372 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



larger flowers on lonsfer peduncles ; but in other respects tliey agree with 

 the Java plant. This species is readily distinguished by its enormously 

 large, solitary, woody carpels. 



4. Talaoma, Juss. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves and inflorescence of Magnolia. Sepals 3. 

 Petals 6 or more, in 2 or more whorls. Stamens very numerous, many- 

 seriate ; anthers linear, introrse. Gynophore sessile. Ovaries inde- 

 finite, 2-ovuled, spiked or capitate ; stigmas decuirent. Carpels woody, 

 separating from tlie woody axis at the ventral suture, and. dehiscing so 

 as to leave the seeds suspended from the axis by an elastic cord. Seeds 

 of Magnolia. Distrib. Tropics of Eastern Asia, and South America ; 

 Japan. Species about 18. 



1. T. LANiGERA, Hook. fil. & Th. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 40. A small tree. 

 Young leaves, petioles and branches, the peduncles, outer surface of the 

 stipular involucre enveloping the calyx, and the ovaries densely fulvous- 

 tomentose. Leaves sub-coriaceous, oblong or oblanceolate, abruptly 

 and shortly acuminate, narrowed at the base, when adult shining and 

 glabrous except on the lower half of the midrib below ; length of blade 

 9 to 12 in., breadth 25 to 4 in. ; petiole 1 to 1'5 in., thickened below. 

 Sepals and petals white, ovate, tomentose at the very base. Ripe fruit 

 3 to 4 in. long by 2 in. broad ; the caipels glabrescent when quite ripe, 

 beaked, lo in. long. 



In open forest on low hills ; Perak and Malacca. 



From Miquel's description of his T. villosa, (Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 

 366), that species and this must be very closely allied ; and, if they 

 are identical, Miquel's name, dating 1860, must take precedence of 

 H. f. & T.'s, which was published in 1875. 



2. T. Andamanica, King, n. sp. A glabious shrub or small tree. 

 Leaves sub-coriaceous, oblanceolate-oblong, rarely lanceolate, the apex 

 (usually rather abruptly) acute, below gradually narrowed to the petiole ; 

 both surfaces shining ; main nerves 10 to 14 pairs, thin but prominent 

 below; length of blade 7 to 10 in., breadth 2 5 to 3*5 in. ; petiole "5 to 1 

 in., expanded at the base. Flowers solitary, sub-globose, 1*5 in. long, 

 on thick terminal annulated pubescent peduncles 1 in. long; stipular 

 hood of calyx glabrous. Sepals 3. Petals 6, ovate or obovate. Ripe 

 fruit globose, pyriform, 1*5 in. long ; the individual carpels rhomboid, 

 6 in. long and nearly as broad, shortly beaked; seeds "4 in. long. 



Andaman Islands, on Mount Harriet. 



In leaf this closely resembles T. Rahaniana, H f. and Th., but has 

 smaller flowers and fruit. The individual carpels of this are not more 

 than a third the size of those of T. Rahaniana which are more than 

 1 in. long, narrowly oblong and not rhomboidal. 



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