Homalium.] lxii. samydacevE. 837 



4 in. long. Flowers numerous not congested, "25 in. long, "15 in. 

 wide. Calyx cylindric conic, rigid, teeth 6, lanceolate acute. 

 Petals white, larger pubescent, oblong-lanceolate. Stamens 4 

 opposite each petal, glabrous, white, glands yellow, 5 ; styles 5 as 

 long as stamens. Hab. Open wet jungle. Johor, Kota Tinggi; 

 Serom; Kwala Sembrong (KelsaU), Pahang, Temerloh (Foxworthy). 

 Selangor; Rantau Panjang (Kloss) ; Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Ulu 

 Bubong (Kunstler). Distrib. MQ.la.y isles. Native names : Petaling 

 Ayer ; Dada Ruan. 



(7) H. undulatum King, I.e. 23. 



Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Leaves coriaceous, 

 elliptic, shortly blunt-apiculate, shortly narrowed at base, serrate 

 crenulate, glabrous yellowish green; nerves 8 pairs, very fine, 

 3 to 4 in. long, 175 to 2 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Panicle 

 terminal '6 in. long and racemes axillary, sparsely tomentose, 

 slender. Flowers "6 to 7 in. across, greenish yellow with a silvery 

 tinge, tomentose ; pedicels slender -4 in. long. Calyx broad, funnel- 

 shaped, teeth 5, lanceolate. Petals obovoid, clawed. Stamens 

 much shorter, 4 to each petal, glabrous. Ovary hairy. Hab. 

 Rare, limestone rocks. Perak, Kinta, Gunong Malacca (Kunstler). 



(8) H. grandiflorum Benth. Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 36; Clarke, 

 I.e. 598 ; King, I.e. 23. 



Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves bright green, red when young, 

 glabrous, thinly coriaceous shining, elliptic to oblong acute or 

 acuminate, narrowed near petiole faintly crenulate ; nerves 9 to 

 12 pairs, slender, 3-5 to 6-5 in. long, 175 to 3-25 in. wide; petioles 

 •2 to "3 in. long. Racemes or panicles 6 in. long; branches of 

 panicles short tomentose. Flowers numerous, scattered, with large 

 ovate glabrous caducous bracts. Calyx-tube short, hemispheric, 

 with pedicel i in. long, tomentose, teeth 7 to 9, spathulate oblong. 

 Petals shorter, whole flower -4 in. across. Stamens 7 to 12, opposite 

 each petal ; filaments pilose ; glands alternating with petals. Ovary 

 free, 6-ridged, tomentose. Hab. Lowland forests, very rarely 

 flowering, probably once in twenty-five years. Singapore, Tanglin ; 

 Garden Jungle; Kranji. Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, Ulu Gom- 

 bak (Burn-Murdoch). Distrib. Tenasserim. 



Order LXIII. TURNERACEiE. 



Shrubby plants or herbs usually hairy. Leaves alternate 

 serrate. Flowers large axillary i or few, bisexual. Calyx tubular, 

 5-lobed. Petals 5, insert in calyx mouth, clawed, white or yellow. 

 Stamens 5 in the middle or mouth of tube ; filaments free. Styles 

 3, filiform (simple) or fimbriate ; ovules man}^. Capsule i-locular, 

 3-valved. Seeds numerous, oblong-cylindric. Upwards of 100 



