456. 



Tree 20 to 40 ft. tall. Branches and panicles red-villous. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, oblanceolate acuminate, gradually narrowed 

 from middle to base; nerves 20 to 24 pairs, elevate, 12 to 18 in. 



