$34 LXii. SAMYDACE^. [Osmelia. 



Stamens 8 or lo, half alternating with as many bilobed hairy scales, 

 and half in the notches of the scales. Ovary superior, i-celled; 

 ovules few; styles 3, with bifid or capitate stigmas. Capsule sub- 

 globose, 3-valved. Seeds few with a red aril. Species 6, Ceylon, 

 Malay isles. 



(i) O. Maingayi King, I.e. 19. 



Unisexual tree 20 to 60 ft. tall. Branchlets, underside of leaves 

 and inflorescence tomentose. Leaves membranous, oblong short 

 acuminate, base round; nerves 6 to 10 pairs, 4 to 6 in. long, 175 

 to 3 in. wide; petioles 75 in. long. Male panicles terminal and 

 axillary, 3 to 8 in. long. Flowers "i in. wide, pink and yellow, in 

 small heads. Sepals 4, pubescent. Stamens 8 in 2 unequal rows. 

 Female panicles axillary; flowers as in male, but stamens sub- 

 equal. Ovary tomentose. Capsule "5 to '65 in. long. Hah. 

 Forests, not uncommon in the lowlands. Singapore, Bukit Mandai ; 

 Bukit Timah. Pahang, Pulau Tawar. Malacca (Maingay). 

 Selangor, Bukit Kutu; Batu Caves. Negri Sembilan, Bukit 

 Tampin (Goodenough) ; Seremban (Cantley), Perak, Chanderiang 

 and Goping (Kunstler). Native names: Berunai Ayer; Medang 

 Kemantan. Use : For making chairs. 



3. HOMALIUM, Jacq. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, crenate seldom quite entire. 

 Flowers small, hairy, in slender axillary and terminal racemes, 

 simple or panicled. Bracts sometimes large, caducous. Calyx 

 funnel-shaped, adnate to base of ovary, lobes 5 to 10, narrow, per- 

 sistent. Petals 5 to 10, narrow insert in throat of calyx. Disc 

 tomentose. Stamens i to 2 opposite each petal alternating with 

 glands. Ovary half superior, i-celled ; ovules many ; styles 2 to 3, 

 filiform. Capsule half superior, coriaceous, 2- to 5-valved at the 

 tip. Species 50, tropics generally. 



Flowers '3 in. wide. 



Stamens I to each petal ; leaves glabrous . . (i) H. longifolium 



Stamens 2 to each petal ; petals 6 to 8. 



Leaves glabrous, glaucous beneath, stiff cori- 

 aceous (2) H. Kunstleri 



(3) H. propinquum 



(4) H. spathulatum 



(5) H. Griffithianum 



(6) H. frutescens 



(7) H. undulatum 



Leaves glabrous not glaucous, broad, blunt 

 Stamens 2 to each petal; petals 10. 



Leaves entire, glabrous .... 

 Leaves crenate, pubescent beneath . 

 Stamens 4 to a petal ; petals 6 ; calyx cylindric 

 Flowers '75 in. wide. 



Stamens 4 to a petal ; calyx-teeth 5, small . 

 Stamens 7 to 9 to a petal ; calyx-teeth 7 to 9 ; 



accrescent in fruit . . . . . (8) H. grandiflorum 



(i) H. longifolium Benth. Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 35 ; Clarke, 

 in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 596 ; King, I.e. 20. 



Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong 

 acuminate, base shortly cuneate; nerves 7 to 10 pairs, slender. 



